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New York Times, Monday, November 16, 2020

Author:
Jennifer Nutt
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
45-Down : R-rated, say
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Jennifer Nutt

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Nutt. Monday freshness: 37%
Jennifer Nutt notes:
Jeff recently wrote about theme types that got popular and then faded away. A few months ago, I submitted a first-words-are-synonyms ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Jennifer is right; babies are cute. Once you get past the interrupted sleep. And the poop. And so much crying. Then there's the baby's ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times11/16/20 ( No. 25,941 )
Across
1
Tricked by doing something unexpectedly, with "out" : FAKED
6
Original airer of "Doctor Who" and "Monty Python's Flying Circus" : BBC
9
Jitter-free jitter juice : DECAF
14
Slicker, as winter highways : ICIER
15
Writer Tolstoy : LEO
16
Speechify : ORATE
17
Sweet item at a bakery : JELLYROLL
19
One streaming on Twitch, maybe : GAMER
20
Wedding vow : IDO
21
"In memoriam" piece : OBIT
22
Drinking mug : STEIN
23
Keep watch while a homeowner's away : HOUSESIT
26
Drs.' co-workers : RNS
27
Categorize : ASSORT
30
Zippo : NADA
32
Not an original, informally : REPRO
33
Bar-to-bar activity : PUBCRAWL
37
Skater Lipinski : TARA
38
Heart chambers : ATRIA
39
What a smiley or frowny emoji indicates : MOOD
41
What a speaker or musician may adjust before starting : MICSTAND
43
Immature bug : LARVA
44
Tidy : NEAT
45
Wagered : RISKED
46
Green item proffered by Sam-I-Am : EGG
48
Easy win : CAKEWALK
52
Tally mark : NOTCH
54
The "E" in PG&E: Abbr. : ELEC
55
"___ unto them that call evil good, and good evil": Isaiah : WOE
58
In flames : AFIRE
59
Small advances ... or the progression suggested by the ends of 17-, 23-, 33-, 41- and 48-Across : BABYSTEPS
62
Police trainee : CADET
63
Convenience for withdrawing $$$ : ATM
64
Appear out of nowhere : POPUP
65
Maples and myrtles : TREES
66
Mattress's place : BED
67
Nervous about what's ahead : ANTSY
Down
1
Island group whose name is a brand of water : FIJI
2
Got an A on : ACED
3
Metric weight, informally : KILO
4
Slithery fish : EEL
5
Thirsty : DRY
6
Ill-defined shapes : BLOBS
7
Misrepresent : BELIE
8
Fillies' counterparts : COLTS
9
Sirius ... or Lassie, for example? : DOGSTAR
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It was: Lat. : ERAT
11
Job for a cinematographer : CAMERAWORK
12
Didn't go out to a restaurant : ATEIN
13
Some greenery on forest floors : FERNS
18
Give a drubbing : ROUT
23
Roman poet who wrote "Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!" : HORACE
24
Spanish gold : ORO
25
Member of an early Andean civilization : INCA
27
Field of Frida Kahlo or El Greco : ART
28
Coal deposit : SEAM
29
Shore phenomenon around the time of the new and full moons : SPRINGTIDE
31
Tablecloth fabric : DAMASK
33
School fund-raising org. : PTA
34
"Ode on a Grecian ___" : URN
35
Action on eBay : BID
36
Score before 15, in tennis : LOVE
38
Lead-in to girl or boy : ATTA
40
Family man : DAD
42
Scented bags : SACHETS
43
Rap's ___ Wayne : LIL
45
R-rated, say : RACY
46
Put into law : ENACT
47
Succeed in life : GOFAR
49
Shish ___ : KEBAB
50
Gladden : ELATE
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Popular health info source : WEBMD
53
First Nations group : CREE
55
Shed tears : WEPT
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Magnum ___ : OPUS
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Catch sight of : ESPY
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Place to get a mani-pedi : SPA
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Truckload unit : TON

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

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