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New York Times, Thursday, August 24, 2023

Author:
Robin Yu
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
65-Across : Annual multimedia festival, informally
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 42 Missing: {FJQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Yu. Thursday freshness: 77%
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© 2023, The New York Times8/24/23 ( No. 26,952 )
Across
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Blown away : AWED
5
Black Widow's former org. : KGB
8
Off-roaders, for short : ATVS
12
Style of René Lalique's glasswork : DECO
13
Fair-hiring inits. : EOE
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Campaign to increase Election Day participation : VOTEROUTREACH
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Unidentified, informally : ANON
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Key worker? : PIANOTUNER
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When one might show one's age, informally : BDAY
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Tribute of a sort : ODE
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House of reps? : GYM
25
Seven-___ (worst hand in Texas hold 'em) : DEUCE
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Alternative to paper or plastic : TOTEBAG
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Shapeshifts : MORPHS
30
Figure in a house listing : AREA
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Exactamundo : BANGON
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Temporary, controlled power shutdown … or a hint to reading four of this puzzle's answers : ROLLINGBLACKOUT
40
Jimmy Carter's Secret Service code name : DEACON
41
News stand? : OPED
42
Pale in comparison? : ASHIER
46
Liqueur in some coffee cocktails, familiarly : BAILEYS
48
Foil, e.g. : SWORD
49
Very quick point : ACE
51
Green standard : PAR
52
Org. opposed to "speciesism" : PETA
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Activities that relieve psychological stress : EMOTIONALOUTLETS
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Rugged dirt track racers : SPRINTCARS
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Extremely, informally : UBER
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A-number-one : TOP
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In ___ (completely) : TOTO
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Certain sodas, for short : DEWS
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Spot that's hardly spotless : STY
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Annual multimedia festival, informally : SXSW
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Poet laureate Limón : ADA
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Suddenly fell through, as a plan : WENTOUTTHEWINDOW
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Green booking : ECOHOTEL
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Fait accompli : DONEDEAL
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French military cap : KEPI
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Flipping out : GOINGGAGA
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Like suspicious eyes : BEADY
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Openly proclaim : AVOW
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One in a onesie : TOT
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Twitch streamer with a digital avatar, say : VTUBER
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Parody : SENDUP
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Awards show recognition, informally : NOM
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Bartender's stock : RYES
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Something that's designed to be buggy? : WEB
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"Je pense, ___ je suis": Descartes : DONC
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Blacken : TAR
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Spanish gold : ORO
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Doubleday who didn't really invent baseball : ABNER
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2016 title role for Auliʻi Cravalho : MOANA
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Pioneer in color TV broadcasting : NBC
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See the world : GLOBETROT
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Named, in brief : IDED
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Caffeine-containing ingredients once used in soft drinks : KOLANUTS
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Theater section for Statler and Waldorf, on "The Muppet Show" : OPERABOX
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About-face : UEY
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Gridiron stats : TDS
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Nile reptiles : ASPS
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Carried away by the tide : SWEPTOUTTOSEA
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Drag race conveyance : HOTROD
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Poker call : IRAISE
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Event for a unicorn, perhaps, in brief : IPO
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___ Theatres : AMC
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They might be checked at a restaurant : COATS
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GPS figs. : ETAS
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Game with a rhyming name : ISPY
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Having just dropped : NEW
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Crew directive : ROW

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