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New York Times, Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Author:
Malgorzata Nowakowska and Eileen Williams
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
54-Across : *Start of a classic breakup letter
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Nowakowska. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Williams. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Tuesday freshness: 46%
Constructor notes:
Hi, we're Margaret and Eileen — so excited to be writing to you all! We're both medical students at Baylor College of Medicine in ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I was so intrigued by "Name That Tune" today. What could MINE and FEARLESS have in common? Toss in BABE … RED … BLANK SPACE is ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times7/5/22 ( No. 26,537 )
Across
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Swimmer's set : LAPS
5
Word with dressing or days : SALAD
10
*Workplace for the Seven Dwarfs : MINE
14
Way out : EXIT
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Mental picture : IMAGE
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Head of state in Qatar : EMIR
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As well : ALSO
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Weighted with freight : LADEN
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Covid-19, slangily : RONA
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*Like daredevils, seemingly : FEARLESS
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Nuts and bolts drawer? : MAGNET
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Desires : YENS
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*Little one in arms : BABE
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Reach for greedily : GRABAT
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Differ : VARY
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*Visibly embarrassed : RED
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Caramel-filled candy : ROLO
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*Void : BLANKSPACE
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One in a cast : ACTOR
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Mischievous creature of folklore : ELF
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Formerly the largest country in Africa, but since 2011 the third-largest : SUDAN
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*Get over a minor injury, say : SHAKEITOFF
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Basis for a lawsuit : TORT
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Apiece : PER
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Way out : DOOR
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Things made by doctors and bartenders : ROUNDS
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Planted for future reaping : SOWN
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Pile : HEAP
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Look a little here, a little there : BROWSE
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*Start of a classic breakup letter : DEARJOHN
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___ Gagarin, first person in space : YURI
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Take stealthily, informally : YOINK
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Orchestral instrument with a bell key : OBOE
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Singing snowman in Disney's "Frozen" : OLAF
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Unit in a birth announcement : OUNCE
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Influence that's often unconscious : BIAS
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Sing loudly, with "out" : BELT
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Encouraged : URGED
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Send nude pics, maybe : SEXT
Down
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Symbol over the "i" in the Tropicana logo : LEAF
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Part of a drivetrain : AXLE
3
City with a famous tower : PISA
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Perfect, as a romance : STORYBOOK
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Element of doubt? : SILENTB
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Accumulate : AMASS
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Boys : LADS
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Grow older : AGE
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Southernmost part of Scandinavia : DENMARK
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Become one : MERGE
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"That's my cue!" : IMON
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What all Alaska ZIP codes start with : NINE
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The "E" of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Meadowland : LEA
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Deep chasm : ABYSS
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Canada's oldest national park : BANFF
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Understand : GRASP
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La ___-Posay (skin-care brand) : ROCHE
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Place to say "I do" : ALTAR
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Display from a knight : VALOR
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Household gas that may require mitigation : RADON
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Virtual greeting : ECARD
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Fender bender reminders : DENTS
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Divulge : LETON
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Well-orchestrated ruses : PUTUPJOBS
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Second attempts : REDOS
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"Much obliged" : IOWEYOU
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Lost control, informally : FREAKED
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Sculler's need : OAR
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Taylor ___, some of whose hit songs are featured in the answers to the starred clues : SWIFT
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Ergo : HENCE
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"We won't be serving alcohol, but …" : BYOB
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Something a renegade may break or ignore : RULE
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Spoken : ORAL
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Tiny bell sound : DING
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New York theater award : OBIE
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Abominable Snowman (probably) : HOAX
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Hornet's home : NEST
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"___ Song," 2007 hit that begins "I was ridin' shotgun with my hair undone" : OUR

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