NY Times Crossword Answers July 14, 2024 | Expert Breakdown & Tips

NY Times Crossword Complete Solution: July 14, 2024

Published on Sunday, July 14, 2024 • Updated daily

Our expert breakdown helps you solve the July 14 NYT crossword while expanding your vocabulary. Learn answer strategies and discover word connections.

Across Clues and Answers (59)

Clue #1: 1. J.Lo or J-Law

7-letter answer Answer: ALISTER

Clue #2: 8. Brief

6-letter answer Answer: INFORM

Word Help: Synonyms: inform

Clue #3: 14. Target of a seasonal shot

3-letter answer Answer: FLU

Word Help: Synonyms: influenza, grippe, flu

Clue #4: 17. Harmful algal blooms

8-letter answer Answer: REDTIDES

Clue #5: 19. Liqueur sharing its name with an island

7-letter answer Answer: CURACAO

Word Help: Synonyms: curacao, curacoa, Curacao

Clue #6: 21. Actor Somerhalder

3-letter answer Answer: IAN

Clue #7: 22. Rock group clashes over album art?

17-letter answer Answer: CDCASEDIVIDESACDC

Clue #8: 25. Common allergen

3-letter answer Answer: NUT

Word Help: Synonyms: testicle, ballock, screwball

Clue #9: 26. Possessive in the Lord's Prayer

3-letter answer Answer: THY

Clue #10: 27. Picked up on

7-letter answer Answer: NOTICED

Word Help: Synonyms: noticed, discover, comment
Antonyms: unnoticed, ignore

Clue #11: 28. Cartoonist Chast

3-letter answer Answer: ROZ

Clue #12: 29. Like one preferring platonic relationships, informally

3-letter answer Answer: ARO

Clue #13: 30. "Veni, vidi, ___"

4-letter answer Answer: VICI

Clue #14: 32. Kind of sauce at a sushi bar

3-letter answer Answer: EEL

Word Help: Synonyms: eel

Clue #15: 33. "So cute!"

8-letter answer Answer: ADORABLE

Word Help: Synonyms: endearing, lovely, adorable

Clue #16: 36. Humble postgame summary from an Indiana basketball player?

19-letter answer Answer: PACERSSELFLESSRECAP

Clue #17: 42. Celebration whose name literally means "taro leaf"

4-letter answer Answer: LUAU

Word Help: Synonyms: luau

Clue #18: 43. Salve targets

5-letter answer Answer: SORES

Word Help: Synonyms: sore

Clue #19: 44. You might go for a spin in one

4-letter answer Answer: TUTU

Word Help: Synonyms: Tutu, Desmond_Tutu, ballet_skirt

Clue #20: 45. Doohickey

4-letter answer Answer: ITEM

Word Help: Synonyms: item, detail, token

Clue #21: 48. "Secret Celebrity Renovation" airer

3-letter answer Answer: CBS

Clue #22: 50. Word with high or secret

7-letter answer Answer: SOCIETY

Word Help: Synonyms: social_club, companionship, company

Clue #23: 54. Top score in a dunk contest

3-letter answer Answer: TEN

Word Help: Synonyms: ten-spot, tenner, ten

Clue #24: 55. Director Burton

3-letter answer Answer: TIM

Clue #25: 56. Doohickey

6-letter answer Answer: THINGY

Clue #26: 59. Its sound is mimicked with coconut shells in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"

5-letter answer Answer: STEED

Word Help: Synonyms: steed

Clue #27: 61. Buffalo hockey player

5-letter answer Answer: SABRE

Word Help: Synonyms: sabre, saber, cavalry_sword

Clue #28: 63. Slangy request to a German to play it cool?

15-letter answer Answer: KLAUSACTCASUALK

Clue #29: 70. Big brand in the frozen aisle

6-letter answer Answer: OREIDA

Clue #30: 72. Greta of "Grand Hotel"

5-letter answer Answer: GARBO

Word Help: Synonyms: Greta_Garbo, Greta_Louisa_Gustafsson, Garbo

Clue #31: 73. Brisket cooker

6-letter answer Answer: SMOKER

Word Help: Synonyms: tobacco_user, smoking_carriage, smoker
Antonyms: nonsmoker

Clue #32: 74. What happened when the bust went sideways?

