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New York Times, Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Author:
Daniel Mauer
Editor:
Will Shortz
What offers worldwide protection?
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79/13/20172/7/2024
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Daniel Mauer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 79, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Mauer. Wednesday freshness: 45%
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© 2024, The New York Times2/7/24 ( No. 27,119 )
Across
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One who might call you out : UMPIRE
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___ pepper : CHILI
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Prez featured in "Annie" : FDR
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Enthusiastic fan : ROOTER
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___ Air, electric vehicle that was named Motor Trend's 2022 Car of the Year : LUCID
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Grassy expanse : LEA
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Refrain in a 1970 hit by the Kinks : LALALALALOLA
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Crop revered by the Abelam people of Papua New Guinea : YAM
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Casual vodka order : STOLI
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Muscat native : OMANI
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Some reactions on Slack : GIFS
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"Yep, noticed that" : ISAW
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"Oh, you wanna fight!" : ITSON
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Refrain in a 1971 hit by David Bowie : CHCHCHCHCHANGES
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___-owned (merchandise designation) : PRE
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One of over 140 in an Ironman triathlon : MILE
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Serbian American inventor : TESLA
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Hindu god embodying virtue : RAMA
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Everlasting, poetically : ETERNE
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Flatbread that can be served with dal : ROTI
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What offers worldwide protection? : OZONE
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State boldly : AVOW
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"hahahaha" : LOL
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Refrain in a 1965 hit by the Who : MYGGGGENERATION
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Corporate department : LEGAL
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Privy to : INON
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Longtime TV singing series, to fans : IDOL
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Places for evil geniuses : LAIRS
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Thing with a ping : RADAR
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Sandwich you really need two hands to eat : SUB
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Refrain in a 2008 hit by Lady Gaga : PPPPOKERFACE
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What makes most moist? : ANI
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Fleece seeker : JASON
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"War and Peace" character who determines through numerology that he is destined to assassinate Napoleon : PIERRE
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East Asian currency : YEN
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Things dragged uphill : SLEDS
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Trade mag for marketers : ADWEEK
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"www" addresses : URLS
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Defense from some attackers : MOAT
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Short-sleeved shirt : POLO
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Like a type that leans right? : ITALIC
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Enjoy with gusto : RELISH
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Big Band ___ : ERA
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$1 bill, in slang : CLAM
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Dance with a festive skirt : HULA
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Like Andy Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Cans" or "Marilyn Diptych" : ICONIC
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Frasier's ex-wife on "Frasier" : LILITH
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State west of Wyo. : IDA
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Going it alone : FLYINGSOLO
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The "D" in CODA : DEAF
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Head-butts, e.g. : RAMS
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Tackle at the knees, e.g. : LOWHIT
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One who's finished : GONER
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Zenith : ACME
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Took a load off : SAT
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Outrageous : CRAZY
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Substance that makes blood red : HEMOGLOBIN
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Fair and honest : CLEAN
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Actor ___ Villechaize of "Fantasy Island" : HERVE
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John from England : ELTON
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Whiz (through) : SAIL
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Big dance : PROM
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Sweetheart : ANGEL
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Surefire : NORISK
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Actor McGregor : EWAN
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Something a person with an ovomucoid allergy cannot eat : EGG
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Female friend, informally : GALPAL
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Go by : ELAPSE
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Hot, hot, hot : TORRID
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Shortly : INAFEW
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"Oho!" : ISAY
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Novel with the desert planet Arrakis : DUNE
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Tech product officially discontinued in 2022 : IPOD
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Carter of jazz and Perlman of film : RONS
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Take the leap : DARE
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Land unit : ACRE
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Raise a big stink : REEK
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Slumber duds : PJS
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Org. with an Office of Water : EPA

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