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New York Times, Saturday, July 11, 2020

Author:
Kameron Austin Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
18-Across : Physical realm, in cyberpunk
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Kameron Austin Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Collins. Saturday freshness: 29%
Jeff Chen notes:
SOUL TRAIN! Ah, young Jeff, glued to the TV, watching the awesome moves on SOUL TRAIN and even more frequently on "Dance 360" which is ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Oops! The original published clue for EVA at 58-Down was [Wall-E's love in "Wall-E"] but while Wall-E pronounces the name "Eva", that robot of romance spells own her name EVE.

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© 2020, The New York Times7/11/20 ( No. 25,813 )
Across
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Metroliner operator, once : AMTRAK
7
Actor Taye of Broadway's "Rent" : DIGGS
12
Heaven, sweet heaven : PARADISEFOUND
15
Hollow-eyed expression? : CROCODILETEARS
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What's all the buzz about? : HIVE
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Physical realm, in cyberpunk : MEATSPACE
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Zip : ENERGY
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One to sniff out : RAT
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"Geez!" : GOD
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___ o menos (Spanish 101 phrase) : MAS
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Macbeth's burial isle : IONA
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Lacking any emotion : STONY
31
"101 Dalmatians" villain : CRUELLA
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Elephant abductors of legend : ROCS
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Longtime dance feature on TV beginning in 1971 : SOULTRAINLINE
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Digital book file extension : EPUB
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Locale for house reps? : HOMEGYM
40
Sacred choral composition : MOTET
42
Tube traveler? : OVUM
43
Domingo, e.g. : DIA
46
"___ me!" : ITS
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Christmas tree figurine, maybe : ELF
50
Involved with : SEEING
52
Figures that lack curves : RAWSCORES
56
Fictional maker of Dehydrated Boulders and Tornado Seeds ("just add water") : ACME
57
Bulk of an experiment : DATACOLLECTION
60
Global justice phenomenon sprung from a 2006 Myspace post by Tarana Burke : METOOMOVEMENT
61
Red sauce alternative : PESTO
62
Turn-of-the-century Oldsmobiles : ALEROS
Down
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H.S. course whose textbooks are full of solutions : APCHEM
2
Berth place : MARINA
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Jewelry stores? : TROVES
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Car on a track : RACER
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Buzz : ADO
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Play around : KID
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Strike at a newspaper office? : DELE
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Lead-in to a letdown : IFEAR
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"I ___ Feeling" (2009 chart-topper) : GOTTA
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Party people : GUESTS
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Show appreciation at a poetry slam : SNAP
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Kind of card in cellphones : SIM
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Strong-arm : DRAGOON
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Torch bearer, maybe : SCONCE
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Big name in the frozen aisle : EDYS
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Word before talk or power : GIRL
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Teens, e.g. : YOUTH
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Historic megalomaniac : NERO
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Setting for an 1836 shootout : ALAMO
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Prune : TRIM
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Die, say : CUBE
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Schreiber of "Spotlight" : LIEV
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Variety of cattle : ANGUS
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On-air campaign expense : SPOTAD
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Lapped, perhaps : OUTSWAM
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Eponymous town in southeastern Connecticut : LYME
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The conqueror Tamerlane, for one : EMIR
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Mexican beer brand : TECATE
43
Less predictable : DICIER
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Like early sound recordings : INMONO
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Catalysts, as of change : AGENTS
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Doritos ___ Tacos (fast-food offering) : LOCOS
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Cereal box word whose third and fourth letters are stylized as bits of cereal : FROOT
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Instruction to Alice : EATME
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When repeated, workout class instruction : STEP
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Friend of Mr. Noodle on children's TV : ELMO
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Thruway advisory : SLO
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___ Air (carrier to Taiwan) : EVA
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Still at Disney World? : CEL

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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