15-letter answer Answer: NARCINAPANICRAN

Clue #33: 79. Comment that breaks the fourth wall

5-letter answer Answer: ASIDE

Word Help: Synonyms: divagation, digression, parenthesis

Clue #34: 80. "You're ___ luck, my friend"

5-letter answer Answer: OUTTA

Clue #35: 81. Place with swinging doors, stereotypically

6-letter answer Answer: SALOON

Word Help: Synonyms: pothouse, saloon, bar

Clue #36: 83. "The Great Gatsby" antagonist

3-letter answer Answer: TOM

Word Help: Synonyms: tom, tomcat, Uncle_Tom

Clue #37: 84. "That's gotta hurt!"

3-letter answer Answer: OOF

Clue #38: 87. Fashionable N.Y.C. fund-raiser

7-letter answer Answer: METGALA

Clue #39: 91. Origami, e.g.

3-letter answer Answer: ART

Word Help: Synonyms: prowess, graphics, artistic_production

Clue #40: 92. Early invader of Britain

4-letter answer Answer: DANE

Word Help: Synonyms: Dane

Clue #41: 93. Event inspiring many TikTok proposals

4-letter answer Answer: PROM

Word Help: Synonyms: prom, promenade

Clue #42: 95. Creator of the 1980 video game Adventure

5-letter answer Answer: ATARI

Clue #43: 97. Calf-length dress

4-letter answer Answer: MIDI

Word Help: Synonyms: Midi, midi, MIDI
Antonyms: maxi

Clue #44: 99. Headline regarding a children's author controversy?

19-letter answer Answer: SEUSSIGNITINGISSUES

Clue #45: 106. Player in a baseball stadium

8-letter answer Answer: ORGANIST

Word Help: Synonyms: organist

Clue #46: 107. Sucker

3-letter answer Answer: SAP

Word Help: Synonyms: saphead, muggins, fool

Clue #47: 108. Post-workout feeling

4-letter answer Answer: ACHE

Word Help: Synonyms: yen, pine, languish

Clue #48: 110. Femur-to-tibia connector, for short

3-letter answer Answer: ACL

Clue #49: 111. Barbecue coating

3-letter answer Answer: RUB

Word Help: Synonyms: snag, wipe, hang-up

Clue #50: 112. Rile up

7-letter answer Answer: AGITATE

Word Help: Synonyms: stir_up, push, campaign
Antonyms: calm

Clue #51: 116. Progressive competitor

3-letter answer Answer: AIG

Clue #52: 117. Java

3-letter answer Answer: JOE

Clue #53: 118. Voice-activated order for cabbage or soda bread?

17-letter answer Answer: IRISHSIDEDISHSIRI

Clue #54: 123. Actress Ortiz

3-letter answer Answer: ANA

Word Help: Synonyms: Ana, ana

Clue #55: 124. Hard to pin down

7-letter answer Answer: ELUSIVE

Word Help: Synonyms: subtle, problematic, elusive

Clue #56: 125. Mammal seen in Monterey Bay

8-letter answer Answer: SEAOTTER

Clue #57: 126. Traveling caller, perhaps

3-letter answer Answer: REF

Word Help: Synonyms: referee, ref

Clue #58: 127. Pair in a telescope

6-letter answer Answer: LENSES

Word Help: Synonyms: electron_lens, crystalline_lens, lens

Clue #59: 128. Subjects of many evening photographs

7-letter answer Answer: SUNSETS

Word Help: Synonyms: sunset, sundown
Antonyms: sunrise

Across Clues and Answers (59)

Clue #1: 1. Character's development path

3-letter answer Answer: ARC

Word Help: Synonyms: arc, curve, spark

Clue #2: 2. Certain flat-screen, for short

5-letter answer Answer: LEDTV

Clue #3: 3. Aid in recovering a lost pet

6-letter answer Answer: IDCHIP

Clue #4: 4. "Don't freak out!"

