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New York Times, Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Author:
Laura Dershewitz and Katherine Baicker
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
*Mint on a pillow, maybe?
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Katherine Baicker

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JKQXZ} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Dershewitz. This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Baicker. Tuesday freshness: 65%
Jim Horne notes:

AD HOMINEM — that's an awesome revealer!

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© 2024, The New York Times3/26/24 ( No. 27,167 )
Across
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Get moving : SCOOT
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Get moving? : PROD
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URL starter : HTTP
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Apt rhyme for "lewd" : CRUDE
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Less-than-stellar sound quality, informally : LOFI
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Dayton's state : OHIO
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*Mint on a pillow, maybe? : HOTELSUITESWEET
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"___ and the Real Girl" (Ryan Gosling film) : LARS
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Auditing org. : IRS
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Rwandan people : TUTSI
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"When will u b here?" : ETA
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The Sports ___ (Portland bar dedicated to women's athletics) : BRA
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Emerges from a seed : SPROUTS
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*"Pippi Longstocking," for one? : PIGTAILTALE
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Enthusiast : NUT
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Many millennia : AEON
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60 minuti : ORA
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Get a look at : ESPY
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Kind of fallacious argument … or, phonetically, a hint to the answers to the starred clues : ADHOMINEM
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Techie or Trekkie, say : NERD
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Limiting factor for a car rental : AGE
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Not a hit : MISS
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Pro for the pirates? : AYE
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*Marriage ceremony for the perfect guy? : MRRIGHTRITE
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___ manner (doctor's demeanor) : BEDSIDE
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Android competitor : IOS
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W.C. : LAV
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Student with a private teacher : TUTEE
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"Harrumph!," to Scrooge : BAH
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Dole (out) : METE
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*Mother superior? : SECONDTONONENUN
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App customer : USER
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Gold-coated : GILT
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___ nous (privately) : ENTRE
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Teensy : ITSY
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Gobbles up : EATS
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Floated down a lazy river, perhaps : TUBED
Down
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Haul, from the Yiddish : SCHLEP
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Country that adopted the euro in 2023 : CROATIA
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Indignation : OUTRAGE
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Praiseful poems : ODES
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Contact list no. : TEL
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Like checks and balances? : PLURAL
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French kings : ROIS
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Many times, poetically : OFT
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Regimen of healthful meals : DIETPLAN
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D.I.Y. genre : HOWTO
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Phoenix basketball team, familiarly : THESUNS
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Force a game into extra innings, say : TIEITUP
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Word before hole or holder : POT
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Apple's digital assistant : SIRI
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"Um, OK" : SURE
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Focus of a geologist or music reviewer : BAND
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Delhi wrap : SARI
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Pig's pad : STY
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Kid-lit character who tells his ailing friend, "Today you look very green, even for a frog" : TOAD
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Marisa who played herself in a "Seinfeld" cameo : TOMEI
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Mideast ruler : EMIR
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Painting style with abrupt transitions of color : HARDEDGE
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Fairy tale monster : OGRE
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CPR specialists : EMTS
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Catch, as a criminal : NAB
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Exam with a capital E : EYETEST
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Simplifies, as a fraction : REDUCES
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The fourth letter of "bomb," but not the first : SILENTB
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Reputation : STATURE
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Appearance : MIEN
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Fairy tale monsters : GIANTS
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Alternative to a Twinkie : HOHO
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Made level : EVENED
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Level : STORY
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Get out of Dodge … or an electric Chevy : BOLT
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The Cheesecake Factory's has more than 20 pages : MENU
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___ generis (unique) : SUI
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Mama's hermana : TIA
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Not gross, as income : NET

Answer summary:
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