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New York Times, Saturday, September 30, 2023

Author:
Ahmed Bayoumi
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Across : Detective story?
TotalDebut
19/30/2023
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Ahmed Bayoumi

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 5, (2 double stacks) This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Bayoumi. Saturday freshness: 9%
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© 2023, The New York Times9/30/23 ( No. 26,989 )
Across
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One who's left holding the bag? : CADDIE
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Dessert with layers : SPUMONI
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Like roughly one-eighth of the U.S. population : AFRICANAMERICAN
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The Haitian Revolution and the Aponte Conspiracy of 1812, e.g. : SLAVEREBELLIONS
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Took a hit : TOKED
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Where to make one's voice heard, with "the" : POLLS
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Contemporary artist Carrie ___ Weems : MAE
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Fleece "wearer" : EWE
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Esther of "Good Times" : ROLLE
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A word before we forget? : LEST
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Detective story? : ALIBI
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James Clavell best seller "___-Pan" : TAI
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Tabbies, e.g. : HOUSECATS
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Post-op persona, perhaps : NEWME
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Sort who might be testing the waters : MARINEBIOLOGIST
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Place : STEAD
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Rock band with the 2023 album "This Stupid World" : YOLATENGO
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Org. associated with interceptions : NSA
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Butts (in) : NOSES
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Wordle and others : FADS
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Basketball legend Thomas : ISIAH
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French word in vineyards : CRU
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Lug : APE
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Music score abbr. : CRESC
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Word on either side of "to" : ASHES
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Key to understanding ancient history? : THEROSETTASTONE
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What you might use to play music on a beach : WIRELESSSPEAKER
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Having down pat : ADEPTAT
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Remittance recipients : PAYEES
Down
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___ system : CASTE
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Like water in a stream : AFLOW
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Rapper Aubrey Graham, who's known professionally by his middle name : DRAKE
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Great fall : DIVE
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Like some drinks and injuries : ICED
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Hammer home? : EAR
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Be ripe : SMELL
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Bit of fish food : PELLET
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Things typically copied-and-pasted — rather than typed manually — in messages : URLS
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Find ___ (Nintendo minigame) : MII
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Christmas carol title starter : OCOME
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Grams : NANAS
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Map of Hawaii, often : INSET
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Modern coinage for someone turned successful through their celebrity parents : NEPOBABY
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Republicans in the 1850s, typically : ABOLITIONISTS
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Hot bed? : RICE
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Feudal superiors : LIEGES
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Sherpas, e.g. : ASIANS
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Gives, but not for good : LENDS
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Make ___ of : ANOTE
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Inits. before Queen Elizabeth : HMS
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Bit of farm food : OAT
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Suffix with press : URE
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Stand-up comedians, typically : SOLOACTS
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Good thing to have on the record : WIN
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Umami enhancer : MSG
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W.W. II combat inits. : ETO
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Verbally lose it, with "out" : LASH
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Kind of rescue search : AIRSEA
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Certain religious ruling : FATWA
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Honeydew producer : APHID
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Inventor of the steel plow : DEERE
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"This is dear mercy, and thou ___ it not": "Romeo and Juliet" : SEEST
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Fail under pressure : CHOKE
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Woman's name with an accent on its fourth letter : RENEE
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See 57-Down : USERS
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Relative of a filly : COLT
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In the Red, say : ASEA
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"___ alert" : STAY
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Title in D.C.: Abbr. : REP
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With 50-Down, many people making downloads : APP

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