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8 letters · New York Times · Friday, October 15, 2021 · 19-Across
Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Friday, October 15, 2021.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · October 15, 2021 · 19-Across · 8 letters
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- 13-Down Sneaky sort
- 14-Across Important leadership skill
- 15-Down Model (for)
- 16-Across Classic neo-grotesque typeface
- 17-Across "Losing some illusions ... perhaps to acquire others," per Virginia Woolf
- 18-Across Gloomy and drab
- 20-Across Like a spitball
- 20-Down Composer Anton who used the 12-tone technique
- 21-Across Darth Vader's childhood nickname
- 22-Across Author who wrote "The heaventree of stars hung with humid nightblue fruit"
- 23-Down Main component in the Chinese street food jianbing
- 24-Across Sticky stuff
