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New York Times, Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Author:
Kate Hawkins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
14-Across : It might cost extra at a beach resort
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Kate Hawkins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Hawkins. Grid flow: 22.9 Wednesday freshness: 66%
Kate Hawkins notes:
The process of coming up with crossword themes is often rather random and serendipitous. (When I'm in crossword-writing mode, it's ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Think you're a silly billy because you didn't fully grasp this theme? Join the BILLY CLUB! I was outraged, the NYT calling Billy ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times12/30/20 ( No. 25,985 )
Across
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Discovery : FIND
5
First courses, for short : APPS
9
SAG-___ (media labor union) : AFTRA
14
It might cost extra at a beach resort : OCEANVIEW
16
Apple tool : CORER
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Ocher-like hue : RAWSIENNA
18
Put up : ERECT
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"Who do you think you ___?" : ARE
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Clairvoyant's accessory : CRYSTALBALL
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Chubby mouse in Disney's "Cinderella" : GUS
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That: Sp. : ESO
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___ Dobbs, title detective in Jacqueline Winspear books : MAISIE
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Direction in which el sol rises : ESTE
27
Taboo : NONO
30
Demands for payment : DUNS
31
When doubled, enthusiastic : RAH
34
Ticked off : SORE
36
Lo-___ image : RES
37
Key lime pie crust ingredient : GRAHAMCRACKER
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Do with a pick, maybe : FRO
42
Zone : AREA
43
Habitat for some moss and mushrooms : LOG
44
Biblical sister of Rachel : LEAH
46
Good name for someone with a sharp tongue? : BARB
48
Twitter logo : BIRD
52
Deep blue : INDIGO
54
Borrower's fig. : APR
57
Adjective in a U.S. Marines ad : FEW
58
Cut above the rest? : PORTERHOUSE
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Suffix with lact- : OSE
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"A Promised Land" memoirist : OBAMA
63
Tip : UNBALANCE
65
Stomach woe : ULCER
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Nightstick ... or what might form if the beginnings of 14-, 20-, 37- and 58-Across started paying dues? : BILLYCLUB
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A lot of TikTok's audience : TEENS
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Root/blossom connector : STEM
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Watches : EYES
Down
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Search for food : FORAGE
2
Mythological figure who's a symbol of hubris : ICARUS
3
Like the topmost emails in an inbox : NEWEST
4
Govt. prosecutors : DAS
5
Declares : AVERS
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Southwestern evergreen : PINYON
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Corrals : PENS
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Give a "Whap!" : SWAT
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___ corridor, Northeast transportation route : ACELA
10
Ban : FORBID
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"X" marks its spot : TREASURE
12
La-Z-Boy product : RECLINER
13
Clumsy : ARTLESS
15
"Well played!" : NICE
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Lacking scruples, say : AMORAL
26
Modern ___ : ERA
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Envelope information in "May I have the envelope, please?" : OSCAR
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Country that's partially in the Arctic: Abbr. : NOR
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"Eureka!" : AHA
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Keep, as doubts : HARBOR
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Green prefix : ECO
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1968 Winter Olympics site : GRENOBLE
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Formula One event : ROADRACE
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___ culpa : MEA
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Illya Kuryakin's org. in the film "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." : KGB
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Lose it : FLIPOUT
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Contract killers : HITMEN
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Shiny trinket : BAUBLE
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"I wish ..." : IFONLY
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Search's partner : RESCUE
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Uncool sorts : DWEEBS
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Reverse and others : GEARS
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"The Lord is my shepherd ...," for one : PSALM
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Count (on) : RELY
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Nexuses : HUBS
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"Will do" : ONIT
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Alternative to Lowe's : ACE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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