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New York Times, Friday, March 20, 2020

Author:
Wyna Liu and Paolo Pasco
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
17-Across : Acted cheekily (in two senses?)
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
92/15/20196/16/20246
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3010023
ScrabDebutFresh
1.557575%
Wyna Liu
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
277/17/201510/31/202410
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
5300379
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
341.6119374%
Paolo Pasco

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {FQX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Liu. This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Pasco. Friday freshness: 25%
Constructor notes:
PAOLO: This grid was the result of our first collaboration; I sent her the NW corner, with the three 10s crossing WHO WORE IT BETTER, ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
This puzzle makes me remember how much I enjoy themelesses featuring marquee grid-spanning entries. WHO WORE IT BETTER and CARE TO ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times3/20/20 ( No. 25,700 )
Across
1
Needs to recharge, maybe : POWERCORDS
11
One whose coat of arms displays a unicorn : SCOT
15
Sporty/casual fashion trend : ATHLEISURE
16
Derisive interjections : HAHS
17
Acted cheekily (in two senses?) : STOLEAKISS
18
Cry of frustration : ARGH
19
Drag : TOW
20
Advance : LOAN
21
They touch people's funny bones : HUMERI
23
Icon of the small screen? : EMOJI
25
With 27-Across, what you might do "to pay Paul" : ROB
27
See 25-Across : PETER
28
Required wear in some Hindu temples : SARONG
30
Google search results : URLS
32
___ flour : OAT
33
Sponsor of the Poetry Out Loud program, for short : NEA
34
Discounted : ONSALE
36
They're kept at Area 51, supposedly : ETS
37
Host's responsibility : INTRO
39
Complete ... or completely destroy : TOTAL
41
"Errare humanum ___" : EST
43
Marvel : ODDITY
45
Scolding word : BAD
47
Go on and on : GAB
48
Visibly forbidding : DOUR
49
Hastily applied, as makeup : DAUBED
52
El ___ : GRECO
54
Surround, with "in" : HEM
56
Botanical opening : STOMA
57
Dance craze mentioned in the Beatles' "Revolution 9" : WATUSI
59
Pants part : SEAT
61
Go "Vroom vroom!" : REV
62
Kind of horn pitched in E♭ : ALTO
63
Online commentariat : TWITTERATI
66
Appear : SEEM
67
Sticker in a restaurant window : ZAGATRATED
68
Beau ideal : HERO
69
Pen name of Ruth Crowley and Eppie Lederer : ANNLANDERS
Down
1
Wallops : PASTES
2
Place for dogs to rest : OTTOMAN
3
Tabloid question next to two people in the same outfit : WHOWOREITBETTER
4
Wing : ELL
5
Land, at sea : REELIN
6
"Gotta run!" : CIAO
7
"The Tin Drum" narrator : OSKAR
8
Cataclysmic : RUINOUS
9
Shrinks, e.g., briefly : DRS
10
Group hangout time, slangily : SESH
11
"Tsk, tsk!" : SHAME
12
"Can you say more about that?" : CARETOELABORATE
13
"Just what I needed," sarcastically : OHGREAT
14
They might be shot from a basketball court : TSHIRTS
22
Shaken : UPSET
24
___ Watson, role for Lucy Liu on "Elementary" : JOAN
26
Actor Benjamin of "Law & Order" : BRATT
29
Fat: Sp. : GORDO
31
Man's name that's an anagram of DOLLY : LLOYD
35
"Uh, yeah!" : NODUH
38
Chores : TODOS
40
Be up against : ABUT
41
It lends a golden color to baked goods : EGGWASH
42
Big name in baked goods : SARALEE
44
Chess concession : IRESIGN
46
Mother of Persephone : DEMETER
50
Toward the rear : ASTERN
51
___ Bridal, wedding dress chain : DAVIDS
53
Family name in New York politics : CUOMO
55
Lead, e.g. : METAL
58
Chichén ___ (Mayan city) : ITZA
60
Start of an encouragement : ATTA
64
Colorless : WAN
65
"Sweet!" : RAD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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