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New York Times, Thursday, March 17, 2022

Author:
Daniel Bodily and Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Down : What a jalapeño has that a habanero lacks
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Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJMZ} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Bodily. This is puzzle # 129 for Mr. Chen. Thursday freshness: 9%
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DAN: Coming across TAKEOUTTHETRASH in a wordlist got me looking at some pretty "dirty" words… "SPARE FUSE" , "NEWS JUNKIE", ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
A person who can do everything from theme-storm to code at a high level to put solvers' needs above his own? All the while making the ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times3/17/22 ( No. 26,427 )
Across
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Something to click : ICON
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Pigeons on a platter : SQUABS
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___ trivia : PUB
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Astronomical news : NOVA
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Term of address for many a respected elder : AUNTIE
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Strand in a cell : RNA
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Serious schlep : TREK
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*Secure : LITTLEROCK
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Monstrous sort : OGRE
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Nail polish brand with an "I'm Not Really a Waitress" shade : OPI
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Give permission to : ENABLE
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*Trick : WILDROSES
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Some frozen drinks : ICEES
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Global manufacturer of chemical products : OLIN
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What Graham Greene called a "failure of imagination" : HATE
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Unflinching : STOIC
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Requested pickup time on many online orders : ASAP
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"How's it goin'?" : SUP
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What to do before the answers to the starred clues will make sense : TAKEOUTTHETRASH
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Boom times : UPS
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Voting bloc : NAYS
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Didn't wax, say : WANED
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Incense, in a sense : ODOR
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Senate majority leader from 1996 to 2001 : LOTT
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Like men's double-breasted suits, e.g. : RETRO
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*Speck : IOWASTATE
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Destination of the first marathon (490 B.C.) : ATHENS
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___-roaring : RIP
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Words that may scare off a buyer : ASIS
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*Riot : SHOOTCRAPS
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Afflictions : ILLS
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Number of a certain rear bowling pin : TEN
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The hair of one's chinny chin chin, maybe : GOATEE
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Get on board : LADE
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Neighbor of Bolivia: Abbr. : ARG
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___ manual : OWNERS
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Optometrist's offering, casually : SPEX
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Being pulled along : INTOW
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Short-legged herding dog : CORGI
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Totally misses ...or totally surveys : OVERLOOKS
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Uncouth untruth : NAKEDLIE
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Watering hole in many westerns : SALOON
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Wisecracks : QUIPS
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Leave with no strings attached? : UNTIE
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QB stat: Abbr. : ATT
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Bitter feeling : BILE
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Words repeated while scrolling through a Netflix list, perhaps : SEENIT
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Voyager 1, for one : PROBE
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Cry to end a pin : UNCLE
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Makes, as cakes : BAKES
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___ to the bottom : RACE
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Having mucho dinero : RICO
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"___ of Sunset" (Bravo series) : SHAHS
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Galoot : APE
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Disco-dancing enthusiast on "The Simpsons" : STU
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Select : TAP
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Company whose name comes from a term in the game of Go : ATARI
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Farm outbuilding : STY
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Popular site for holiday gift orders : SANTASLAP
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Application : USE
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Many a prof has one : PHD
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___ Attack (card game variant) : UNO
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Uncommon bills : TWOS
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Some hairstyles in punk fashion : RATTAILS
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___ O's : OREO
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"Wait!" : DONTGO
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Expires : LAPSES
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Certain Pan-Africanist, informally : RASTA
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Air up there : ETHER
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Flip-flop : THONG
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Keynote, e.g. : ORATE
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Car part that moves rhythmically : WIPER
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What a jalapeño has that a habanero lacks : TILDE
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One of England's so-called "home counties" : ESSEX
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Boat that's good in shallow water : SCOW
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Took off : RAN

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

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