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New York Times, Friday, November 6, 2020

Author:
Aimee Lucido
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
18-Across : Grade A
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Aimee Lucido

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JKQW} This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Lucido. Friday freshness: 49%
Aimee Lucido notes:
The original accepted version of this puzzle actually had a totally different bottom right-hand corner. It had the phrase ELDERWAND as ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
This is how expert solvers break into a themeless puzzle: 5-Down, [More urgent], has to end in ER. 22-Across, [Crafts ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times11/6/20 ( No. 25,931 )
Across
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YouTube star Chamberlain, whom The Atlantic called "the most talked-about teen influencer in the world" : EMMA
5
Abbr. on a family tree : DESC
9
"Dirty Harry" org. : SFPD
13
Loaded questions? : BARTRIVIA
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Reacted in wonderment : OOHED
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When it's all *finally* over : BITTEREND
18
Grade A : PRIMO
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Hunches : SENSES
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Bunches : ALOT
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Crafts created on a rotating platform : SPINART
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Strip at the beach? : TANLINE
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Kind of code : PENAL
29
Quarters abroad, maybe : HOSTELS
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Risen, in a way : LEAVENED
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Sides of a conversion : FAITHS
36
German opposite of "junge" : ALTE
37
"Thus ..." : ANDSO
39
Hello or goodbye : CIAO
40
Lipton competitor : TETLEY
42
Easy-listening music : EARCANDY
44
Take a good, long look at yourself? : EGOSURF
46
Political ___ : ARENA
47
Absolutely crazy : BANANAS
49
Rutherford and Shackleton, for two : ERNESTS
51
Figure skating maneuver : LUTZ
52
Buckingham Palace attendant : YEOMAN
54
Disney character who sings "Part of Your World" : ARIEL
56
Really bothered : DROVENUTS
61
Le ___ (French port) : HAVRE
62
Satisfies, as with a small snack : TIDESOVER
63
In case : LEST
64
Gender-neutral possessive : ONES
65
Pickup order? : TAXI
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Wane : EBB
2
Month after avril : MAI
3
Muscleman who co-starred in "Rocky III" : MRT
4
Legal fig. : ATT
5
More urgent : DIRER
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"Still ..." : EVENTHEN
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Makes a big mistake : SINS
8
R.O.T.C. group : CADETS
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Soup-soaked bread, say : SOP
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Part of an apathetic remark : FORALLICARE
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Uncultured sorts : PHILISTINES
12
Something summoned via a pentagram : DEMON
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___ value : RESALE
16
Spoil, with "on" : DOTE
20
Had done, as a portrait : SATFOR
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[Kerplop!] : SPLAT
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Director of "Get Out" and "Us" : PEELE
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Daydreaming, maybe : INATTENTIVE
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More familiar term for omphaloskeptics : NAVELGAZERS
27
PBS-funding org. : NEA
30
Stranger : ODDER
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Deny : NAYSAY
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"I ___ noticed" : HADNT
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Sources of tofu : SOYAS
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Diagnostic computer setting : SAFEMODE
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Length of time spent on hold, it often seems : EON
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Festival de ___ : CANNES
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No longer bothered by : USEDTO
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Bo-o-oring : BLAH
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Kind of medical exam : AURAL
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Parties with black lights, maybe : RAVES
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"... now ___ the future" : ORIN
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Rent out : LET
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!, in some programming languages : NOT
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A.C.C. basketball powerhouse : UVA
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Stereotypical cowboy nickname : TEX
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Tamil title : SRI

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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