8-letter answer Answer: STAYCALM

Clue #5: 5. "Bear with him, Brutus; ___ his fashion": Cassius

3-letter answer Answer: TIS

Word Help: Synonyms: titanium, te, Ti

Clue #6: 6. Idyllic spot for two

4-letter answer Answer: EDEN

Word Help: Synonyms: nirvana, heaven, Garden_of_Eden

Clue #7: 7. Try again from the top

4-letter answer Answer: REDO

Word Help: Synonyms: make_over, refashion, remodel

Clue #8: 8. They might hang around the house during the holidays

7-letter answer Answer: ICICLES

Word Help: Synonyms: icicle

Clue #9: 9. In the buff

4-letter answer Answer: NUDE

Word Help: Synonyms: nude_statue, nude_sculpture, nude_person

Clue #10: 10. Activist Hampton of the Black Panthers

4-letter answer Answer: FRED

Clue #11: 11. Intl. alliance that includes Canada and Costa Rica

3-letter answer Answer: OAS

Word Help: Synonyms: Organization_of_American_States, OAS

Clue #12: 12. Pioneer in color TV

3-letter answer Answer: RCA

Clue #13: 13. Keyboard shortcuts

6-letter answer Answer: MACROS

Word Help: Synonyms: macro, macro_instruction

Clue #14: 14. Version shown at the movie theater

8-letter answer Answer: FINALCUT

Clue #15: 15. Nobel honoree

8-letter answer Answer: LAUREATE

Word Help: Synonyms: laureate

Clue #16: 16. Biblical preposition

4-letter answer Answer: UNTO

Clue #17: 18. Google search results

5-letter answer Answer: SITES

Word Help: Synonyms: posture, sit, internet_site
Antonyms: stand, arise

Clue #18: 20. Nose wrinklers

5-letter answer Answer: ODORS

Word Help: Synonyms: olfactory_perception, smell, olfactory_sensation

Clue #19: 23. Contests

4-letter answer Answer: VIES

Word Help: Synonyms: compete, vie, contend

Clue #20: 24. Foe of the Bolsheviks

4-letter answer Answer: CZAR

Word Help: Synonyms: tzar, tsar, czar

Clue #21: 31. R.N.'s assignment, maybe

3-letter answer Answer: ICU

Word Help: Synonyms: ICU, intensive_care_unit

Clue #22: 33. Knighted Guinness

4-letter answer Answer: ALEC

Clue #23: 34. Stop it

6-letter answer Answer: DESIST

Word Help: Synonyms: refrain, abstain, desist
Antonyms: consume

Clue #24: 35. Use DraftKings or FanDuel

3-letter answer Answer: BET

Word Help: Synonyms: stake, count, look

Clue #25: 37. A person

4-letter answer Answer: EACH

Word Help: Synonyms: each, to_each_one, for_each_one

Clue #26: 38. Inventor who wrote "Cubed: The Puzzle of Us All"

5-letter answer Answer: RUBIK

Clue #27: 39. ___ Blancos, nickname for soccer's Real Madrid

3-letter answer Answer: LOS

Clue #28: 40. To's counterpart

3-letter answer Answer: FRO

Clue #29: 41. Many a dad joke

3-letter answer Answer: PUN

Word Help: Synonyms: paronomasia, pun, punning

Clue #30: 45. "OK, the gloves are off!"

5-letter answer Answer: ITSON

Clue #31: 46. Diadem lookalike

5-letter answer Answer: TIARA

Word Help: Synonyms: tiara

Clue #32: 47. After burner?

5-letter answer Answer: EMBER

Word Help: Synonyms: coal, ember

Clue #33: 49. Show that spawned "MacGruber," for short

3-letter answer Answer: SNL

Clue #34: 51. Abbr. after a series

3-letter answer Answer: ETC

Clue #35: 52. Drinks accompanying finger sandwiches

4-letter answer Answer: TEAS

Word Help: Synonyms: teatime, tea, afternoon_tea

Clue #36: 53. Overly agreeable sort

6-letter answer Answer: YESMAN

Clue #37: 56. Monotony

6-letter answer Answer: TEDIUM

Word Help: Synonyms: tedium, ennui, tediousness

Clue #38: 57. Mad (about)

4-letter answer Answer: GAGA

Word Help: Synonyms: gaga, senile, dotty

Clue #39: 58. Chinese dollar

4-letter answer Answer: YUAN

Word Help: Synonyms: kwai, yuan, Yuan_dynasty

Clue #40: 60. Pairs

4-letter answer Answer: DUOS

Word Help: Synonyms: twain, pair, yoke

Clue #41: 62. Having mucho dinero

4-letter answer Answer: RICO

Word Help: Synonyms: RICO, anti-racketeering_law, Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act

