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New York Times, Friday, December 1, 2023

Author:
Jem Burch
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Across : Engage in scrambling or bouldering
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Jem Burch

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JWXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Burch. Friday freshness: 71%
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© 2023, The New York Times12/1/23 ( No. 27,051 )
Across
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Hardly a quick read : SAGA
5
Boom box contents? : TNT
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Medieval lockup : GAOL
12
Well versed in : UPON
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Fly "away!" : SHOO
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Big metal manufacturer : ALCOA
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Engage in scrambling or bouldering : ROCKCLIMB
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Coruscate : GLEAM
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Experience euphoria : FLOATONAIR
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Chinese dynasty in which gunpowder was invented : TANG
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Shape of some desks : ELL
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Green house? : ATM
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Never : NOTONCE
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Light-sensitive cells : RODS
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Lead-in to gender : CIS
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Tower of London figure : YEOMAN
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Sarcastic expression of gratitude : THANKSAHEAP
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Massive step forward, so to speak : QUANTUMLEAP
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They're inclined to help beginners : BUNNYSLOPES
36
Playground retort : ARETOO
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"Long," in Hawaiian : LOA
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Shouts of joy : YAYS
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Bringing in, as a sail : REEFING
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Spa treatment, for short : TLC
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Exemplary individual : GEM
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Third of the peerage ranks : EARL
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Youngest White House resident since John F. Kennedy Jr. : SASHAOBAMA
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Didn't go out, maybe : ATEIN
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Feature of many a documentary : VOICEOVER
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Not as open : SHYER
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"Gotcha" : ISEE
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Inclination : BENT
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Some hydrating skin-care products : SERA
58
Identifiers of a sort: Abbr. : NOS
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Unchanged : ASIS
Down
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One hoping to catch a break : SURFER
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Program started under Kennedy : APOLLO
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Lose momentum : GOCOLD
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Paul who sang with Sam Cooke and Neil Sedaka on the 1963 album "3 Great Guys" : ANKA
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Roughly a quarter of Girl Scout cookie sales : THINMINTS
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Danish restaurant with "Best Restaurant in the World" accolades : NOMA
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___ Heath, U.S. women's soccer star : TOBIN
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Comedic bit : GAG
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A real piece of cake : ALLTOOEASY
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Flow chart? : OCEANMAP
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Upper bound at a bank : LOANCAP
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Narrow landforms prevalent in Zion National Park : SLOTCANYONS
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California-based biotechnology giant : AMGEN
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Windy City commuters' inits. : CTA
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Landmark in Madrid, Oslo or Brussels : ROYALPALACE
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[Snicker] : TEHEE
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High roller? : STUNTFLIER
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Where sockets are found : SKULL
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City in the Red River delta : HANOI
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Blended products : SMOOTHIES
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Reality show whose cast appeared in the music video for Taylor Swift's "You Need to Calm Down" : QUEEREYE
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They require inspiration : BREATHS
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Disciplines : AREAS
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Some nectar sources : AGAVES
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Like the Mocha coffee bean : YEMENI
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Really hurts : SMARTS
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First name in California politics : GAVIN
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College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa : COE
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Decent : SOSO
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"Bubbles" in a drink : BOBA
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New Deal-era org. : NRA

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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