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New York Times, Friday, August 14, 2020

Author:
Nam Jin Yoon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
46-Down : Toast, with "a"
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Nam Jin Yoon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Yoon. Friday freshness: 32%
Nam Jin Yoon notes:
Fridays are my favorite crossword days, so I'm excited to see my first puzzle published on one. This one started with the EYE-OPENER / ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Nam Jin and I have been kicking around a few themes over the years, but nothing has landed yet. Glad to see him gain success in a ... read more
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M
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B
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© 2020, The New York Times8/14/20 ( No. 25,847 )
Across
1
Noted work in which many different positions are discussed : KAMASUTRA
10
Teen spirit, perhaps : ANGST
15
Up to one's old tricks : ATITAGAIN
16
You might sleep on it : SERTA
17
Coffee order similar to a latte : FLATWHITE
18
Title lyric before "ba-doop" in a 1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit : SHOOP
19
Comic McKinnon : KATE
20
Get ready to battle in court : LAWYERUP
22
Cat pose and crane pose, e.g. : ASANAS
25
Loses one's temper : ERUPTS
27
Hit after hit for a rock band? : DRUMBEAT
31
Spiritual force : CHI
32
Parodies : LAMPOONS
33
Other ___ : THAN
34
Choices for Negroni cocktails : GINS
35
Thelma and Louise, e.g. : DUO
36
Fancy serving platter at a sushi restaurant : BOAT
37
Mad : DAFT
38
"Wheel of Fortune" spin on either side of "ONE MILLION" : BANKRUPT
40
Something to raise a glass for : ALE
41
Continues doggedly, with "on" : SOLDIERS
42
Dominated : BOSSED
44
Having one on the way, slangily : PREGGO
48
Final act : SWANSONG
52
French term of endearment that literally means "cabbage" : CHOU
53
Agenda for a vet visit, maybe : SHOTS
54
Student financial aid option : PELLGRANT
57
Chilling : EERIE
58
Bombshell : EYEOPENER
59
"Who ___ you?" : ASKED
60
"Be polite!," in a way : DONTSTARE
Down
1
"A Hunger Artist" writer : KAFKA
2
One for the road? : ATLAS
3
Chicago Auto Show debut of 1989 : MIATA
4
Emilia vis-à-vis Desdemona, in "Othello" : ATTENDANT
5
Caught : SAW
6
"Eww!" : UGH
7
Be just behind : TAIL
8
Former U.S. poet laureate Dove : RITA
9
From scratch : ANEW
10
Not just suggest : ASSERT
11
His sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, was the first female president of the U.N. General Assembly : NEHRU
12
Words with friends on one's phone, say : GROUPCHAT
13
"Enough already!" : STOPTHAT
14
Opposite of bottled : TAP
21
Green lights in D.C. : YEAS
23
Sets, as a security system : ARMS
24
"Heyo" : SUP
26
Do something wrong : SIN
28
Kind of verb in grammar : MODAL
29
Headed : BOUND
30
Mushroom eaten in ramen : ENOKI
32
It takes years and years to complete : LIFESWORK
33
Upper-level security clearance status : TOPSECRET
34
Some wet weather attire : GALOSHES
36
One singer of "Dear Theodosia" in "Hamilton" : BURR
37
Cream quantity : DAB
38
Some might be sculpted, informally : BODS
39
Serve as an agent (for) : REP
41
Picked up : SENSED
43
"Gymnopédies" composer : SATIE
45
Modern-day home of the Ashanti empire : GHANA
46
Toast, with "a" : GONER
47
Bizarre : OUTRE
49
___ page : OPED
50
"So Sick" hitmaker of 2006 : NEYO
51
___ Oaks, neighborhood in eastern Queens : GLEN
53
Word before god or devil : SEA
55
Fate : LOT
56
Alternative to a 2-Down, today : GPS

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

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