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New York Times, Saturday, August 20, 2022

Author:
Hemant Mehta
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Across : ___-eyed (naïvely idealistic)
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Hemant Mehta

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Mehta. Saturday freshness: 64%
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© 2022, The New York Times8/20/22 ( No. 26,583 )
Across
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Pauses in discussion : UMS
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"I Am ___," best-selling autobiography of 2013 : MALALA
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Foods that can help boost testosterone levels : FIGS
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Some discount offerings : PROMOCODES
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Reserve group, in brief? : OPEC
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Moving film? : SHRINKWRAP
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Words before and after "deal" : ORNO
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Enemy organization in Marvel Comics : HYDRA
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Truck part : BED
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Azalée ou chrysanthème : FLEUR
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Bug-eyed toon with a big red tongue : ODIE
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Part of an oil well, maybe : CAP
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Add to the kitty : TOSSIN
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___ Foundation (nonprofit with a history going back to 1984) : TED
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Locale for a pin : MAT
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Military leader of old : SHOGUN
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Demand for honesty : DONTLIETOME
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Expression in an uncomfortable situation : FORCEDSMILE
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"No need to elaborate" : IUNDERSTAND
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___-eyed (naïvely idealistic) : STARRY
33
Default avatar on Twitter, once : EGG
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It's raised by the best : BAR
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Browns, in a way : SAUTES
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Sanskrit honorific : SRI
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"Faster!" : MOVE
40
Brought on board : HIRED
41
Buddy : MAC
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Sunk one's teeth into? : SAWED
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"Why haven't you …?" retort : IDID
44
Sign outside a hospital room, maybe : NOVISITORS
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Alternative to a finger poke : PSST
47
What Kleenexes are created for : ONETIMEUSE
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M.L.B. star Juan : SOTO
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"Oh, hallelujah!" : GODYES
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Garden activity : TEA
Down
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Ultimate result : UPSHOT
2
Literary character who "alone, in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil" : MRHYDE
3
Louche : SORDID
4
___ Van Duyn, 1990s U.S. poet laureate : MONA
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Comic strip cry : ACK
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Plight of the 1%? : LOWBATTERY
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Pro pitcher : ADREP
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Help for a case : LEAD
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Shakespeare's "pretty worm of Nilus" : ASP
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It's not what it looks like : FOOLSGOLD
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"It seems to me ..." : IPRESUME
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Straight up : GENUINE
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Hold in contempt : SCORN
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Embroil : MIRE
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Something you hope to find while rock climbing : FOOTING
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People born on the 4th of July, e.g. : CANCERS
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Holy trinity? : THEMAGI
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King Arthur's slayer : MORDRED
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Barcelona or Belfast, to Boston : SISTERCITY
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Provided with funds : DONATEDTO
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Church inits. : LDS
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One who's always thinking ahead? : FUTURIST
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Not-very-satisfying explanation : ISAIDSO
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Leave gracefully : BOWOUT
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Disinclined : AVERSE
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It has a significant part in the Bible : REDSEA
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Places for cabins : SHIPS
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On a hard disk, say : SAVED
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What "#" means in chess notation : MATE
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Prefix with -cratic : MONO
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Noted virtual community : SIMS
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Drink that can be spiced … or spiked : NOG
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German pronoun : SIE

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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