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New York Times: Thursday, April 20, 2023
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, April 20, 2023 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Simeon Seigel
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Stick under the bed?
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Stick under the bed?
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Served flawlessly?
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Served flawlessly?
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Play with, as a catnip mouse
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Play with, as a catnip mouse
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Off-the-books business, perhaps
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Off-the-books business, perhaps
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Olympics venue
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Olympics venue
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Shifty type?
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Shifty type?
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Lubricate again
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Lubricate again
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Words before a deadline
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Words before a deadline
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Site of a Herculean task
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Site of a Herculean task
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Function
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Function
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Sparkly wine cocktail
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Sparkly wine cocktail
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Praises to the heavens
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Praises to the heavens
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Fumble
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Fumble
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Cog on a wheel
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Cog on a wheel
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___ crawl
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___ crawl
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Mideast federation since 1971, in brief
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Mideast federation since 1971, in brief
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Dunderhead
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Dunderhead
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Fraternity letter
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Fraternity letter
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Brand of congestion medication
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Brand of congestion medication
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Where wild animals are most likely to see you
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Where wild animals are most likely to see you
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Old-fashioned "Whoopee!"
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Old-fashioned "Whoopee!"
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Capital of Brazil until 1960, informally
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Capital of Brazil until 1960, informally
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Refuses to
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Refuses to
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Make broader
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Make broader
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Desert home to the legendary Mongolian death worm
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Desert home to the legendary Mongolian death worm
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Conservative, in a sense
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Conservative, in a sense
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Subject of a fully exposed image?
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Subject of a fully exposed image?
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Affirming words
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Affirming words
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Surprise encounter
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Surprise encounter
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Polite refusal
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Polite refusal
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Muppet named after a character in "Midnight Cowboy"
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Muppet named after a character in "Midnight Cowboy"
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How this puzzle's grid must be rotated in order to read the answers to the starred clues, when written in 17-Across
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How this puzzle's grid must be rotated in order to read the answers to the starred clues, when written in 17-Across
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Bamboozle
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Bamboozle
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1977 Linda Ronstadt hit
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1977 Linda Ronstadt hit
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Word before and after "to," in a religious phrase
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Word before and after "to," in a religious phrase
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Org. endorsing P.P.E. for workers
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Org. endorsing P.P.E. for workers
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Jean who wrote "Wide Sargasso Sea"
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Jean who wrote "Wide Sargasso Sea"
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Moves quickly, as a cloud
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Moves quickly, as a cloud
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Really enjoy
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Really enjoy
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In keeping with
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In keeping with
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Video game franchise starring major-league baseballers
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Video game franchise starring major-league baseballers
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Shortest path connecting two points on a sphere
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Shortest path connecting two points on a sphere
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Surname of father/son actors James and Scott
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Surname of father/son actors James and Scott
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Henry Ford's sole heir
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Henry Ford's sole heir
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Consider something to be
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Consider something to be
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Overly suspicious
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Overly suspicious
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Word often abbreviated to its middle letter in texts
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Word often abbreviated to its middle letter in texts
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*Like a household with a stay-at-home parent, maybe
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*Like a household with a stay-at-home parent, maybe
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Sambuca flavoring
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Sambuca flavoring
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Padded accounts?
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Padded accounts?
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"___ see it from my perspective …"
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"___ see it from my perspective …"
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*Longtime Mazda catchphrase
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*Longtime Mazda catchphrase
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*Annual gathering of superhero fans
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*Annual gathering of superhero fans
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Member of TV's Addams Family
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Member of TV's Addams Family
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It comes and goes
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It comes and goes
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Last in a series
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Mer makeup
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Mer makeup
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*Babe-in-the-woods quality
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*Babe-in-the-woods quality
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Where the smallest bones in the body are found
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Where the smallest bones in the body are found
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Tiny particle
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Tiny particle
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Wee 'un
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Wee 'un
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Antique tools for pressing clothes
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Antique tools for pressing clothes
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Ficus fruit
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Ficus fruit
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Mighty Patch target
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Mighty Patch target
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Lot in Genesis, e.g.
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Lot in Genesis, e.g.
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Papal emissary
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Papal emissary
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Swindle
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Swindle
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More or less, in time
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More or less, in time
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Señor's send-off
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Señor's send-off
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River deposits
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River deposits
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N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer Thomas
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N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer Thomas
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Best-selling 2019 memoir subtitled "A Coming-of-Gender Story"
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Best-selling 2019 memoir subtitled "A Coming-of-Gender Story"
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Components of a hard six, in craps
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Components of a hard six, in craps
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Quick bite
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Quick bite
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Last in a series
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Last in a series
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Farm delivery letters
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