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New York Times, Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Author:
Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
4-Down : Hula hoop?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
109/16/20197/14/20218
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Amanda Rafkin
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542/9/201712/6/202221
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
381.6231449%
Ross Trudeau

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JY} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Rafkin. This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Trudeau. Wednesday freshness: 45%
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© 2020, The New York Times6/10/20 ( No. 25,782 )
Across
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Spry : AGILE
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Gray, say : DRAB
10
Raise on a farm : GROW
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Parts of radios : TUNERS
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Dubliner's land : EIRE
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Dog in "Finding Neverland" : NANA
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Second-in-charge, as at a restaurant : ASSISTANTMANAGER
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"The ___ Erwin Show" (1950s sitcom) : STU
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Watson of "Beauty and the Beast" : EMMA
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Revered emblem : TOTEM
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Blackens with goo : TARS
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California setting for "Hannah Montana" : MALIBU
28
End of a proof, for short : QED
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Boundary marking the limits of a black hole : EVENTHORIZON
33
Salt Lake City collegian : UTE
34
Tuna type : AHI
35
Fort ___ (gold depository) : KNOX
36
Carpe ___ (seize the day) : DIEM
37
Director of the horror films "Cabin Fever" and "Hostel" : ELIROTH
41
Comedian Martin : DEMETRI
43
Miner's big find : LODE
44
President who was formerly Theodore Roosevelt's secretary of war : TAFT
47
Campaigned : RAN
48
Texter's guffaw : LOL
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Toss the pigskin perfectly : THROWASPIRAL
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Offshoot of punk : EMO
55
Knockoffs, informally : REPROS
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Baby's first word, maybe : MAMA
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Like pistachios and lemons : OVOID
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Peace Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
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19-Down for an air gun : BBS
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Classic comics rallying cry ... or a hint to 18-, 30- and 49-Across : AVENGERSASSEMBLE
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Politician Buttigieg : PETE
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Joel or Ethan of the film world : COEN
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Jail, in slang : COOLER
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"Leave it to the ___" : PROS
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It bends when you sit : KNEE
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Must have : NEEDS
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One little bite : ATASTE
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Holst who composed "The Planets" : GUSTAV
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Cover, as a car : INSURE
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Hula hoop? : LEI
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Triage sites, for short : ERS
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Monarchy for over a thousand years : DENMARK
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Treatment for A.D.H.D. : RITALIN
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Partner of Hammer in the supermarket : ARM
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Vocal percussionists : BEATBOXERS
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One creating a little buzz at an outdoor party : GNAT
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Angrily abandon a video game : RAGEQUIT
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Approximately 39 inches : ONEMETER
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"The most successful ___ seldom pays for its losses": Thomas Jefferson : WAR
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Part of an office bldg. address : STE
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See 61-Across : AMMO
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Follower of "the," often : NOUN
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Trap : SNARE
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Preppy clothing brand : IZOD
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Prefix with god or john : DEMI
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However, in brief : THO
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Rise from bed ... or drop to one's stomach : HITTHEDECK
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Jeans material : DENIM
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Her, to Henri : ELLE
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Affect in a distant, menacing way : LOOMOVER
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"Sure, my pleasure!" : IDLOVETO
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Instrument with a soundbox : HARP
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Election night graphic : MAP
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Anticipate : FORESEE
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Like most roads : TWOLANE
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Subject in which sin is an important topic? : TRIG
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It means "no returns allowed" : ASIS
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Group wielding pitchforks, say : RABBLE
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Strolled : AMBLED
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Things shooting from a sci-fi monster's eyes : LASERS
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White bills in Monopoly : ONES
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Key to get out? : ESC
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Tinder or Venmo : APP
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Harry Potter's best friend : RON
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Long stretch : EON
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A Stooge : MOE

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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