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New York Times, Thursday, February 29, 2024

Author:
Esha Datta
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
53-Across : Pulitzer-winning author who was also a film critic for Time magazine
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212/14/20232/29/2024
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Esha Datta

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JKQX} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Datta. Grid flow: 35.9 Thursday freshness: 82%
Jim Horne notes:

Drawings are by Daniel Savage, an illustrator in Los Angeles.

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© 2024, The New York Times2/29/24 ( No. 27,141 )
Across
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Line just above "total," maybe : TIP
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Place for three men of verse : INATUB
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Mideast site of conflict : GAZA
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That: Sp. : ESO
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"Nothing doing" : NODICE
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Series of courses : MEAL
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Response to a baby animal picture : AWW
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Like many tournaments : SEEDED
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Swiss river : AARE
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___ discount : ATA
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Game island represented by hexagonal tiles : CATAN
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Like a planet's path : ORBITAL
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Reason to take a back road, maybe : SCENERY
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___ mater (brain cover) : PIA
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Testify : DEPOSE
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Boldly stylish, in slang : FIERCE
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Comics sound : BAM
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Pastries usually accompanied by chutney : SAMOSAS
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Like a final, desperate attempt : DOORDIE
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Romantic infatuation : CRUSH
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Store posting: Abbr. : HRS
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Pulitzer-winning author who was also a film critic for Time magazine : AGEE
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Salt, at times : DEICER
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Mistakes in baseball ... or what 18-, 24-, 34- and 51-Across might produce? : WILDPITCHES
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Rumpus : ADO
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Running shoe brand : AVIA
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Jhumpa ___, Pulitzer-winning author of "Interpreter of Maladies" : LAHIRI
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"___ better to have loved and lost ..." : TIS
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Telegraph, say : SEND
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Safari pest : TSETSE
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Time for Paris's 2024 Jeux Olympiques : ETE
Down
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Where many bags of leaves can be found : TEASHOP
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"Cross my heart!" : ISWEARIT
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Energizing snack : POWERBAR
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Overrun : INFEST
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"Beats me" : NOIDEA
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What the 1660s Pascaline machine, named for Blaise Pascal, could do : ADD
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___ wave : TIDAL
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Sch. that once used a live bear as a mascot during football games : UCLA
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Ingredient in some batter : BEER
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Big name in trucks : GMC
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Make bubbly : AERATE
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Mideast spice blend : ZAATAR
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State capital once home to Herman Melville : ALBANY
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Pause to play? : RECESS
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Measure of print quality: Abbr. : DPI
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Trees in the birch family : ALDERS
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Once again : ANEW
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Certain racing wear : SPEEDO
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___ anglais (English horn) : COR
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More quickly? : ETC
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Sightings of them can be reported on the Enigma app : UFOS
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Unlucky accident : MISHAP
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Sweet ___ : PEA
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Renounce : ABDICATE
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Stuck the landing : NAILEDIT
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Place for soap? : MELROSE
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Most common vowel sounds in English : SCHWAS
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Achieve widespread recognition : ARRIVE
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Cotton material : MUSLIN
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Calls for delivery : ORDERS
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Attire for a toddler : ONESIE
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Baseball stat : RBI
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Actress Anne of "Wag the Dog" : HECHE
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Coated with gold : GILT
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List on display at the airport : ETAS
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___ jokes : DAD
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Popular song : HIT

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