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New York Times, Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Author:
Amanda Rafkin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Down : Snoops (around)
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Amanda Rafkin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. Rafkin. Tuesday freshness: 67%
Amanda Rafkin notes:
Even though this is my sixth NYT puzzle, I'm very excited to say that today's puzzle is actually my solo debut! Not only that, but it ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Earlier this year, Will Shortz mentioned that he sees too many "hidden words" themes. I think there's still room for exploration ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times10/13/20 ( No. 25,907 )
Across
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Parent of Shopping.com : EBAY
5
Stage that may have bugs : BETA
9
Untrue : FALSE
14
Composer Bartók : BELA
15
The "Iliad" or the "Odyssey" : EPIC
16
Online business : ETAIL
17
Bob Dylan song that was a #2 hit for Peter, Paul & Mary : BLOWININTHEWIND
20
Aid for making signs : STENCIL
21
Dishes created at restaurant "bars" : SALADS
22
Power-hungry people have big ones : EGOS
24
Achy : SORE
25
Sly signal : KNOWINGWINK
30
Casual hellos : YOS
33
O'Brien of late-night TV : CONAN
34
Angsty music genre : EMO
35
Result of a fender bender : DENT
36
Person with log-in information : USER
37
Quilting or embroidery : CRAFT
39
Between ports : ASEA
40
Resource from a bog : PEAT
41
Sarcastic laugh syllable : HAR
42
Some shapes on lab slides : BLOBS
43
Requirement for a background check, for short : SSN
44
Device for pulling a vehicle : TOWINGWINCH
47
Release, as a single : DROP
49
Ephron who co-wrote and directed "Sleepless in Seattle" : NORA
50
Canadian dollar coin : LOONIE
52
Some musical compositions : SONATAS
57
Circumstance that's good for everyone ... with a hint to 17-, 25- and 44-Across : WINWINSITUATION
59
D sharp equivalent : EFLAT
60
Dicing food or turning on the oven, e.g. : PREP
61
Prefix with potent : OMNI
62
"Gypsy" composer Jule : STYNE
63
Snoozes : NAPS
64
Take a Tinder match offline, say : MEET
Down
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Flows' opposite : EBBS
2
It's a cinch : BELT
3
Burn soother : ALOE
4
[That is so boring!] : YAWN
5
Harmless : BENIGN
6
Last words : EPILOG
7
___ Woodman (visitor to Oz) : TIN
8
Things separated by intermissions : ACTS
9
"How ya holding up?" : FEELOK
10
Battling all out : ATWAR
11
Looked at : LAIDEYESON
12
Things confessed during confession : SINS
13
Bygone days, old-style : ELD
18
Strand during a winter trip, say : ICEIN
19
Lacks : HASNOT
23
Administer an oath to : SWEARIN
25
Single-serve coffee holders : KCUPS
26
Snoops (around) : NOSES
27
Perfect partner for life : ONEANDONLY
28
Part of a witch's Halloween mask : WART
29
Global financial org. : IMF
31
End of an era? : ONEBC
32
Target for a drug-sniffing dog : STASH
35
Surrealist Salvador : DALI
37
Frédéric who composed the "Revolutionary" Étude : CHOPIN
38
Like steak tartare : RAW
42
Swahili "sir" : BWANA
44
This evening, in commercialese : TONITE
45
Warning on an airplane wing : NOSTEP
46
Trios, quartets, etc. : GROUPS
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Comic Atkinson of "Bean" and "Mr. Bean's Holiday" : ROWAN
50
Follower of face or fork : LIFT
51
"SportsCenter" network : ESPN
53
Something of little matter? : ATOM
54
Proctor's call : TIME
55
Top-of-the-line : AONE
56
Red state? : SNIT
57
Director Anderson : WES
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Lyricist Gershwin : IRA

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

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