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New York Times, Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Author:
Brandon Koppy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Brandon Koppy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Koppy. Wednesday freshness: 90%
Brandon Koppy notes:
I normally don't enjoy themes with circled words spread throughout longer answers. Too often, they're just "hidden," with no ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
This recipe worked a lot better than my attempt at making MARINARA. Not only is the "chopping" better represented by separating the ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times11/24/21 ( No. 26,314 )
Across
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Blacksmith's waste : SLAG
5
More than right ... or seldom correct? : OBTUSE
11
Chicago-to-Atlanta dir. : SSE
14
"Easy to Be Hard" musical of the late 1960s : HAIR
15
Bad record to set : NEWLOW
16
Original "Veronica Mars" airer : UPN
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Absolute power [chopped] : OMNIPOTENCE
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"Annabel Lee" poet : POE
20
Writer Joyce Carol ___ : OATES
21
1990s Indian prime minister : RAO
22
Ending with ecto- or pachy- : DERM
23
Phrase on many No Trespassing signs [chopped] : PRIVATEPROPERTY
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Including an unlisted number? : ETAL
28
Brain parts : LOBES
29
Comic cry of dismay : ACK
32
Concerns for golfers : LIES
35
Game with scrums : RUGBY
37
Waste minimizers [chopped] : TRASHCOMPACTORS
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Member of the British Commonwealth in the Mediterranean : MALTA
42
Work hard : TOIL
43
___ soda : SAL
44
Fiery passions : ZEALS
46
Jamaican exports : RUMS
49
Self-deprecate, then pause to get a reaction [squeezed] : FISHFORCOMPLIMENTS
55
Detail-oriented and then some : ANAL
56
Cartoon cry of dismay : DOH
57
Nonsubmerging W.W. II menace : EBOAT
58
Lead-in to an ext. : TEL
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Topping made with this puzzle's chopped and squeezed ingredients : PICODEGALLO
62
___ reminder : ASA
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Chump : SUCKER
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Place : LIEU
65
Drug in the 1980 film "Altered States" : LSD
66
Tiny creature on a slide : AMOEBA
67
Just in case : LEST
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1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit : SHOOP
2
2019 N.F.L. M.V.P. Jackson : LAMAR
3
"___ a stinker?": Bugs Bunny : AINTI
4
Be in mourning : GRIEVE
5
1981 Grammy co-winner for "Double Fantasy" : ONO
6
Omaha stake? : BET
7
Little pest : TWERP
8
Opposite of radial : ULNAR
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"Neat!" : SOCOOL
10
One in a cote with a coat : EWE
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Id checkers : SUPEREGOS
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Lululemon purchase : SPORTSBRA
13
"Them" : ENEMY
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Exam for many jrs. : PSAT
22
World premiere : DEBUT
24
Barbershop supply : TALC
25
Rosewater of Kurt Vonnegut's "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" : ELIOT
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Boeuf alternative : PORC
29
Skimmer's target, often : ATM
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Tomfoolery : CRAZINESS
31
Dark green side dish : KALESALAD
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Brooding style in music or fashion : EMO
34
Vice president between Hubert and Gerald : SPIRO
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Big inits. in handbags : YSL
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Longtime CBS journalist Lesley : STAHL
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___-truths : HALF
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One who may endow a scholarship, informally : ALUM
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Concern for one with hypertension : SODIUM
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Digital video format : MPEG
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Real dirtbag : SLIMEBALL
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Like some flaws : FATAL
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Boxer Marciano's given name : ROCCO
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Epic mess-up at a critical moment : CHOKE
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"Seriously!" : NOLIE
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Yarns : TALES
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Dark beer : STOUT
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Nonprofit spot, in brief : PSA
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Secretary of the Interior Haaland : DEB
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#MeToo ___ : ERA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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