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New York Times, Thursday, March 10, 2022

Author:
John Westwig
Editor:
Will Shortz
13-Down : Mortimer ___, ventriloquy dummy of old TV
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {X} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Westwig. Thursday freshness: 97%
Jeff Chen notes:
As someone who's had three careers in vastly different spaces, I loved today's suggestion to SWITCH JOBS. Dancers too burnt out to ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times3/10/22 ( No. 26,420 )
Across
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"Mad Men" milieu, informally : ADBIZ
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Slammin' Sammy ___ : SOSA
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33 1/3, 45 and 78, for short : RPMS
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Sorceress who turned Odysseus' men into pigs : CIRCE
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Exam that qualifies one for a National Merit Scholarship : PSAT
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First name of Time's 2021 Person of the Year : ELON
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Equestrian is wanted to ... / Experience needed: conducting : TRAINARIDE
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Smooth over, in a way : PAVE
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Prankster's projectile : EGG
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Parches : DRIES
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Dummy, in Canadian slang : HOSER
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Baseball pitcher is wanted to ... / Experience needed: negotiating : DEALASTRIKE
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Scintilla : TAD
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Hearing disorder remedy? : OYEZ
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Movement that began with Stonewall, informally : GAYLIB
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It begins "again" : SCHWA
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Build : PHYSIQUE
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Words of begrudging agreement : OHOK
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Washington, but not Washington, D.C. (yet!) : STATE
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Tied up : BUSY
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"No hard feelings" : WERECOOL
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Número de días en una semana : SIETE
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Exclaim : CRYOUT
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End of a trip? : THUD
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Biathletes do it : SKI
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Carpenter is wanted to ... / Experience needed: flying : PLANEABOARD
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Places where you might ask for the Wi-Fi password : CAFES
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Draws the short straw : LOSES
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Yours: It. : TUO
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Drop it! : ACID
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Change careers, or a hint to this puzzle's theme : SWITCHJOBS
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Kicked oneself over : RUED
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What's picked up in a hurry? : PACE
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Basic skateboard trick : OLLIE
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Online crafts marketplace : ETSY
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Member of the "Scooby-Doo" gang : FRED
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Shirts named for a sport : POLOS
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Showed some character? : ACTED
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Somber song : DIRGE
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Actress Sonia of "Moon Over Parador" : BRAGA
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"Nous sommes ___!" : ICI
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Youngest person to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2020) : ZENDAYA
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Cocktail made with sparkling wine : SPRITZ
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Willow used in basket-weaving : OSIER
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Cause for pity : SADSIGHT
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Dug in : ATE
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Collector's item? : REPO
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DC Comics supervillain : PLASTIQUE
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Museum curator is wanted to ... / Experience needed: freestyle dancing : MOVEABUST
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Mortimer ___, ventriloquy dummy of old TV : SNERD
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Brit's bottom : ARSE
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Casual greetings : HEYS
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Chill : LOWKEY
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Danny who played Walter Mitty : KAYE
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Latin for "lust" : LIBIDO
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Plant on a farm ... or animal on a farm : SOW
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Nurse is wanted to ... / Experience needed: philanthropy : CHECKACUT
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Alarms : HORRIFIES
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Bud : PAL
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Human organ with its own immune system : EYE
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Kind of food or music : SOUL
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All-out military conflict : TOTALWAR
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Steals, slangily : COPS
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Grinder vendor : SUBSHOP
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Checked out : TESTED
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In ___ verba (verbatim) : HAEC
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Alarm : SCARE
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"Neat" : NOICE
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Volcanic vestige : ATOLL
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Politician Marco : RUBIO
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Just what the doctor ordered : DOSES
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Swirl in a toilet bowl, say : EDDY
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Burn notice? : SPF
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"Hustlers" co-star, informally : JLO

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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