Clue #42: 64. Indian honorific

3-letter answer Answer: SRI

Clue #43: 65. Basics

4-letter answer Answer: ABCS

Word Help: Synonyms: ABCs, alphabet, ABC

Clue #44: 66. ___ Felton, title detective of "The Puzzle Lady Mysteries"

4-letter answer Answer: CORA

Word Help: Synonyms: Despoina, Persephone, Cora

Clue #45: 67. Japanese dog breed

5-letter answer Answer: AKITA

Clue #46: 68. Unfairly enticed

5-letter answer Answer: LEDON

Clue #47: 69. Krispy ___

5-letter answer Answer: KREME

Clue #48: 71. Money paid for a hand

4-letter answer Answer: ANTE

Word Help: Synonyms: ante

Clue #49: 75. A.B.A. member: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: ATT

Clue #50: 76. Early polytheists

6-letter answer Answer: PAGANS

Word Help: Synonyms: infidel, heathen, pleasure_seeker

Clue #51: 77. In the style of

3-letter answer Answer: ALA

Word Help: Synonyms: ala

Clue #52: 78. Conventions

5-letter answer Answer: NORMS

Word Help: Synonyms: average, norm

Clue #53: 82. First name in soul

4-letter answer Answer: OTIS

Word Help: Synonyms: Otis, genus_Otis, Elisha_Graves_Otis

Clue #54: 84. Covert ___

3-letter answer Answer: OPS

Word Help: Synonyms: Ops

Clue #55: 85. Nabisco treat with ice cream and cookies

8-letter answer Answer: OREOCONE

Clue #56: 86. Unlike a shamrock

8-letter answer Answer: FOURLEAF

Clue #57: 88. Fighting

4-letter answer Answer: ATIT

Clue #58: 89. Muscle worked by a pull-down machine, for short

3-letter answer Answer: LAT

Word Help: Synonyms: lat, latissimus_dorsi

Clue #59: 90. Shapiro of NPR

3-letter answer Answer: ARI

Clue #60: 92. Forms from a mold

8-letter answer Answer: DIECASTS

Clue #61: 94. Flavor enhancer, for short

3-letter answer Answer: MSG

Word Help: Synonyms: monosodium_glutamate, MSG

Clue #62: 96. Guts

7-letter answer Answer: INSIDES

Word Help: Synonyms: interior, inside
Antonyms: outside

Clue #63: 98. Singer ___ Lipa

3-letter answer Answer: DUA

Clue #64: 100. Garment worn with a choli

4-letter answer Answer: SARI

Word Help: Synonyms: sari, saree

Clue #65: 101. Harden (to)

5-letter answer Answer: INURE

Word Help: Synonyms: harden, inure, indurate

Clue #66: 102. Groundbreaking vet legislation of 1944

6-letter answer Answer: GIBILL

Clue #67: 103. Airport area

4-letter answer Answer: GATE

Word Help: Synonyms: gate, logic_gate

Clue #68: 104. Devices that often get swiped

5-letter answer Answer: IPADS

Clue #69: 105. Certain Muslim

6-letter answer Answer: SHIITE

Word Help: Synonyms: Shia_Muslim, Shi'ite, Shiite_Muslim

Clue #70: 109. "Great" or "snowy" bird

5-letter answer Answer: EGRET

Word Help: Synonyms: egret

Clue #71: 110. Just barely open

4-letter answer Answer: AJAR

Word Help: Synonyms: ajar

Clue #72: 112. "The way things are going ..."

4-letter answer Answer: ASIS

Clue #73: 113. Cry "Uncle!"

