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Novel Thinking

New York Times, Sunday, December 25, 2022

Author:
John Martz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
"Little House on the Prairie," e.g.?
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This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 80 Missing: {Q} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Martz. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Sunday freshness: 35%
Will Shortz notes:
John Martz is a cartoonist, illustrator and book designer in Toronto, Ontario, who specializes in picture books and graphic novels for kids. This is his first published crossword. He ... read more
John Martz notes:
It's fitting that this puzzle is running on Christmas Day. I make kid's books, both as an author/illustrator and a book designer for Tundra Books, a children's publisher in Toronto. For ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Plays on "novel" have been done so many times in crosswords — both in titles and grid entries — that I was predisposed to ennui. HOME PAGES referring to "Little House on the Prairie" ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times12/25/22 ( No. 26,710 )
Across
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Nickname of Looney Tunes animator Ben Hardaway : BUGS
5
Occupied, as a desk : SATAT
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Language of Lahore : URDU
14
Cantankerous sort : CRAB
18
Siouan people : OTOE
19
1984 comedy in which Daryl Hannah plays a mermaid : SPLASH
20
Takes a turn : GOES
21
"Stop right there!" : HALT
22
Rapper ___ Dogg : NATE
23
Private address? : SALUTE
24
"Little House on the Prairie," e.g.? : HOMEPAGES
26
"The Haunting of Hill House," e.g.? : GHOSTWRITING
29
Grilled cornmeal cake popular in Latin America : AREPA
30
Singer Zadora : PIA
31
No. in an email signature line : TEL
32
The "A" of P.G.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
35
They're in it for the long haul : SEMIS
38
Cocktail made with grenadine : PINKLADY
40
"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," e.g.? : FLUIDVOLUME
42
One studying for a bar or bat mitzvah, usually : PRETEEN
43
Onboarding participants : TRAINEES
44
Wetland : FEN
45
"Back to Treasure Island," e.g.? : SECONDSTORY
48
"Ideas worth spreading" offshoot : TEDX
49
Designers' degs. : MFAS
50
Ripen : AGE
51
Grandmother: Ger. : OMA
52
Prayer support? : PEW
53
Ballerina's asset : POISE
54
Slugger Sammy : SOSA
56
Justice ___ Brown Jackson : KETANJI
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Like a bialy : ONIONY
61
"Crime and Punishment," e.g.? : PRISONSENTENCES
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Make certain : ASSURE
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Running the show, so to speak : INPOWER
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Site of Vulcan's forge : ETNA
72
Vinaigrette vessel : CRUET
73
Bit of butter : PAT
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Suffix with block or stock : ADE
76
___ vivant : BON
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Some family members, informally : SIBS
78
Apple feature not found on the Apple logo : STEM
80
"If Beale Street Could Talk," e.g.? : ADDRESSBOOK
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Some speaker systems, in brief : PAS
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They often have large dollar signs on them, in cartoons : LOOTBAGS
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Stage name (and middle name) of Robyn Fenty : RIHANNA
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"Fantastic Mr. Fox," e.g.? : ANIMALPRINT
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They run parallel in a grocery store : BARCODES
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14-time winner of the French Open : NADAL
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Fortune : FATE
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Reddit Q&A : AMA
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Some campers, in brief : RVS
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Author Calvino : ITALO
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"The Help," e.g.? : WORKINGTITLE
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"The Secret Life of Bees," e.g.? : BUZZWORDS
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One hundred, in Honduras : CIENTO
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Sound from R2-D2 : BEEP
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Ice cream flavor with a crunch : OREO
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Straddling : ATOP
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Purple-crayon-carrying boy of children's literature : HAROLD
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Spot for a trough : EAVE
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Autodom's 88 or Toronado, once : OLDS
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Letters before the ZIP code 10001 : NYNY
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Fresh : SASSY
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Terrier type : SKYE
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Hit it! : BONG
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Sundance Film Festival locale : UTAH
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Break down : GOTOPIECES
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Uses X-ray vision on : SEESINTO
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One side in the Battle of Thermopylae : SPARTANS
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On the same team : ALLIED
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How guitars are strung : TAUTLY
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Sparkling wine region : ASTI
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Ergo : THEN
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"Nasty!" : UGH
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Hundred Acre Wood resident who sometimes falls into mouse holes while practicing jumping : ROO
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Issued an edict, say : DEMANDED
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App developer's target : USER
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Place of worship : CHAPEL
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Cat breed with a shabby-sounding name : RAGAMUFFIN
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Fermented brew : ALE
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Seoul singers : BTS
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Indy-to-Memphis dir. : SSW
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Toluca lucre : PESOS
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Reserved, as seats : TAKEN
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Big affair : GALA
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One might have three parts, with or without its last letter : SUITE
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Strength : SINEW
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"Whatevs" : IMEASY
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Pick up : SENSE
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Spaghetti sauce brand : PREGO
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Chaired : LED
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Word with small or deep : FRY
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Perturb : VEX
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Some spots for vaccines, in brief : PSAS
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Buses and trains : TRANSIT
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Film role played by a terrier named Terry : TOTO
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Saudi Arabia neighbor : OMAN
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Animal whose name comes from the Narragansett word for "twig-eater" : MOOSE
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Parts of A.T.M.s : PINPADS
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___ chart : PIE
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Some recesses : APSES
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Wine cocktail : KIR
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Legal suffix : ESE
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Actress Aniston, familiarly : JEN
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I, to Claudius : ONE
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Prominent manufacturer of A.T.M.s : NCR
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Daily grind : RUT
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Mary ___, first lady's maiden name : TODD
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Large jug : EWER
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Grande who has broken 27 (and counting) Guinness world records for musical accomplishments : ARIANA
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Partly covered, in a way : SUBSIDIZED
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Cut with a letter opener? : TBONESTEAK
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High times? : NOONS
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"My Way" lyricist Paul : ANKA
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Debate airer : CSPAN
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The Rose City, so nicknamed for its pink sandstone : PETRA
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Bounds : AMBIT
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Sun, in Santiago : SOL
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Hit list : TOPFORTY
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I.R.S. employee: Abbr. : AGT
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Without direction : ERRANTLY
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[I know it's wrong] : SIC
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Snippy : SHORT
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The creeps : BADVIBES
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1980s-'90s legal drama : LALAW
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All over again : ANEW
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Passover servings : MATZOS
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___ dozen : BAKERS
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Some acids, informally : AMINOS
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Student ___ : LOAN
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Phil ___, Joan Baez contemporary : OCHS
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Antipiracy org. : RIAA
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Role for George Burns, Morgan Freeman and Whoopi Goldberg : GOD
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Tax amount : LEVY
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Pointer for an Olympian? : EPEE
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Scare word : BOO
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Safari or Chrome address, in brief : URL
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Slip into : DON
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Catch sight of : SPY

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