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New York Times, Friday, January 10, 2020

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Down : Manhattan, e.g., informally
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 184 for Mr. Quigley. Friday freshness: 50%
Jeff Chen notes:
Four contenders for clue of the year in this puzzle; such cleverness: Being an Oakland A diehard in my youth (anyone else ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times1/10/20 ( No. 25,630 )
Across
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Expressive cartoon avatar : BITMOJI
8
Absorbs : SOPSUP
14
Like some congressional bills : OMNIBUS
15
A home in the major leagues? : OAKLAND
16
Loud and disorderly : RAUCOUS
17
Steals : PIRATES
18
When some contest entries are submitted, just in time : ONTHELASTDAY
20
In particular: Abbr. : ESP
21
Language suffix : ISH
22
Car ad abbr. : APR
25
Proofreader's notation : ITAL
28
Alley ___ : OOP
30
1954 Patti Page hit that begins "It was winter when you told me you were leaving" : ICRIED
33
Leap out, so to speak : POP
34
Over three-fifths of its land is owned by the federal government : IDAHO
36
Perfume : CENSE
37
Some fruit-filled desserts : APPLESHORTCAKES
40
Tampa suburb named after a pope : STLEO
41
Flip a top off : UNCAP
42
Sign : INK
43
Boil : SEETHE
45
Tory party symbol : OAK
46
Gym units : SETS
47
Series ender : NTH
48
TV character who went to high school for 122 years : ALF
50
Capable, jocularly : EPT
52
"Black Panther" genre : AFROFUTURISM
58
Term for a group of moles : SPYRING
61
20th- and 21st-century artist known by his first name : CHRISTO
62
"Sounds about right" : IDAGREE
63
Not as likely to hold water, say : SEEPIER
64
One who goes through the motions? : LAWYER
65
"Goodness gracious!" : BLESSME
Down
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Manhattan, e.g., informally : BORO
2
Mononymous model : IMAN
3
Hardware fastener : TNUT
4
Mont-Saint-___ (French tourist island) : MICHEL
5
High winds : OBOES
6
Puff pieces? : JUULPODS
7
"Insecure" creator Rae : ISSA
8
Greeted someone : SAIDHI
9
Succotash ingredient, at times : OKRA
10
Part of some McDonald's restaurants : PLAYAREA
11
Convened : SAT
12
Article in Arles : UNE
13
Workplaces for dets. : PDS
15
Decides : OPTS
19
Gradually steal : SIPHONOFF
23
P's and q's typer : PINKIE
24
Take umbrage at : RESENT
25
"Skip me" : IPASS
26
Highlights collection, maybe : TOPTEN
27
Java product : APPLET
29
Locale of a noted 1941 attack : OAHU
31
Letters on cosmonauts' helmets, once : CCCP
32
Newsroom units : DESKS
34
The "I" of I. M. Pei : IEOH
35
Penguin predator : ORCA
38
Languor : LETHARGY
39
Admit defeat, in modern slang : TAKETHEL
44
Money maker : EARNER
46
Funnies : STRIPS
49
Premium ticket spec : LOGE
51
Make into mush : PUREE
53
What Vulcan was the god of : FIRE
54
Golden State school inits. : UCSB
55
Goddess wearing a vulture headdress : ISIS
56
Check : STEM
57
"What's ___ ..." : MORE
58
Meaning of an embossed "S," maybe : SIL
59
Smack on the street, e.g., for short : PDA
60
Side-to-side motion : YAW

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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