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Use Your Noodle

New York Times, Sunday, August 13, 2023

Author:
Manaal Mohammed
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
82-Down : [I'm thinking …]
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Manaal Mohammed

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 134, Blocks: 80 Missing: {QVX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Mohammed. Sunday freshness: 87%
Will Shortz notes:
Manaal Mohammed is a junior at M.I.T. studying computer science. This is her first crossword for The Times. It started when she saw the phrase [27-Across] and thought that was an apt ... read more
Manaal Mohammed notes:
This puzzle is inspired in part by the many pastas my mom has made over the years because I was too picky to eat other food, in particular the late summer pesto pasta we usually make to ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Given that my picky eaters spurn all pasta except spaghetti — and it has to be the correct brand of spaghetti, mind you — I was amazed to relearn how many pasta shapes there are. ... read more
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© 2023, The New York Times8/13/23 ( No. 26,941 )
Across
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Drinks named after a city in Yemen : MOCHAS
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Remove, as a cap : DOFF
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Bloody Mary ingredient : TABASCO
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Deluge : ONRUSH
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Collection of threads, of a sort : FORUM
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Person pursuing passion, not pay : AMATEUR
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Cookbook for rotelle lovers? : MEALSONWHEELS
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Play lists? : ROSTERS
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Creature thought to inspire mermaid legends : MANATEE
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Olive oil for a macaroni salad? : ELBOWGREASE
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Chills : ICES
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Lose it : GOMAD
33
Clothing style with retro and preppy influences : TWEE
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Camel relative : TAN
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Gate listing, for short : ETD
37
Bit of high jinks : CAPER
38
"You think?" : WASIT
40
Fairy tale antagonist : WOLF
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Best-selling personal finance guru : SUZEORMAN
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Electrify : THRILL
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Advice for saucing a lasagna? : GETBETWEENTHESHEETS
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Region of ancient Palestine : JUDEA
51
Down : SAD
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Competition for boxers : BRIEFS
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Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee, for 67-Across : ALUMNI
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Running fettuccine dough through the pasta machine? : RIBBONCUTTING
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Concealed field, for short : BCC
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Cacao bit : NIB
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Pigeon's sound : COO
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Rubber-stamps : OKS
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Where Ross taught paleontology on "Friends," for short : NYU
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Self-serve spots at pasta bars? : SHELLSTATIONS
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Star clusters? : ALISTS
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Butch Cassidy, famously : OUTLAW
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Astronaut Jemison : MAE
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Baked, so to speak : ONPOT
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Kitchen disaster with rotini? : SPIRALSOUTOFCONTROL
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Hits on the head, informally : BOINKS
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Topic of a traveler's inquiry : HOTELRATE
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Keepsakes for some of the world's greatest dads? : MUGS
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Appropriate rhyme for "stash" : CACHE
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Hummus brand : SABRA
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"Ugh!" : GAH
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Big news for a co. : IPO
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Singer Bareilles : SARA
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Storage story : ATTIC
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Sets of mathematical points : LOCI
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With 108-Across, aftermath of a farfalle dinner? : BUTTERFLIES
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Canvas carry-on : TOTEBAG
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Asanas in a sauna, say : HOTYOGA
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See 100-Across : INYOURSTOMACH
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Question from a poker dealer : INOROUT
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Horror or humor : GENRE
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Like O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" : IRONIC
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Signifies : DENOTES
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Jungian topic : SELF
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Some party lines : CONGAS
Down
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"___ Dearest" (1981 film) : MOMMIE
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Like the musical "Come From Away" or "Six" : ONEACT
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Stretched out to see : CRANED
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Hip things to do in Hawaii? : HULAS
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Part of T.A.: Abbr. : ASST
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Style of alternative rock with psychedelic influences : SHOEGAZE
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Texas metroplex, to locals : DFW
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Expression of amazement : OOH
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Let go : FREED
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Truck stop purchase : FUEL
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___ audience : TARGET
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"La Bohème" subject : AMORE
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The "x" in x2 : BASE
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Roti flour : ATTA
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Takes care of something : SEESTOIT
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Things that snake oil salesmen sell : CUREALLS
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Surgery spots, for short : ORS
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Cardinals' org. : MLB
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Early 2000s virtual animal companion : NEOPET
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Lushes : SOTS
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"All Quiet on the Western Front" setting, for short : WWI
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Tom callin's? : MEOWS
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Unpaid debt : ARREAR
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Cardinals' org. : NFL
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Ham-and-cheese sandwich : CUBAN
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Washed out, maybe : WAN
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Word with fire or red : ANT
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Forcibly pull : WREST
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Education acronym : STEM
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Dynasty name in Italian history : MEDICI
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Song words after "God Bless" or "Party in" : THEUSA
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Bulk : HEFT
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Narrow ravine : GULCH
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Bring out : EDUCE
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"Barry" airer : HBO
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Rubik who created the Rubik's Cube : ERNO
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Ill : SICK
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Pokes : JABS
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Photo-sharing social media accounts, for short : INSTAS
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"That su-u-ucks!" : BOO
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Snappy quip : BONMOT
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Motivational content, in modern slang : INSPO
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Bedtime brand : NYTOL
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Blast of wind : GUST
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"___ do" : ITLL
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Meadow sounds : BAAS
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Some large cuts : LOINS
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Browse social media without commenting or posting : LURK
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Low digit : TWO
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Like AAA, among all bond ratings : SAFEST
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"Whole ___ Red" (2020 chart-topping album for Playboi Carti) : LOTTA
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Legal memo header : INRE
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Flair : ECLAT
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Stock option? : SOUPBONE
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Stuff oneself with : PIGOUTON
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[I'm thinking …] : UHH
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Low digit : TOE
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Global revolutions? : ORBITS
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Like some sedatives : NARCOTIC
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Weight-to-height meas. : BMI
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Pearl units : CARATS
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One form of bark : ARF
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Third-largest city of Colombia : CALI
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Japanese board game also called Five in a Row : GOBANG
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Tree that yields gum arabic : ACACIA
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Soprano's feats : HIGHCS
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Transition : SEGUE
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Together : ASONE
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Shade of yellow : LEMON
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Beginner : TYRO
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Horn sound : TOOT
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Gerund end : ING
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Distinctive features of a chameleon : EYES
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Fatty tuna, on a sushi menu : TORO
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Stashed : HID
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Link letters : URL
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One making calls, informally : REF

Answer summary:
13 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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