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New York Times, Saturday, May 9, 2020

Author:
Erik Agard and Miriam Estrin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
59-Down : Evenings, in brief
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
7911/6/201211/19/202441
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Erik Agard
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35/9/202011/26/20231
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10000011
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1.521465%
Miriam Estrin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 73, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FQVWY} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 60 for Mr. Agard. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Estrin. Saturday freshness: 29%
Constructor notes:

MIRIAM: My thanks to all who contributed to the NYT's How to Make a Crossword Puzzle series. It was so thoughtfully organized, and a big help to me.

Jeff Chen notes:
Yet another Agard-assisted debut! Erik is chasing me in the co-constructions count. Thank goodness that he got a prestigious and time-consuming ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times5/9/20 ( No. 25,750 )
Across
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Something Old, something New? : TESTAMENT
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Complications : SNAGS
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Among other things : INTERALIA
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Get in contact, so to speak : HOLLER
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Place to branch out : TREETRUNK
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Shaped like a clementine : OBLATE
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Secure : LAND
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Played at work, for short : DJED
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They can go from floor to ceiling : LAMPS
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Something Jane Goodall, Rube Goldberg and Nadine Gordimer have in common? : EGO
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Disquisition : TREATISE
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Cropped photo? : PIC
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Big name in perfumery : ESTEE
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Bollywood's ___ Rukh Khan : SHAH
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Image on the ceiling of la chapelle Sixtine : DIEU
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"Get ___!" : ONIT
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Grace : ELEGANCE
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Vegan serving in a bun : IMPOSSIBLEBURGER
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Come together : COALESCE
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Move like a flash : DART
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Flubs it : ERRS
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Runnin' ___ (N.C.A.A. team nickname) : UTES
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"Don't think so" : NUHUH
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Bad mood : PET
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Gripping experiences that take your breath away : BEARHUGS
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Aroma du vin : NEZ
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Mammal with a pouch where it can store its favorite rock : OTTER
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___ Laemmle, film pioneer who co-founded Universal Pictures : CARL
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Agitate : RILE
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Good name for a gas station attendant? : PHILIP
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Short rides : MINIBUSES
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Persistent character of children's lit : SAMIAM
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Soon : INAMOMENT
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Gets warmer, say : NEARS
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Puts the kibosh on : DEEPSIXES
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Queen or knight : TITLE
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Cause to explode : ENRAGE
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Ones serving dictators : STENOS
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Ready to go, with "up" : TEED
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Word before glass or house : ART
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Bang up : MAR
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Dodge : ELUDE
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Men in black : NINJAS
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Suffer a defeat, slangily : TAKETHEL
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"The L Word" airer, for short : SHO
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Patrician : NOBLE
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Mozart's "Rondo ___ Turca" : ALLA
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Not exactly roughing it, in modern lingo : GLAMPING
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Action film staple : SETPIECE
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Saving face? : RESCUER
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Rang : DIALED
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It may be imperfect : TENSE
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Second edition : REISSUE
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It's a whole thing : SHEBANG
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Fixing things : TOOLS
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Evil honorific in sci-fi : DARTH
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Mini mint : TICTAC
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Sikh teachers : GURUS
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Treats on sticks : ICEPOPS
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Not just : MORETHAN
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Like a side hustle : PARTTIME
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Portmanteau for an arrangement of cans in a dorm room, maybe : BEERAMID
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Martyr complex? : SHRINE
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Providing coverage for all : UNISEX
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Pam's mom on "The Office" : HELENE
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___ patch : BRIAR
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Bones in wings : ULNAE
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Some cocktail garnishes : ZESTS
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"A Letter to ___," 2010 documentary co-directed by Martin Scorsese : ELIA
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Persian poet whose epitaph reads "When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men" : RUMI
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Evenings, in brief : PMS
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Little prankster : IMP
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Cow genus : BOS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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