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New York Times, Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Author:
Jimmy Peniston
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Across : Arm rests?
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Jimmy Peniston

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Jimmy Peniston. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Wednesday freshness: 86%
Jimmy Peniston notes:
I'm not exactly sure when I came up with this theme idea, but the term FOOD CHAIN pops up a lot in my life: both because I'm an ... read more
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Friends and I have turned up so many oddball wordplay discoveries over the years, and so many die on the vine because they don't fit ... read more
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© 2023, The New York Times6/21/23 ( No. 26,888 )
Across
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Leave no way out : TRAP
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Send (off) : SHIP
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Home of Akershus Castle, which has a replica at Disney World : OSLO
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"Star Trek" communications officer : UHURA
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Common conifer : PINE
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Word with sight or speed : READ
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Kidney-related : RENAL
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*Christina of "Bad Moms" : APPLEGATE
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Neptune, for one : SEAGOD
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Honey and Sugar, for two : PETNAMES
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*Robotic type : AUTOMATON
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Peace activist Yoko : ONO
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Zippo : NADA
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Arm rests? : SLINGS
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.doc alternative : PDF
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It's a deal! : SALE
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Vampire's "bed" : CASKET
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Intensity, metaphorically : HEAT
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*Cause for a blessing : ACHOO
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Selection screen : MENU
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Cream-filled pastry : ECLAIR
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Overlook rudely : SNUB
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Kobe currency : YEN
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Site of the first "Occupy" protests, in brief : WALLST
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Feature of many of a Corvette : TTOP
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Music genre originating in Jamaica : SKA
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*Tab found on many musicians' websites : LIVEDATES
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Confession from someone who had an ace up the sleeve : ICHEATED
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"This is weirdly familiar" : DEJAVU
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Hierarchical system … or what is formed when the answers to the starred clues are placed end to end : FOODCHAIN
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Manipulated unfairly, as a system : GAMED
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Type : SORT
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Target for salicylic acid : ACNE
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Famous last words? : AMENS
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"A Man Called ___" (2022 Tom Hanks film) : OTTO
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"Can you repeat that?" : WHAT
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Lip : SASS
Down
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Grp. with a 12-star flag : THEEU
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Charge : RUNAT
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Neighbor of Catalonia, in Spain : ARAGON
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Cocktails of tequila and grapefruit soda : PALOMAS
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Balneotherapy site : SPA
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"Hungry hungry" animal in a popular game : HIPPO
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How signatures are typically written : INPEN
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Bombard, as with snowballs : PELT
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Any living thing : ORGANISM
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Novelty aquarium dweller : SEAMONKEY
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Way to sleep or run : LATE
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Poems of praise : ODES
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___ Major : URSA
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"The ___ Holmes Mysteries" (young adult detective series) : ENOLA
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Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain," e.g. : DADAART
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Diamond's opposite on the Mohs scale : TALC
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Did some intel work : SCOUTED
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It may be passed down from parent to child : GENE
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Shock : STUN
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"That was a close one!" : PHEW
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Ten: Prefix : DECA
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Not quite succeed : FALLSHORT
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Canadian interjections : EHS
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Spoke with : TALKEDTO
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Airing : ONTV
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Sir ___ Newton : ISAAC
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Features of many New York City street corners : BODEGAS
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Word with pants or party : PAJAMA
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Drain, as from soil : LEACH
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Tony-winning actress Menzel : IDINA
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Subdues, as wild hair : TAMES
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Smooths : EVENS
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Soapy bubbles : SUDS
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"Assuming that's true …" : IFSO
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Black water bird : COOT
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Unfreeze : THAW
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Fishing aid : NET

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

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