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New York Times, Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Author:
Nancy Stark and Will Nediger
Editor:
Will Shortz
33-Across : "A fickle food," per Emily Dickinson
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Nancy Stark
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Will Nediger

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JKQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Stark. This is puzzle # 45 for Mr. Nediger. Wednesday freshness: 46%
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© 2022, The New York Times12/21/22 ( No. 26,706 )
Across
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Be an omen of : BODE
5
Reduce : LOWER
10
Belabor, with "on" : HARP
14
Follower of Bay or gray : AREA
15
___ setter : IRISH
16
Sheepish answer to "Who broke this?" : IDID
17
Sign in a clearance section : FIFTYPERCENTOFF
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"___ soon?" : TOO
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The duck in "Peter and the Wolf" : OBOE
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Grunts and groans, e.g. : NOISES
23
Country with the second-most Portuguese speakers : ANGOLA
25
Stretch : STINT
27
Party people, for short : POLS
29
Peach or plum : HUE
30
Download that might use a freemium model : APP
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"A fickle food," per Emily Dickinson : FAME
36
Large-scale corporate union : MEGAMERGER
39
In the loop : AWARE
41
One able to lift 10 to 50 times its body weight : ANT
42
Like flourless cake : DENSE
43
Dream hand for a poker player : ROYALFLUSH
46
___ slicker : CITY
47
"Cabin Fever" director Roth : ELI
48
Enthusiastic response to "Wanna come?" : DOI
49
Expel : OUST
51
Deceptive movement : FEINT
53
"Fudge," "fie" and "fiddlesticks" are some of the printable ones : FWORDS
57
Title holders : OWNERS
60
Ideal for audiophiles, in brief : HIFI
62
Swing ___ : ERA
63
"Why are you making such a fuss?" … or a hint to 17-, 36- and 43-Across : WHATSTHEBIGDEAL
66
It means nothing at Wimbledon : LOVE
67
U.S. theater awards : OBIES
68
Modify, as an article : EDIT
69
Key word when writing dialogue : SAYS
70
Word with due or true : NORTH
71
Manhattan, on an envelope : NYNY
Down
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U.K. acting award : BAFTA
2
Hunter visible at night : ORION
3
Remove condensation from : DEFOG
4
Conquer a hero? : EAT
5
It can prevent cracking : LIPBALM
6
Snack item sometimes shown in ads next to a glass of milk : OREO
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Confusion might ensue when they're crossed : WIRES
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Key for getting out, not in : ESC
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Metal next to tungsten on the periodic table : RHENIUM
10
Signal to play : HITIT
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Brouhahas : ADOS
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Widespread : RIFE
13
E-tickets often come as these : PDFS
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Risk taker's acronym : YOLO
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"You don't really have to" : NONEED
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Field for Maria Callas : OPERA
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"Oh yeah?" : THATSO
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Protect, as freshness : SEALIN
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Hindu fire god : AGNI
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Target for an exterminator : PEST
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Food, potentially : PREY
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Food : FARE
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Nowhere to be found : AWOL
35
"Do you mind?" : MAYI
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Antelope with chin hair : GNU
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One side of a page : RECTO
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Patriarchs and matriarchs : ELDERS
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Shove down the throat of : FOISTON
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Sulky : HUFFISH
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Large swallow : SWIG
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Major bashes : FETES
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"A League of ___ Own" : THEIR
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Like marshes or bagpipes : REEDY
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Exhaust physically : DRAIN
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Like tears and some language : SALTY
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Bevy : quails :: parliament : ___ : OWLS
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"Now wait just a second!" : WHOA
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Blue shade : NAVY
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"Yeah, sure" : IBET
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"Euphoria" channel : HBO
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Place for thieves : DEN

Answer summary:
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