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New York Times, Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Author:
Andrew Kingsley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Across : Ask
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Andrew Kingsley

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 40 Missing: {VXZ} This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Kingsley. Tuesday freshness: 63%
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© 2020, The New York Times4/21/20 ( No. 25,732 )
Across
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Some preserved conversations : TAPES
6
Very softly, in music : PPP
9
Ask : QUERY
14
Nuclear trial, informally : ATEST
15
Bottle that might be labeled "XXX" : ALE
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Not warranted : UNDUE
17
Full moon, e.g. : PHASE
18
Scribes' flourishes : CURLICUES
20
Heavenly beings : SERAPHIM
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Yoko who wrote and sang "I Love You, Earth" : ONO
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The "O" of CD-ROM : ONLY
24
With 32-Across, suddenly and without thinking : ONA
25
Speaks scornfully : SCOFFS
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"Uh-uh," formally : NAY
30
Minor throat problem : FROG
31
Jetson son : ELROY
32
See 24-Across : WHIM
34
Jazz legend Fitzgerald : ELLA
37
Mantelpiece piece : URN
38
Republicans, collectively : THEGOP
40
Ottawa chief who shares his name with an automobile : PONTIAC
42
Hindu god of love and compassion : KRISHNA
43
Like a sauna user : SWEATY
44
Minor quibble : NIT
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Come clean to : TELL
47
Equestrian's pace : TROT
48
Not just corpulent : OBESE
50
Kazan who directed "East of Eden" : ELIA
52
Workplaces for R.N.s : ORS
55
Have no doubts : BESURE
57
Word before dog or dash : MAD
58
Catch sight of : SPOT
59
Things retirees wear? : PJS
60
Begin to confide in : OPENUPTO
62
Capable : COMPETENT
66
Japanese or Javanese : ASIAN
67
Like films labeled "XXX" : ADULT
68
Big deal : ADO
69
Someone hell-bent on writing? : DANTE
70
Grumpy Cat and Keyboard Cat, for two : MEMES
71
Pilates unit : REP
72
"He that is slow to ___ is better than the mighty": Proverbs : ANGER
Down
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Selects with a finger, as an app : TAPSON
2
Parthenon dedicatee : ATHENA
3
*Teeth, slangily : PEARLYWHITES
4
Piece for an editorial page : ESSAY
5
Fitbit unit : STEP
6
Al of "Dog Day Afternoon" : PACINO
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*Peacock's pride : PLUMAGE
8
___ se : PER
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*Rite of passage celebrating a 15th birthday : QUINCEANERA
10
Not hip : UNCOOL
11
College URL ending : EDU
12
Lament : RUE
13
"Uh-huh!" : YES
19
___ Gatos, Calif. : LOS
21
Subject of interest to an endocrinologist : HORMONE
26
Dessert add-on ... or what the answer to each starred clue has? : FRUITTOPPING
27
Sudden attack : FORAY
28
Connect, as a smartphone to a computer : SYNC
30
*Air Force aircraft : FIGHTERJETS
33
"___ Just Not That Into You" (2009 rom-com) : HES
35
Platters from the Platters, for short : LPS
36
Prime time for beachcombing : LOWTIDE
38
Extended family : TRIBE
39
Buddy : PAL
41
Lao-tzu's "way" : TAO
42
Etch A Sketch part : KNOB
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*Big French daily : LEMONDE
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Capable of being folded without creasing or breaking : SUPPLE
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MacBook, for one : LAPTOP
53
Take turns : ROTATE
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One living the high life? : STONER
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Winter hrs. in Winter Haven, Fla. : EST
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Suffragist ___ B. Anthony : SUSAN
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Nothin' : NADA
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Engine part : CAM
63
Writing from Pablo Neruda : ODE
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Closemouthed : MUM
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Makeshift pencil holder : EAR

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

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