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New York Times, Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Author:
Judy Bowers
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
32-Across : *"Follow our lead!"
TotalDebut
14/23/2024
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ScrabbleFresh
1.7227%
Judy Bowers

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 14 Words: 73, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Bowers. Tuesday freshness: 53%
Judy Bowers notes:
It's been quite a journey to get here, to my debut puzzle published in the New York Times. After being an avid crossword ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times4/23/24 ( No. 27,195 )
Across
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Followers of the star of Bethlehem, in the Bible : MAGI
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No longer working : KAPUT
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Family nickname : SIS
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Tech giant headquartered in New Taipei City : ACER
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Standing at 6-5, say? : UPONE
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$5 bill, slangily : ABE
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*"Yuck! I've dated him before. Swipe left!" : OHNOEWHEISMYEX
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Cry out : EXCLAIM
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"Mmm, that's good!" : TASTY
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TikTok posting, for short : VID
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Leak slowly : SEEP
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*With 42-Across, "Well, do I decide or not?" : SOISIT
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Kind of training required for most city P.D.s : CPR
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Dangerous kind of current : RIP
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Machu Picchu builders : INCAS
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*"Follow our lead!" : DOASWEDO
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Certain Scotsman : GAEL
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Salvation ___ : ARMY
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Egyptian goddess often depicted with a throne on her head : ISIS
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*"Morning, mother!" : HIMAIMUP
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Voices below sopranos : ALTOS
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___-la-la : TRA
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Purchase for a college party : KEG
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See 23-Across : UPTOME
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Fleeces : CONS
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Employer of manicurists and massage therapists : SPA
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Lake northeast of Sacramento : TAHOE
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Fruit that resembles a small peach : APRICOT
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*"Can this be a gift from all of us?" : OKIFWEGOINONIT
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$5 bill, slangily : FIN
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Cake frosters : ICERS
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Plethora : SLEW
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French "a" : UNE
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Multilayered cake : TORTE
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Neophyte : TYRO
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His portrait adorns Tiananmen Gate : MAO
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Dull pain : ACHE
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Heirs to the boomer era : GENX
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Classic Camaro : IROC
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Small coastal nation bordering Iraq : KUWAIT
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Rosebush pest : APHID
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One might begin "Roses are red ..." : POEM
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Beginning to form? : UNI
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Reviewers of a beta app : TESTERS
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Announces the big reveal in a magic act : SAYSPRESTO
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Words of skepticism : IBET
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Hot, hot, hot : SEXY
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Major role in the 2023 biopic "Priscilla" : ELVIS
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West known for her double entendres : MAE
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Sterilize, as a cat : SPAY
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Sense that many cave-dwelling animals lack : SIGHT
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Sign at a radio station : ONAIR
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Hotel hallway convenience : ICEMACHINE
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Spanish for "room" : SALA
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Provide free of charge : COMP
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"Have a cow" or "hold your horses" : IDIOM
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Entourage : POSSE
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The "D" of F.D.A. : DRUG
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Crumble under pressure : WILT
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Home to Iowa State University : AMES
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"Ha! No surprise there!" : IKNEWIT
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Be ___ in the neck : APAIN
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Rebel : UPRISE
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Reaction to a gut punch : OOF
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Word with bad or blood : SPORT
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Protein categorized on a scale from "silken" to "super-firm" : TOFU
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About the same : AKIN
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Ending with screen in a modern portmanteau : AGER
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Expense to be paid : COST
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"If ___" (rueful words) : ONLY
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Cake layer : TIER
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Prefix suggesting conservation : ECO
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Number of letters in every word of the answers to the starred clues : TWO

Answer summary:
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