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New York Times, Saturday, December 30, 2023

Author:
Simeon Seigel
Editor:
Will Shortz
19-Down : Handles clumsily
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Simeon Seigel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {Z} Spans: 6 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. There are unchecked squares This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Seigel. Saturday freshness: 6%
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© 2023, The New York Times12/30/23 ( No. 27,080 )
Across
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Dad on "Black-ish" : DRE
4
Source of intelligence : RECON
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They work in meters : POETS
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Bucket of bolts : JUNKER
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Concealer : VEIL
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Hour at which to sing "Auld Lang Syne" : XII
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It might have a small bulb : MEDICINEDROPPER
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Coat named for a former Irish province : ULSTER
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Brand with a joystick : ATARI
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Letter of completion, in brief : CERT
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Post-op program : REHAB
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Took a turn : WENT
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"Count" in the Blues Hall of Fame : BASIE
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Uncertain affirmation : IGUESSSO
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Boot : CAN
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Pair of hand drums, in Indian music : TABLA
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Speakers in many classrooms, for short : PAS
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Rarer than rare : ONCEINALIFETIME
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Directional suffix : ERN
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Craft at camp : CANOE
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Ref. work that Tolkien contributed to from "waggle" to "wild" : OED
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Aromatic herb : TARRAGON
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Exhausting : USING
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Shade by the pool? : AQUA
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Anesthetized, so to speak : UNDER
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"All ___" (court order) : RISE
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What may come before further notice? : UNTIL
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They hang around the house : DRAPES
57
Wall Street, e.g. : FINANCIALCENTER
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Grand ___ Opry : OLE
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___ Drogo, Jason Momoa's character on "Game of Thrones" : KHAL
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"Seinfeld" role : ELAINE
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Event suggested by this puzzle's circled squares, read clockwise from the top : PARTY
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Cabinet resignee of 1988 : MEESE
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End of nearly half of all website addresses : COM
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Part of a turntablist's headgear, for short : DJMIC
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Street in Strasbourg : RUE
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Participant in an ultramarathon : ENDURANCERUNNER
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Letters of endorsement, in brief : RECS
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African who lives along the coast of the Red Sea : ERITREAN
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Across a wide expanse of rural land : OVERHILLANDDALE
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Nickname for Edward : NED
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Twists can thicken it : PLOT
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Like art conveying emotion rather than realism : EXPRESSIONISTIC
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Some merchandising opportunities : TIEINS
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"Dear" man : SIR
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Attire for many bagpipe players : KILTS
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Onetime Yankees pitcher Hideki : IRABU
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Previously known as : NEE
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Handles clumsily : PAWSAT
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Longtime diplomat Abba : EBAN
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"Tonight's another chance to start ___" (lyric from "It's Just Another New Year's Eve") : AGAIN
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Fit : TONED
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Turner autobiography : ITINA
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Foil alternatives : EPEES
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Terra ___ : COTTA
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Strips in a club? : BACON
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Goofs in proofs : ERRATA
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Very good hand to be dealt in poker : FOURACES
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Gig components : MEGS
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Eagle constellation : AQUILA
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Relative of a slot canyon : GULCH
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"The Faerie Queene" woman whose name means "peace" : IRENA
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Goethe's "The ___-King" : ERL
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Violinist Zimbalist : EFREM
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Completely black, as the sky : INKY
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Soccer legend who played for both sides in his final match in 1977 : PELE
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Fashionable dresser : FOP
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"Do you know who ___?" : IAM
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Musician Brian : ENO

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