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New York Times, Friday, February 7, 2020

Author:
Mary Lou Guizzo and Erik Agard
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
11-Down : Bodybuilder?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
304/17/201410/7/202216
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
31263861
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
441.6114968%
Mary Lou Guizzo
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
7911/6/201211/19/202441
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
118891014181
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
281.6054961%
Erik Agard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {GZ} This is puzzle # 26 for Ms. Guizzo. This is puzzle # 54 for Mr. Agard. Friday freshness: 32%
Constructor notes:
MARY LOU: After our last collaboration that started as a themeless, then ended up as a themed, I asked Erik if he'd like to give that ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I was so fooled by [Pittsburgh is its most populous city]. Given that this is supposed to be a hard puzzle, it couldn't be ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

The print version of this puzzle was published with a typo at 17-Across. The correct spelling of the author's name is Burroughs.

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© 2020, The New York Times2/7/20 ( No. 25,658 )
Across
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___ 500 : SANDP
6
Building manager, informally : SUPE
10
Mimics Nicki Minaj : RAPS
14
Role for Nichelle Nichols and Zoë Saldana : UHURA
15
Sue at Chicago's Field Museum, e.g. : TREX
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Glow : AURA
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Seminal William S. Burroughs novel, 1959 : NAKEDLUNCH
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Proof of purchase : STUB
20
Tar : SEAMAN
21
Galaxy competitor : IPHONE
23
Adolph Coors or Frederick Pabst : MASTERBREWER
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Crown ___ : JEWELS
29
"Te ___" (Spanish words of affection) : QUIERO
30
Big name in cosmetics : AVEDA
31
Corporate bigs : SUITS
32
Actress ___ Dawn Chong : RAE
35
Start of a citation : PER
36
Samurai swords : KATANAS
38
Car company that sponsors the World Cup : KIA
39
Before, in odes : ERE
40
Sty occupants : SLOBS
41
Some marsh flora : REEDS
43
Spinning : AWHIRL
45
Help to cover : DEFRAY
46
"The fault lies here" : IBLAMEMYSELF
49
Comics title character who says "Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery" : CALVIN
50
Folds : PLEATS
53
Instead : ELSE
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Pittsburgh is its most populous city : APPALACHIA
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Manipulative sort : USER
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Ring bearers : TOES
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Special ops force : SEALS
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Super Bowl LIII winners, informally : PATS
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Course obstacle : EXAM
63
Defaults? : EDITS
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Tanning agent : SUN
2
"Eureka!" moments : AHAS
3
Quickly heat up : NUKE
4
Fantasized : DREAMED
5
Emmy-nominated host of "Top Chef" : PADMALAKSHMI
6
___ double : STUNT
7
Spigot site : URN
8
Something a bodybuilder might flex, informally : PEC
9
Case opener : EXHIBITA
10
Breakfast quantity : RASHER
11
Bodybuilder? : AUTOWORKER
12
Trim : PRUNE
13
Fencing piece : SABER
18
Miss : LASS
22
Certain P.R., in two different senses : PRESSRELEASE
24
In an even manner : EQUABLY
25
Remains : RUINS
26
Say mockingly : JAPE
27
"Do I ___!" : EVER
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"Good to go!" : WEREALLSET
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Rant and rave : STORM
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Fictional Ethiopian princess : AIDA
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"Careful now" : EASY
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Put off : ALIENATE
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Erased : EFFACED
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Equivocates : WAVERS
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Farmer's place, in song : DELL
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Freeze : ICEUP
47
Lightweight wood : BALSA
48
Sudden movement : SPASM
51
Muay ___ (martial art) : THAI
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It may be fine in a stream : SILT
55
Plague : POX
56
___-brained : PEA
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Intensifying suffix, in modern slang : ASS

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

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