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New York Times, Friday, November 29, 2024

Author:
Willa Angel Chen Miller and Matthew Stock
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
World capital at roughly the same latitude as Montevideo
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231.6120359%
Matthew Stock

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Miller. This is puzzle # 30 for Mr. Stock. Friday freshness: 52%
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© 2024, The New York Times11/29/24 ( No. 27,415 )
Across
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"Never mind" : SCRATCHTHAT
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Hosp. care providers : RNS
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Question that can't possibly be answered "No" : AREYOUAWAKE
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Solid :: glace : liquid :: ___ : EAU
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Bond theme song that won an Academy Award in 2022 : NOTIMETODIE
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Fender product : AMP
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Water bottle confiscator, for short : TSA
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Merely : BUT
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Chemistry research centers? : NUCLEI
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Unchanged : ASIS
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Light lager variety, casually : PILS
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Anti-apartheid activist Alan : PATON
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Makes into a soft fabric, as wool : FELTS
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Mohawk culture : PUNK
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Number of U.S. states starting with "B" : NONE
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Mystic associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls : ESSENE
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Ghastly : MACABRE
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Certain lifelike sculpture … or what you might call 26-Down? : WAXFIGURE
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Gather together : COMPILE
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They might be down for a ski trip : PARKAS
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Fill up : SATE
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Sullies : TARS
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Big name in water filters : BRITA
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Where burnt offerings are placed : ALTAR
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___ review : PEER
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War head? : ANTI
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Ransacked : LOOTED
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Ones receiving free room and board, for short : RAS
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Bit of wit : PUN
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"The ___ of the Starfish" (1965 sequel to "A Wrinkle in Time") : ARM
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Illustrative example : CASEINPOINT
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Coastal waterway : RIA
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Facing big trouble : OVERABARREL
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Coin with cherry blossoms on its front : YEN
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Juuuuuuust about done : NEARLYREADY
Down
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U.S. state capital with the highest altitude (7,200 feet) : SANTAFE
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XXX, in a way : CROSSES
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Goes (for) : RETAILS
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Ghanaian author ___ Kwei Armah : AYI
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Napoleon's is found at Paris's Hôtel des Invalides : TOMB
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Put on deck : CUEUP
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Polite gesture of acknowledgment : HATTIP
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Something indicated with the index and middle fingers : TWO
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Bore : HAD
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Analogous : AKIN
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Begin a hole : TEEUP
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One whose hard work is showing? : REALTOR
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Skeptic's retort : NAMEONE
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Lying face up : SUPINE
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World capital at roughly the same latitude as Montevideo : CANBERRA
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Protein source in a hearty meal : STEWMEAT
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Cogsworth's compatriot in "Beauty and the Beast" : LUMIERE
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Bump in the road : SNAG
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Clothing fastener : SNAP
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Branded coffee pod : KCUP
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Script directive : EXIT
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Like most practitioners of Druzism : ARAB
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Piece of a children's book, perhaps : FLAP
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Burn unit? : CALORIE
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Hassock, by another name : OTTOMAN
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Sautéed-and-simmered Japanese dish : KINPIRA
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Made harmonious : ATTUNED
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Simply divine : SAINTLY
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Pay : SALARY
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Hit podcast beginning in 2014 : SERIAL
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Gather some intel : RECON
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Passed in a flash : RANBY
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Half of a noted arcade pair : DAVE
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Go a few rounds : SPAR
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Geographical feature sometimes named for a color : SEA
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Stray : ERR
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Chalcocyanite, for example : ORE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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