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New York Times, Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Author:
Zhouqin Burnikel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
65-Across : 2020, e.g.
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Zhouqin Burnikel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 70 for Ms. Burnikel. Tuesday freshness: 22%
Zhouqin Burnikel notes:

I initially thought of YEAR OF THE RAT for [2020], but could not find a workable set. So I settled on the current one with a short first and last theme entry.

Jeff Chen notes:
Appropriate puzzle for the year 2020! It's a shame that it wasn't run on the first day of the year — there's something so pleasing ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times7/21/20 ( No. 25,823 )
Across
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"___ and ye shall receive" : ASK
4
Badminton court fixtures : NETS
8
Like bread used for stuffing, often : STALE
13
Anderson Cooper's channel : CNN
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"Law & Order: SVU" co-star : ICET
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Used an old phone : DIALED
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20-20, e.g. : TIESCORE
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"That's great to hear!" : IMGLAD
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Command to a dog : SPEAK
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Spice in pumpkin pie : MACE
22
Thur. follower : FRI
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"20/20," e.g. : NEWSMAGAZINE
27
Dillydally : DAWDLE
30
Cleanup hitter's attribute : POWER
31
"Gross!" : UGH
32
Frugal sort : SAVER
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Standing tall : ERECT
38
Party pooper : DRAG
40
20:20, e.g. : RATIO
42
Litter box emanation : ODOR
43
Enjoy thoroughly : EATUP
45
Nickname for Alexandra : SASHA
47
"Made in the ___" : USA
48
Zones : AREAS
50
___ Dumpty : HUMPTY
52
20/20, e.g. : VISUALACUITY
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Suffix meaning "sort of" : ISH
57
Parts of some seniors' financial plans, for short : IRAS
58
Popular hair coloring technique : OMBRE
62
Like an old-fashioned clock : ANALOG
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2020, e.g. : LEAPYEAR
67
Chinese noodle dish : LOMEIN
68
One of the four Gospels : LUKE
69
Hit the slopes : SKI
70
Classic Pittsburgh mill product : STEEL
71
Reach across : SPAN
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Point value of a "Z" in Scrabble : TEN
Down
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Circus routines : ACTS
2
Quick scissors cut : SNIP
3
Place to play spoons : KNEE
4
Things with Thomas Jefferson's image : NICKELS
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Prefix with system : ECO
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Contract specifics : TERMS
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Prepare rice, perhaps : STEAM
8
Kind of card in a smartphone : SIM
9
Part of a garment with instructions on care : TAG
10
Raring to go : ALLFIREDUP
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Get down pat : LEARN
12
___ Redmayne, Oscar winner for "The Theory of Everything" : EDDIE
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Dora the Explorer's cousin : DIEGO
17
Beach bucketful : SAND
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Calf-length pants : CAPRIS
24
Have on : WEAR
25
Leave wide-eyed : AWE
26
Worst possible mark on a test : ZERO
27
"C'mon, man!" : DUDE
28
Taj Express destination city : AGRA
29
Comment made while shaking the head : WHATASHAME
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Where Jacqueline Kennedy went to college : VASSAR
34
Pilot's announcement, in brief : ETA
36
"That'll ___ you!" : COST
37
Airplane seat attachment : TRAY
39
Spiritual guide : GURU
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"Didn't expect to see you here!" : OHHI
44
Stir-fry tidbit : PEA
46
Device for reproducing one's signature : AUTOPEN
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Set straight : ALIGN
51
"Well, I declare!" : MYMY
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Lab containers : VIALS
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"This ___ a test" : ISNOT
54
What a help center gets lots of : CALLS
55
Deplete : USEUP
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Top-of-the-line : BEST
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Tool by a golf bunker : RAKE
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Andrews of "Dancing With the Stars" : ERIN
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Martial arts master Bruce : LEE
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Tankful or tankerful : OIL
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Lead-in to an alias : AKA

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

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