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New York Times: Saturday, October 9, 2021
Below is the full solution for the Saturday, October 9, 2021 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
August Lee-Kovach
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Travel item
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Travel item
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Battle cry
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Battle cry
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Pop group?
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Pop group?
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Smart ___
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Smart ___
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Its national animal is the beaver
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Its national animal is the beaver
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Sustainability indicator
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Sustainability indicator
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Painter whose cataract surgery allowed him to see and paint in ultraviolet
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Painter whose cataract surgery allowed him to see and paint in ultraviolet
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Knee part, for short
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Knee part, for short
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___ Richmond, former head of the Congressional Black Caucus and senior adviser to Joe Biden
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___ Richmond, former head of the Congressional Black Caucus and senior adviser to Joe Biden
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Order in the court
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Order in the court
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Certain exotic pets
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Certain exotic pets
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Dishevel
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Dishevel
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Baseball team whose mascot is Screech the eagle, familiarly
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Baseball team whose mascot is Screech the eagle, familiarly
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Sinking fastballs
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Sinking fastballs
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Ron who played Tarzan
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Ron who played Tarzan
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Start of a count
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Start of a count
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Conductor's cry
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Conductor's cry
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Popular podcast genre
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Popular podcast genre
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Advanced degree
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Advanced degree
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Equal opportunity
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Equal opportunity
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Local legends
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Local legends
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Dance move
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Egglike
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Egglike
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Sticky candy?
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Sticky candy?
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"Bam!" chef
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"Bam!" chef
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"That's gotta hurt"
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"That's gotta hurt"
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Where you might get the ball rolling
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Where you might get the ball rolling
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Arm muscle, slangily
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Arm muscle, slangily
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Place
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Place
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The Grim, in the Harry Potter books
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The Grim, in the Harry Potter books
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Fig. often written with X's
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Fig. often written with X's
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Shapes of some dog treats
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Shapes of some dog treats
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Soft or hard finish
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Soft or hard finish
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Big shot?
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Big shot?
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More than discouraged
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More than discouraged
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Part of a Navy officer's rotation
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Part of a Navy officer's rotation
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Luxury vehicles since 1986
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Luxury vehicles since 1986
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Ephemeral palaces
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Ephemeral palaces
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___-o'-shanter
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___-o'-shanter
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Hoity-toity type
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Hoity-toity type
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Die out
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Die out
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Some stand concessions
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Some stand concessions
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Velocity, e.g.
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Velocity, e.g.
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___ film
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___ film
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Purpose of a pass
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Purpose of a pass
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Shapes
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Shapes
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Hullabaloo
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Hullabaloo
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Repair
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Repair
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Strauss's "Also ___ Zarathustra"
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Strauss's "Also ___ Zarathustra"
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Scales up?
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Scales up?
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Much-covered New Orleans standard based on Mardi Gras chants
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Much-covered New Orleans standard based on Mardi Gras chants
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Relays, e.g.
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Relays, e.g.
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Ripped
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Ripped
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Arc-shaped musical notation
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Arc-shaped musical notation
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Disney redhead
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Disney redhead
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Bit of auto design inspired by the jet age
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Bit of auto design inspired by the jet age
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Easygoing
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Easygoing
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One may be personal
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One may be personal
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Spartan, e.g.
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Spartan, e.g.
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Blows away
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Blows away
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Keep one's head down
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Keep one's head down
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Units of land, with or without the first letter
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Units of land, with or without the first letter
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[I can't believe what I just read]
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[I can't believe what I just read]
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Okonkwo's people in "Things Fall Apart"
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Okonkwo's people in "Things Fall Apart"
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Left on board, say
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Left on board, say
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Boo-boo
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Boo-boo
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"Help!," for example
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"Help!," for example
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It's all over the papers
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