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New York Times, Friday, July 8, 2022

Author:
Kyle Dolan
Editor:
Will Shortz
10-Across : Trailing
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Kyle T. Dolan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JZ} This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Dolan. Friday freshness: 82%
Kyle T. Dolan notes:
Following a period of constructing themelesses with black squares laid out in advance of filling (including the SPREZZATURA ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
The Great British Bake-Off makes me happy. I didn't know what LEMON CURD was before bingeing every season, and now I've tried my ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times7/8/22 ( No. 26,540 )
Across
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Something a provocateur opposes : STATUSQUO
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Trailing : INTOW
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Tart dessert topping : LEMONCURD
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"Not true!" : NUHUH
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"Shame, that" : ITSTOOBAD
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Lyre-playing great-granddaughter of 8-Down : ERATO
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Hardly be hard (on) : DOTE
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Spam holders : TINS
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Begins to come to : STIRS
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Point ___, oceanic spot farthest from land : NEMO
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Drugstore brand named for its target area : TUMS
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___ Bator : ULAN
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What some screens catch : LINT
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Speak before a meal, perhaps : SAYGRACE
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Photo-editing function : CROP
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Offering with a blessing? : KLEENEX
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"Es tut ___ leid" ("I'm sorry," in German) : MIR
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Ottoman title : AGA
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With 45-Down, pre-marriage name of a 1940s-'50s first lady : EVA
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Banned compound once used to control malaria : DDT
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Part of a typical business search result on Google : AREAMAP
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Prized, perhaps : RARE
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"Fare thee well" : GODSPEED
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No longer feeling : NUMB
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Really feeling : INTO
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Defeat soundly : DRUB
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D.C. group : POLS
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You may wake up with one in your back : CRICK
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Urchin, perhaps : WAIF
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Cart (around) : TOTE
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Kind of guide at a museum : AUDIO
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Magazine position : ARTEDITOR
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Win big, with "up" : CLEAN
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Hot wheels? : STOLENCAR
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"My Inventions" autobiographer : TESLA
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Pocket-size medical tools : PENLIGHTS
Down
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Dropped, as in the rankings : SLID
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County in Wyoming, Montana or Idaho : TETON
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River for which a European capital is named : AMSTEL
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Representative : TOTEMIC
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Game with a 112-card deck : UNO
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Burns, e.g. : SCOT
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Portmanteau unit of computing information : QUBIT
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"Sky father" of Greek myth : URANUS
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Book agent? : ODDSMAKER
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Mission Santa ___ (National Historic Landmark in California) : INES
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Encourage : NURTURE
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Where Songkran is a national New Year's holiday : THAILAND
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Beat to the finish : OUTRACED
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Question at a press conference, maybe : WHOSNEXT
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Place to drive, if you're so inclined? : ONRAMP
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Like much of Maine : SYLVAN
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Like ancient Roman senators : TOGAED
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Get equipped : GEARUP
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Insect with a delicate nest : PAPERWASP
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Tricky thing to pull off? : MAGICACT
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Absolutism : IRONRULE
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Colorful blooms along the coast : REDTIDES
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Withdrawn, in a way : ASOCIAL
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Tearing up, perhaps : EMOTING
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See 38-Across : DUARTE
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Stain : BLOTCH
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Dog that's a cross of two French-named breeds : BITON
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Source of some fur : STOAT
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Hawaii's ___ Coast : KONA
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Cut down : FELL
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Isn't right : ERRS
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___ Fratelli (tomato sauce brand) : DEI

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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