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New York Times: Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, September 29, 2021 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Alex Eaton-Salners
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Bring a smile to
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Wild guess
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Wild guess
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Big jerk
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Big jerk
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*Stay in power
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*Stay in power
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Daddy
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Daddy
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"Put a cork in it!"
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"Put a cork in it!"
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Vim
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Vim
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Impressive work
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Impressive work
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Vandalize, e.g.
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Vandalize, e.g.
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___ Lanka
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___ Lanka
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Hatcher of Hollywood plots
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Hatcher of Hollywood plots
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*Hold on to
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*Hold on to
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Lease alternative
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Lease alternative
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*Done openly
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*Done openly
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Mane character of classic TV?
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Mane character of classic TV?
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Unfiltered and unpasteurized brew
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Unfiltered and unpasteurized brew
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Large blue expanses
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Large blue expanses
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One playing with a mouse, maybe
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One playing with a mouse, maybe
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Helpfully pushy person
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Helpfully pushy person
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*Changing gradually
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*Changing gradually
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Says "I do" at a Vegas drive-thru, say
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Says "I do" at a Vegas drive-thru, say
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Single-masted boat
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Single-masted boat
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Newman who wrote "Heather Has Two Mommies"
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Newman who wrote "Heather Has Two Mommies"
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Some thrift shop music purchases
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Some thrift shop music purchases
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It's in heavy rotation on the highway
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It's in heavy rotation on the highway
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*Doesn't eat
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*Doesn't eat
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Type (in)
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Type (in)
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*On this spot
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*On this spot
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On the sheltered side, nautically
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On the sheltered side, nautically
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Shipping choice
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Shipping choice
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Tone
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Tone
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Christmas trio
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Christmas trio
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Ye olde apothecary bottles
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Ye olde apothecary bottles
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First responder, in brief
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First responder, in brief
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Man in the Irish Sea, e.g.
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Man in the Irish Sea, e.g.
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When revealed in this puzzle, it reverses the meanings of the answers to the starred clues
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When revealed in this puzzle, it reverses the meanings of the answers to the starred clues
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Daisy Ridley's "Star Wars" role
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Daisy Ridley's "Star Wars" role
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"... and ___ some"
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"... and ___ some"
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Helen who sang "I Am Woman"
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Helen who sang "I Am Woman"
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"___ we having fun yet?"
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"___ we having fun yet?"
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Traditional focus of Brooks Brothers
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Traditional focus of Brooks Brothers
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@ follower, on Twitter
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@ follower, on Twitter
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Assistant with a goofy beatboxing routine (just ask)
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Assistant with a goofy beatboxing routine (just ask)
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Reproductive unit in biology
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Reproductive unit in biology
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Reproductive unit in botany
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Reproductive unit in botany
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Mammal with a prehensile proboscis
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Mammal with a prehensile proboscis
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Kwik-E-Mart proprietor on "The Simpsons"
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Kwik-E-Mart proprietor on "The Simpsons"
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Shindig
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Shindig
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Capital of Eritrea
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Capital of Eritrea
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Clean-___
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Clean-___
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Viciously criticizes, informally
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Viciously criticizes, informally
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Benadryl competitor
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Benadryl competitor
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Square
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Square
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Like the background of the "Wicked" poster
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Like the background of the "Wicked" poster
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Web address ender
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Web address ender
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King of pop
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King of pop
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Country on the Gulf of Guinea
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Country on the Gulf of Guinea
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Audio tool that reduces volume extremes
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Audio tool that reduces volume extremes
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Perfumes with a thurible
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Perfumes with a thurible
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Great Basin tribe
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Great Basin tribe
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Neglect
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Neglect
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Something with two heels
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Something with two heels
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Like some abs
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Like some abs
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Performed at one's peak?
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Performed at one's peak?
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K-pop star whose hit 2012 song refrain made "The Yale Book of Quotations"
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K-pop star whose hit 2012 song refrain made "The Yale Book of Quotations"
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___, rinse, repeat
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___, rinse, repeat
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Dig up
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Dig up
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Like some winter weather
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Like some winter weather
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Fitness measure
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Fitness measure
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Aerial hunter
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Aerial hunter
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Otherworldly
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Otherworldly
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Give off
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Give off
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D&D equipment
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D&D equipment
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Wood in a baseball bat
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Wood in a baseball bat
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Lead-in to self
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Lead-in to self
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Slop spot
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Slop spot
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