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New York Times, Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Author:
Juliana Tringali Golden
Editor:
Will Shortz
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Golden. Wednesday freshness: 92%
Juliana Tringali Golden notes:
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J
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U
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P
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V
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L
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C
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H
WIND
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W
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X
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RAIN
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H
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S
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T
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R
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D
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Q
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M
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P
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R
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S
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C
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W
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H
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A
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O
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H
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W
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X
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L
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SUN
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D
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Z
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© 2020, The New York Times12/23/20 ( No. 25,978 )
Across
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Mint ___ : JULEP
6
Franz who wrote "I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us" : KAFKA
11
Dream time, in brief : REM
14
Everything together : INALL
15
"... the bombs bursting ___" : INAIR
16
I : EGO
17
Prospect : VISTA
18
Interval for a scheduled blastoff : LAUNCHWINDOW
20
10th and 11th, e.g. : EXTRAINNINGS
22
Serves and receives, say : HOSTS
23
Westernmost country in continental Afr. : SEN
24
Quick haircut : TRIM
26
Blizzards are produced in them, familiarly : DQS
29
Press (down) : TAMP
32
Extremely : EVERSO
36
They intersect in Montréal : RUES
38
___ Paulo : SAO
39
Kind of planning : CAREER
40
Carriers of meteorological instruments ... as suggested by this puzzle's theme? : WEATHERBALLOONS
43
Immediately following : HEREON
44
Cloth that goes to waist? : OBI
45
Overindulger of the grape : WINO
46
Beginnings : ONSETS
47
Lawless figure with legendary fighting skills : XENA
49
Office linkup : LAN
50
Repeated things in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" : PEES
52
Worker for a hosp., maybe : EMT
54
Gradually faster, in mus. : ACCEL
57
63
Wonder-ful product? : SLICEDBREAD
65
Locale of 1974's Rumble in the Jungle : ZAIRE
66
___ Honor : HER
67
Absinthe flavorer : ANISE
68
Kind of account : EMAIL
69
"___-hoo!" : YOO
70
Speeches that go off the rails : RANTS
71
Smooth and lustrous : SILKY
Down
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Malarkey : JIVE
2
Pioneering computer operating system : UNIX
3
Word with dance or chance : LAST
4
High rollers? : ELTRAINS
5
World : PLANET
6
Place for a firing : KILN
7
Stands up for dustpans, say: Abbr. : ANAG
8
Inspiration for "Damn Yankees" : FAUST
9
Family : KIN
10
Like a newspaper's morgue files : ARCHIVAL
11
Puts back in its original state, as a videotape : REWINDS
12
Barbra Streisand collection? : EGOT
13
Does a landscaper's job : MOWS
19
ASDFGHJKL;', on a keyboard : HOMEROW
21
More or less : INASENSE
25
Premium movie theater seat : RECLINER
26
Long-running sci-fi show, for short : DRWHO
27
Contestant on "RuPaul's Drag Race" : QUEEN
28
Roebuck's onetime business partner : SEARS
30
Bang up, e.g. : MAR
31
Alternative to a street address : POBOX
33
Grease up again : REOIL
34
Ingredient in some medicinal teas : SENNA
35
Director Welles : ORSON
37
Saturated (in) : STEEPED
41
Where drinks may be charged to a room : HOTELBAR
42
Lisa Simpson's grandpa : ABE
48
Wows : AMAZES
51
Writer Gertrude : STEIN
53
Scary cry on a beach : TSUNAMI
54
Like most fireplace grates : ASHY
55
Royal role for Liz : CLEO
56
Enemy of Antony, in ancient Rome : CICERO
58
From Eden to the land of Nod, e.g. : EAST
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Fruit drinks : ADES
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Product offering "round the clock protection" : DIAL
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Composer Satie : ERIK
62
Trust : RELY
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Aid in protein synthesis : RNA

Answer summary:
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