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New York Times, Saturday, July 4, 2020

Author:
Peter Wentz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
4-Down : Eccentric
TotalDebutLatest
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Peter Wentz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 29 Missing: {QXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 37 for Mr. Wentz. Saturday freshness: 87%
Peter Wentz notes:
One of my personal construction rules is a one-JFK-per-year limit, otherwise I may use it in every puzzle. Not that I have any special ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
The Great Wall of Chocolate! This Taiwanese kid sadly approves of PF CHANGS' Americanized its offerings. Imagine the look on my ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times7/4/20 ( No. 25,806 )
Across
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Bookmaking frame that produces paper with rough edges : DECKLE
7
Chain restaurant that offers The Great Wall of Chocolate : PFCHANGS
15
Checked out for a bit : ONLOAN
16
Nondairy drink option : RICEMILK
17
Deplorable : ODIOUS
18
Give too much airtime, say : OVERPLAY
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Unwavering : ROCKRIBBED
21
First line in a newspaper story : LEDE
22
Destination off N.Y.C.'s Belt Parkway : JFK
23
Like fireflies : AGLOW
24
One side of a debate : YESES
25
Reason to grant extra testing time, for short : ADHD
27
Z-lister : NONAME
29
Like the haka dance, in origin : MAORI
31
Business checks? : BOYCOTTS
35
Lines of code : BYLAWS
37
Sit 'n spin? : SWIVEL
39
Like Gouda or Gruyère : SEMIHARD
43
Commercial prefix with -pedic since the 1950s : SERTA
44
Free : LETOUT
46
Many modern chart-toppers : RAPS
47
___ mail : SNAIL
51
Martial art with rhyming syllables : WUSHU
53
Woodland warbler : TIT
54
Traditional sight next to many a mill : POND
55
Small hunting companion : RATTERRIER
57
Call overseas? : AHOYMATE
59
2019 U.S. Open champ Andreescu : BIANCA
60
1969 U.S. Open champ : RODLAVER
61
Sought a treat, say : BEGGED
62
Bakes : SWELTERS
63
Top-drawer : CLASSA
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Part of a frame : DOORJAMB
2
Judgment setting : ENDOFDAYS
3
Satirical website once owned by The Onion : CLICKHOLE
4
Eccentric : KOOK
5
Actress Prepon of "That '70s Show" : LAURA
6
Typical graduate of Starfleet Academy : ENSIGN
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Free : PROBONO
8
Like some complex intersections : FIVEWAY
9
Included, in a way : CCED
10
See 36-Down : HER
11
Quite accommodating : AMPLE
12
Sitcom husband (and then ex-husband) of Maris Crane : NILES
13
Clearing : GLADE
14
Shaggier alternatives to 55-Acrosses : SKYES
20
Water formation on wax paper : BLOB
24
Pained cries : YEOWS
26
Small order of whiskey : DRAM
28
Runs the show, for short : MCS
30
"You can count on me!" : IWILL
32
Story : TIER
33
Factor in determining if the show must go on : TVRATINGS
34
Parts of films that require complex planning : SETPIECES
36
With 10-Down, gender identity words separated by a slash : SHE
38
Fellini's first Oscar-winning film : LASTRADA
40
Bush campaign manager of 1988 : ATWATER
41
Aids in networking : ROUTERS
42
Cover lightly, as snow : DUST
45
Subject of a 1927 royal charter : THEBBC
47
Trades barbs : SPARS
48
"Uh-uh!" : NOHOW
49
What a current flows into : ANODE
50
Bucolic work : IDYLL
52
Archangel of the Apocrypha : URIEL
55
Praiseful appraisal : RAVE
56
Bit of Eastern music : RAGA
58
Thick layer of hair : MAT

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

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