4-letter answer Answer: GIVE

Word Help: Synonyms: make, fall_in, leave
Antonyms: take, starve

Clue #74: 114. Skinny pieces of clothing

4-letter answer Answer: TIES

Word Help: Synonyms: necktie, affiliation, attach
Antonyms: disconnect, untie

Clue #75: 115. Son of Isaac and Rebecca

4-letter answer Answer: ESAU

Word Help: Synonyms: Esau

Clue #76: 119. Bird with four W.N.B.A. titles

3-letter answer Answer: SUE

Word Help: Synonyms: action, process, Eugene_Sue

Clue #77: 120. QVC alternative

3-letter answer Answer: HSN

Clue #78: 121. Snookums

3-letter answer Answer: HON

Clue #79: 122. Org. with a return policy?

3-letter answer Answer: IRS

Word Help: Synonyms: Internal_Revenue_Service, IRS

Expert Solving Strategies

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• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
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Across Clues and Answers (31)

Clue #1: 1. Novelist Patchett

3-letter answer Answer: ANN

Clue #2: 4. Adviser to an acting president?

10-letter answer Answer: DRAMACOACH

Clue #3: 14. Mouthful for the foulmouthed

4-letter answer Answer: SOAP

Word Help: Synonyms: goop, liquid_ecstasy, easy_lay

Clue #4: 16. Average guy

10-letter answer Answer: REGULARJOE

Clue #5: 17. One of two ingredients used to make chapati

4-letter answer Answer: ATTA

Clue #6: 18. "You know your voices carry, right?!"

10-letter answer Answer: IVEGOTEARS

Clue #7: 19. Neutralize, so to speak

4-letter answer Answer: DOIN

Clue #8: 20. Milestone for a baby

10-letter answer Answer: FIRSTWORDS

Clue #9: 21. Formally selects

7-letter answer Answer: ANOINTS

Word Help: Synonyms: oil, anoint, anele

Clue #10: 23. Dance specialty

3-letter answer Answer: TAP

Word Help: Synonyms: dab, pink, tip

Clue #11: 24. Keep from being touched, in a way

6-letter answer Answer: ENCASE

Word Help: Synonyms: encase, incase, case

Clue #12: 25. Seek out

7-letter answer Answer: SOLICIT

Word Help: Synonyms: beg, accost, woo

Clue #13: 29. Runaway hit

5-letter answer Answer: SMASH

Word Help: Synonyms: smash-up, boom, bankrupt

Clue #14: 30. Meme of the star of "John Wick" looking downcast

8-letter answer Answer: SADKEANU

Clue #15: 31. Row crosser: Abbr.

3-letter answer Answer: COL

Word Help: Synonyms: gap, col

Clue #16: 32. ___ Núñez de Balboa, Isthmus of Panama explorer

5-letter answer Answer: VASCO

Clue #17: 34. Means of taking a trip

3-letter answer Answer: LSD

Word Help: Synonyms: lysergic_acid_diethylamide, LSD

Clue #18: 35. Cultural draw of Shanghai's M50 district

8-letter answer Answer: ARTSCENE

Clue #19: 38. Prove otherwise

5-letter answer Answer: BELIE

Word Help: Synonyms: belie, contradict, misrepresent

Clue #20: 40. Some Halloween mischief

7-letter answer Answer: DEVILRY

Word Help: Synonyms: devilment, mischief-making, mischief

Clue #21: 41. Not very animated

6-letter answer Answer: STOLID

Word Help: Synonyms: impassive, stolid

Clue #22: 43. Culture center?

3-letter answer Answer: LAB

Word Help: Synonyms: research_laboratory, research_lab, lab

Clue #23: 44. Point guard's crafty maneuver

7-letter answer Answer: HOPSTEP

Clue #24: 46. Flavor enhancer in many pho recipes

10-letter answer Answer: BONEMARROW

Clue #25: 51. "And ... done!"

4-letter answer Answer: TADA

Clue #26: 52. Split without warning

10-letter answer Answer: UPANDLEAVE

Clue #27: 53. One may be picked up in the gym

4-letter answer Answer: ODOR

Word Help: Synonyms: olfactory_perception, scent, olfactory_property

Clue #28: 54. Support when building bridges

10-letter answer Answer: CANTILEVER

Word Help: Synonyms: cantilever

Clue #29: 55. Litter pickup area?

4-letter answer Answer: NAPE

Word Help: Synonyms: scruff, nape, nucha

Clue #30: 56. Overly warm welcome, maybe

10-letter answer Answer: SLOPPYKISS

Clue #31: 57. "You can count on me"

3-letter answer Answer: YES

Word Help: Synonyms: yes
Antonyms: no

Across Clues and Answers (31)

Clue #1: 1. Adjective on taco truck menus

5-letter answer Answer: ASADA

Clue #2: 2. "That's my absolute limit!"

