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New York Times, Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Author:
Shaun Phillips
Editor:
Joel Fagliano
Blog:
Joystick-controlled contraption depicted in this puzzle
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Shaun Phillips

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 39 Missing: {QVXZ} Spans: 2 Grid has mirror symmetry. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Phillips. Grid flow: 58.8 Wednesday freshness: 96%
Shaun Phillips notes:
Greetings, friends and fellow crossworld denizens! I'm honored to make my debut. Thanks to Christina Iverson, Tracy Bennett, and the ... read more
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© 2024, The New York Times7/24/24 ( No. 27,287 )
Across
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Ticketmaster alternative : STUBHUB
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Some experts on viruses : TECHIES
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Longtime home decor chain with a name that anagrams to PIONEER : PIERONE
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Clean again, as hair : RERINSE
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Plant with edible sprouts : ALFALFA
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Piling up wins : ONATEAR
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Substitute : STANDIN
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Small vessel in the deep ocean : MINISUB
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Symbols of an in-progress text : DOTS
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Alfred for whom a coffee chain is named : PEET
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Fabrics retailer : JOANN
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Like Brendan Fraser's character in "The Whale" : OBESE
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___ Jackson a.k.a. Ice Cube : OSHEA
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Where you might put in dough and take out bread? : ATM
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3/14 : PIDAY
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Joystick-controlled contraption depicted in this puzzle : CLAWMACHINEGAME
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Results of some hard punches, for short : KOS
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Speedway racer : INDYCAR
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___ school : MED
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Radio station that produces "Radiolab" : WNYC
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Ever so slightly : ATAD
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Shed on a frozen lake : ICEHUT
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Complete reversals : UTURNS
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Neck artery : CAROTID
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Smooth over : IRONOUT
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Setting for a 35-Across : AMUSEMENTARCADE
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Ready to eat : RIPE
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Medium for many newsletters : EMAIL
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N.F.L. reporter Andrews : ERIN
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Suffix with winning or losing : EST
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Biz ___ (corporate team, informally) : OPS
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Collector's goal : SET
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Purveyors of wellness packages : SPAS
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Pinball infraction : TILT
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Soccer org. that runs the Champions League : UEFA
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Never-before-seen : BRANDNEW
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"Wait!" ... or hopeful words while playing a 35-Across? : HOLDONAMINUTE
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Not suited (for) : UNFIT
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"Cool ___!" : BEANS
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Walk heavily : TROMP
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Start of a counting rhyme : EENIE
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Professional who might expect to do well with a 35-Across? : CRANEOPERATOR
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Achieve great success : HITITBIG
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Spanish form of Agnes : INES
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Genesis brother : ESAU
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N.B.A. star Nikola Jokic, for one : SERB
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Athletic type : JOCK
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Capital of Norway : OSLO
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Moments of sudden understanding : AHAS
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Cheese from North Holland : EDAM
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"___ Love," 2012 song that became a marriage equality anthem : SAME
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Sized up : EYED
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Kind of inverter in an electric vehicle : ACDC
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"Your" of yore : THY
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Flaky rock : MICA
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"Always happy to help!" : ANYTIME
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Like an Afro hairstyle : NATURAL
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Possessive that's often confused with a contraction : WHOSE
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Simpleton : DUNCE
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"Does it look like ___?" : ICARE
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Tops that often have spaghetti straps, for short : CAMIS
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Blow one's stack : ERUPT
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Loud bursts of laughter : ROARS
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Fashion designer Cohn with an eponymous rhinestone-encrusted suit : NUDIE
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Blood vessel insert : STENT
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Showcase : DEMO
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"That so?" : ITIS
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Bit of shut-eye : NAP

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