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New York Times, Friday, November 27, 2020

Author:
Robyn Weintraub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
7-Down : Type-A type
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Robyn Weintraub

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 32 for Ms. Weintraub. Friday freshness: 13%
Robyn Weintraub notes:
Welcome to today's puzzle, in which I channel my 15-year-old self by including references to both "Bloom County" and "The Far ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
CFLAT is a tough word to clue. There are no famous orchestral works in that key. It's the enharmonic equivalent of B Major (five ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I love it when Jim chimes in. Sometimes people complain about entries like C FLAT as arbitrary, but I don't mind them. And I love ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times11/27/20 ( No. 25,952 )
Across
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___ others : AMONG
6
Supermarket chain inits. : IGA
9
Shortly, for short : ASAP
13
Part of a fireplace set : POKER
14
Onetime court figure : FOOL
15
Lacking vivacity : DULL
16
Classic British rock group : STONEHENGE
18
Vivacity : BRIO
19
Pioneering reggae artist whose name is an exclamation : EEKAMOUSE
20
Response to an air offensive? : BLEEP
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Alternative to mushrooms : LSD
22
Confused : THROWN
24
Still has feelings (for) : CARRIESATORCH
29
Singer Grande : ARIANA
30
Thanksgiving dinner preference : LEG
31
___ Ren of "Star Wars" : KYLO
34
Imparts : LENDS
35
Part of H.R.H. : HER
36
1000 in the military : TENAM
37
Wise guys? : MAGI
38
Be sociable : MIX
39
Heavenly halo : CORONA
40
Fruity dessert with a rum-flavored sauce : BANANASFOSTER
43
Prime : SELECT
44
Word that may or may not be a contraction : ILL
45
Chihuahua is a Mexican one : STATE
46
Attire for some traditional dancing : HULASKIRT
52
"Me neither" : NORI
53
"Bloom County" character whose vocabulary consists mostly of "Thbbft!" and "Ack!" : BILLTHECAT
54
Having moved on from : OVER
55
Little creatures recurring in Dalí paintings : ANTS
56
___ lines : ENEMY
57
Word that may or may not be a contraction : WERE
58
Underground org. in N.Y.C. : MTA
59
Famed Miami golf resort : DORAL
Down
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Feature of Notre-Dame supported by flying buttresses : APSE
2
Speck : MOTE
3
"Enough! I get it!" : OKOK
4
"99 Luftballons" singer : NENA
5
1984 comedy horror film that contributed to the creation of the PG-13 rating : GREMLINS
6
Discoveries of Michael Faraday : IONS
7
Type-A type : GOGETTER
8
Blond in a bar? : ALE
9
Spot removers : ADBLOCKERS
10
"Hmm ... all right, I'm in!" : SUREWHYNOT
11
Common character in "The Far Side" : ALIEN
12
Make a splash : PLOP
14
Longstanding disputes : FEUDS
17
Old Testament prophet : HOSEA
20
Chill response : BRR
23
Apt ticker symbol for Harley-Davidson : HOG
24
Zero on the Beaufort scale : CALM
25
Sphere : AREA
26
Page seen in a wedding album : RINGBEARER
27
Michelin offering : RADIALTIRE
28
Echo responder : ALEXA
32
Part of a track : LANE
33
Midwest colleague of Representative Ocasio-Cortez : OMAR
35
Comment that pretends to be subtle, but isn't : HINTHINT
36
Structure near a bed? : TOOLSHED
38
Pasta in a cheesy dish, informally : MAC
39
Harpist's home key : CFLAT
41
Hillary Clinton ___ Rodham : NEE
42
Perches for houseplants : SILLS
43
Pilot's place : STOVE
45
Blanket that won't keep you warm? : SNOW
47
Big cosmetics chain : ULTA
48
It's a numbers game : KENO
49
Cake topper : ICER
50
Hindu deity of virtue : RAMA
51
Equivalent of "cya" in a text : TTYL
53
[Just like that!] : BAM

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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