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New York Times, Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Author:
Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
50-Down : Like Robert Mueller beginning in 2013
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
109/16/20197/14/20218
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
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Amanda Rafkin
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
542/9/201712/6/202221
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1062012600
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
381.6231448%
Ross Trudeau

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Rafkin. This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Trudeau. Wednesday freshness: 92%
Constructor notes:
When we linked up last year via social media to start making puzzles together, it was love at first Zoom. Within a few weeks, Ross had ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Spot-on representation of TWO PEAS IN A POD, two Ps crammed into a circle. I appreciated the zesty theme entries, too — STRIP POKER, ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times11/18/20 ( No. 25,943 )
Across
1
Go bad : ROT
4
___ Coeur, Mo. : CREVE
9
Hayes in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame : ISAAC
14
"Well, looky here!" : OHO
15
Fuel carrier at sea : OILER
16
___ toast : MELBA
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Betting game in which you could lose your shirt : STRIPPOKER
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One who's constantly talking smack : HATER
20
Brooklyn basketball team : THENETS
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Shaped like grapes : OVATE
23
Time away from the grind, for short : RANDR
24
Film cast and crew celebration : WRAPPARTY
27
Insolent manner : ATTITUDE
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Secondary schools in France : LYCEES
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Approach : GONEAR
33
Aid in making a pompadour : GEL
34
Almost twins ... as suggested by this puzzle's circled squares? : TWOPEASINAPOD
39
[head slap] : DOH
40
Smooth, in music : LEGATO
41
Like some writing of Anaïs Nin : EROTIC
45
Adkins, for Adele : LASTNAME
49
Tickets for shorter lines, good seats, backstage access, etc. : VIPPASSES
51
Thespian : ACTOR
52
What might be taken to go? : EXLAX
53
The speed of sound : MACHONE
55
Lofty abode : AERIE
57
Some old mobile devices : FLIPPHONES
59
A.F.C. East athlete, for short : NYJET
60
Disney princess with "a dreamy far-off look, and her nose stuck in a book" : BELLE
61
One arguing in court: Abbr. : ATT
62
Bookish sorts : NERDS
63
Twiddled one's thumbs : IDLED
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Sch. with a campus in Shreveport : LSU
Down
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Platforms for speakers : ROSTRA
2
Words following "Which thing?" : OHTHAT
3
Sign in an apartment window : TORENT
4
Signature feature of a Duracell battery : COPPERTOP
5
Total hoot : RIOT
6
Fraternal group with a mammalian name : ELKS
7
Peace sign shape : VEE
8
Slip-up : ERROR
9
"OK by me" : IMHAPPY
10
Largest airport in the Pacific Northwest : SEATAC
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Ziggy Stardust vis-à-vis David Bowie : ALTEREGO
12
Midge Maisel's father on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" : ABE
13
Garage occupant : CAR
18
Dye for denim : INDIGO
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Kilmer of "Top Gun" : VAL
24
Sneaky sorts : WEASELS
25
Peeved, with "off" : TEED
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Fashion inits. : YSL
28
French article : UNE
29
"What's the big ___?" : DEAL
32
Latvia's capital : RIGA
34
Doughnut shapes, mathematically : TORI
35
Burger King offering : WHOPPERJR
36
"Old Town Road" rapper Lil ___ X : NAS
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Stuck on : ATTACHED
38
Lightweight rainwear : PONCHO
39
Patel of "Slumdog Millionaire" : DEV
42
Moved on the tarmac : TAXIED
43
Places to be marooned : ISLETS
44
Farm-share program, for short : CSA
46
Lacking a key, in music : ATONAL
47
"Woman With a Parasol" and "Impression, Sunrise" : MONETS
48
1974 pop hit with Spanish lyrics : ERESTU
50
Like Robert Mueller beginning in 2013 : EXFBI
53
Move around, with "about" : MILL
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First company to be valued at $1 trillion : APPLE
55
Raggedy ___ : ANN
56
Word before dropper or popper : EYE
58
Spearheaded : LED

Answer summary:
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