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New York Times, Saturday, September 26, 2020

Author:
Kristian House
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
29-Across : Cleansing of the soul
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Kristian House

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 28 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. House. Saturday freshness: 66%
Kristian House notes:
I always have a list of words and phrases that I would like to get into a crossword puzzle, so I decided to plunk a few of those into ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I'm a chemistry buff, and I knew with 100% confidence — no purity assay required! — that [Atoms that have the same number of neutrons] ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times9/26/20 ( No. 25,890 )
Across
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Classic makeshift solution : DUCTTAPE
9
Side dish at a Korean restaurant : KIMCHI
15
Sent : INHEAVEN
16
Some spuds : IDAHOS
17
Luxuriating in the great outdoors : GLAMPING
18
George who directed "Night of the Living Dead" : ROMERO
19
___ Evans, many-time collaborator with Miles Davis : GIL
20
Alveolus, e.g. : SAC
21
What's got you down? : AILMENT
22
Just got (by) : EKED
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San Diego's ___ Institute : SALK
26
"... ish" : ORSO
27
Make more secure, in a way : RETIE
29
Cleansing of the soul : PURGATION
32
Pro Bowl team that wears blue jerseys : NFC
34
Game played with beanbags : CORNHOLE
35
Gas pump abbr. : REG
38
Megan who was Sports Illustrated's 2019 Sportsperson of the Year : RAPINOE
40
Impetus for a rescue mission : SOS
41
Unbiased opinion, e.g. : OXYMORON
43
Asheville-to-Knoxville dir. : WNW
45
Convenience store sign : ATMINSIDE
47
Caesar dressing ingredient, familiarly : DIJON
51
Spots for wet bars : DENS
52
Man's name that rhymes with a number : NATE
54
Rachel ___, seven-season TV role for Meghan Markle : ZANE
55
Collection of seeds? : BRACKET
58
"You thought!" : HAH
60
Prime meridian std. : GST
61
Finance reporter Ron : INSANA
62
Click the "X" when vexed, maybe : RAGEQUIT
64
Kind of roll : KAISER
65
Drain : ENERVATE
66
Sends : ELATES
67
Something you might earn by having a long crossword-solving streak, informally : NERDCRED
Down
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Construction site sight : DIGGER
2
Change of heart on Facebook : UNLIKE
3
Home in the mountains : CHALET
4
Pro ___ : TEM
5
Music of the night? : TAPS
6
Alternatives to Nikes : AVIAS
7
Ink saver : PENCAP
8
Subtitles option: Abbr. : ENG
9
Soprano ___ Te Kanawa : KIRI
10
Fetishized one : IDOL
11
Ginormous : MAMMOTH
12
The surface tension of milk makes them stick together : CHEERIOS
13
Bit of jazz improv : HORNSOLO
14
Atoms that have the same number of neutrons : ISOTONES
21
Home of Minor League Baseball's RubberDucks : AKRON
23
Hubbub : DIN
25
Grammy-winning folk singer Williams : LUCINDA
28
Zac of "17 Again" : EFRON
30
Bloom or balloon : GROW
31
Bring to ___ : ANEND
33
Dealers have lots of them : CARS
35
Transport not meant for trails : ROADBIKE
36
Like contractors vis-à-vis employees : EXTERNAL
37
Settings for pep rallies : GYMNASIA
39
Gist : POINT
42
Wrong for the role : MISCAST
44
Virtuoso, informally : WIZ
46
Flammable compound with two carbons : ETHANE
48
Auto whose engine is apt to purr? : JAGUAR
49
Opposite of remote : ONSITE
50
Cleared : NETTED
53
Hot to trot : EAGER
56
It's a real bender : KNEE
57
Wearable Disneyland memento : EARS
59
Collective : HERD
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Knights of ___ ("Star Wars" order) : REN
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HSN alternative : QVC

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

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