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New York Times, Friday, July 10, 2020

Author:
John Lieb
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Across : Like noble gases
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John Lieb

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 29 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Lieb. Friday freshness: 61%
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© 2020, The New York Times7/10/20 ( No. 25,812 )
Across
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Fall guy? : STUNTMAN
9
Like noble gases : STABLE
15
Japanese emperor from 1926 to 1989 : HIROHITO
16
1997 film with the tagline "One wrong flight can ruin your whole day" : CONAIR
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Things found on old desktops : INKWELLS
18
Raises : HOISTS
19
Once going by : NEE
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Tea, in Mandarin : CHA
21
Reunion attendee, informally : AUNTIE
22
Fashion monogram : YSL
23
Bozos, north of the border : HOSERS
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Garb for the masses? : ALBS
27
Sam Shepard play about warring brothers : TRUEWEST
29
Choler : IRE
30
Captivates : ENGROSSES
33
Subject of a 23-foot bronze statue in San Diego's Balboa Park : ELCID
35
Shade of deep blue : MARINE
36
Produce : CREATE
37
"Same here" : ASAMI
38
Night owl, often : LATERISER
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Aloof : ICY
42
It shares a border with Georgia : CHECHNYA
44
Places to wear goggles : LABS
46
" ... you know the rest" : ETCETC
47
Startling sound : POP
50
Cut again, say : REEDIT
52
Patriotic org. : DAR
53
Volleyball coup : ACE
54
Saws : ADAGES
55
Annual event to grow awareness of men's health issues : MOVEMBER
57
Dark red gemstone : GARNET
58
Sarcastic show of approval : SLOWCLAP
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Extras : ADDONS
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Meetings : SESSIONS
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Well-polished : SHINY
2
Points raised while eating : TINES
3
Ubernerd of '90s TV : URKEL
4
Impatient demand : NOW
5
Debut album for Dr. Dre : THECHRONIC
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"The Simpsons" character named for a U.S. president : MILHOUSE
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Self-help books for those feeling lost? : ATLASES
8
Rebuffs : NOS
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Downhill run : SCHUSS
10
Linus or Lucy, e.g. : TOON
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Rita Moreno's "West Side Story" role : ANITA
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Places of worship : BASILICAS
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Classic toy with colored pegs : LITEBRITE
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Speakers' stumbles : ERS
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Mission name in "The Martian" : ARES
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Farm animal that sounds like you? : EWE
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Spring feast : SEDER
27
Sleek : TRIM
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"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" actor who played in the N.F.L. : TERRYCREWS
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Medium for modern marketing campaigns : EMAIL
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Coinage for a certain working-class male voter : NASCARDAD
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Wise elder : GRAYBEARD
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Sci-fi general : LEIA
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Change in Cuba : CENTAVOS
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Baltic native : LETT
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Duke's grp. : ACC
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Government assistance : THEDOLE
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Causes for alarm? : HEISTS
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Musical "repeat" mark : SEGNO
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San ___, city near Berkeley : PABLO
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Drink, so to speak : OCEAN
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Suspects, informally : PERPS
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Celebrity chef Paula : DEEN
54
Mideast title : AGA
55
Ed.'s stack : MSS
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The year 1101 : MCI

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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