10-letter answer Answer: NOTONEMORE

Clue #3: 3. Big game medium

10-letter answer Answer: NATIONALTV

Clue #4: 4. Snow fence accumulations

6-letter answer Answer: DRIFTS

Word Help: Synonyms: rove, blow, freewheel

Clue #5: 5. Perfect writing?

6-letter answer Answer: REVISE

Word Help: Synonyms: revisal, revision, retool

Clue #6: 6. New ___

4-letter answer Answer: AGER

Clue #7: 7. Tavern vessels

4-letter answer Answer: MUGS

Word Help: Synonyms: soft_touch, kisser, smiler

Clue #8: 8. Mountains of work ahead

8-letter answer Answer: ALOTTODO

Clue #9: 9. A model way to work?

7-letter answer Answer: CATWALK

Word Help: Synonyms: catwalk

Clue #10: 10. Dessert with a black-and-white filling

7-letter answer Answer: OREOPIE

Clue #11: 11. Mostly closed

4-letter answer Answer: AJAR

Word Help: Synonyms: ajar

Clue #12: 12. Part of a hammock

4-letter answer Answer: CORD

Word Help: Synonyms: corduroy, cord, electric_cord

Clue #13: 13. BP rival

4-letter answer Answer: HESS

Word Help: Synonyms: Hess, Walter_Hess, Victor_Hess

Clue #14: 15. Fails to keep cool

6-letter answer Answer: PANICS

Word Help: Synonyms: affright, scare, panic

Clue #15: 22. "Hmm ... hard pass"

3-letter answer Answer: NAH

Clue #16: 25. Source of a cephalopod's defensive ink

3-letter answer Answer: SAC

Word Help: Synonyms: pocket, sac, sack

Clue #17: 26. Punch out, say

10-letter answer Answer: CALLITADAY

Clue #18: 27. Privileged figures, perhaps?

10-letter answer Answer: INSIDEDOPE

Clue #19: 28. Sass, informally

4-letter answer Answer: TUDE

Clue #20: 29. Bucketful

4-letter answer Answer: SCAD

Word Help: Synonyms: scad

Clue #21: 30. Sioux Falls-to-Sioux City dir.

3-letter answer Answer: SSE

Word Help: Synonyms: sou'-sou'-east, south_southeast, SSE

Clue #22: 32. How many consent

8-letter answer Answer: VERBALLY

Word Help: Synonyms: verbally

Clue #23: 33. "Whichever one you want"

3-letter answer Answer: ANY

Word Help: Synonyms: whatever, any, whatsoever

Clue #24: 36. Cupboard component

7-letter answer Answer: SILENTP

Clue #25: 37. Seafood cookout bowlful

7-letter answer Answer: CLAMDIP

Clue #26: 38. Charles Mingus specialty

3-letter answer Answer: BOP

Word Help: Synonyms: sock, whap, bonk

Clue #27: 39. ___ Howard, Yankee who was the 1963 A.L. M.V.P.

6-letter answer Answer: ELSTON

Clue #28: 41. Propels, like a shuffleboard disk

6-letter answer Answer: SHOVES

Word Help: Synonyms: thrust, jostle, squeeze

Clue #29: 42. Lookout positions

6-letter answer Answer: TOWERS

Word Help: Synonyms: column, hulk, tugboat

Clue #30: 45. Cuts (down)

5-letter answer Answer: PARES

Word Help: Synonyms: pare_down, pare, skin

Clue #31: 46. 2003 and 2021 Super Bowl champs, informally

4-letter answer Answer: BUCS

Clue #32: 47. Milky resource found in the outback

4-letter answer Answer: OPAL

Word Help: Synonyms: opal

Clue #33: 48. Onetime iPod offering

4-letter answer Answer: NANO

Clue #34: 49. Be very funky

4-letter answer Answer: REEK

Word Help: Synonyms: stink, fetor, malodour

Clue #35: 50. Noted name in raga performance

4-letter answer Answer: RAVI

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
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