NY Times Puzzle No. 0407
ACROSS
Beginner, in lingo
1
Beaten via
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a referee’s decision, for short
Menial position
9
Words sung twice
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before “A pirate’s life for me” Pint-size
15
Where the
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terminal dash in “Home Alone” takes place Organized
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workers
Mythical lion’s
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home
Apt name for a
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worrier
One driving kids
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to a rink, say “Roger that”
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Sticking points?
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Hindi for “reign”
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Honor student’s
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pride, for short Put up with
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Accustoms (to)
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Like planes and
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flags
Kind of lily
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Fuel for a
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mustang?
Lucky hit for a
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Ping-Pong player Non-starters
39
Successfully
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study
Impostor
44
syndrome feeling The Heat, on
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scoreboards Catch
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Prefix with sexual
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Jailers …
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or a hint to “unlocking” four answers in this puzzle
Vie to get
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Sound of a
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mouse pointer? Skirt
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She played Billie
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Jean King in 2017’s “Battle of the Sexes”
Formal decrees
58
“___ Creator
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Omnium” (ancient hymn) Biblical son of
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Seth
Raring to go
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Francis Drake
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and Ernest Shackleton, for two
Community
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served by Lambda Legal, in brief
DOWN
Sch. with the
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Elmer Holmes Bobst Library Seemingly
2
for-ev-er Moonshine
3
container
Plunder
4
“You shoulda
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kept that to yourself”
Stuffed Jewish
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dish
How some ballet
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is performed
___ golf
8
Jordan Peele’s
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production company, named for a classic horror short story Natives of the
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Great Plains
Like some
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signals and traffic
Their name
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has the “re” of “cream” and the two o’s from “chocolate”
Big smile
13
“Psst!” alternative
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Certain high-fat,
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low-carb diet, informally Treasures
23
buried in the hills
Bob ___,
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co-creator of Batman
Photo ___
25
Calculating
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Purchases for a
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high-tech hobby Peeps, so to
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speak
Solution to a
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bad hair day, maybe
1981 video
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game that featured the first appearance of Mario
Age, in a way
37
Moves out to
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sea
Thanksgiving
40
Gen-Z style with
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emo and anime influences Go public with
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Bugaboos
43
Boil down
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Soothing sound
45
“___ On Up”
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(“The Jeffersons” theme)
Marisa of “My
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Cousin Vinny” ___ One (vodka
49
brand)
Actress ___
50
Pinkett Smith Gangbusters
51
Word with bad or
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smart
Head, slangily
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The “e” of i.e.
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