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New York Times, Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Author:
Neville Fogarty
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
It replaced Rio de Janeiro as a national capital in 1960
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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Neville Fogarty

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQV} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Fogarty. Tuesday freshness: 84%
Neville Fogarty notes:
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Jim Horne notes:
Many people (me included) were surprised that "See 17-Across" is the most common clue in NYT crosswords — 242 times, including ... read more
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H
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A
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N
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G
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S
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E
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D
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I
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E
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D
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I
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N
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A
D
O
U
T
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M
A
N
X
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U
T
E
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S
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C
O
L
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F
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R
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A
C
C
T
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K
R
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A
R
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U
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R
L
A
K
E
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I
N
T
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R
N
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S
A
M
E
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N
W
A
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T
S
A
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A
N
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D
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T
E
M
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P
T
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D
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O
N
I
O
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N
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E
B
A
Y
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B
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O
D
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S
O
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F
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W
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A
T
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R
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T
R
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T
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H
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Z
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E
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R
N
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B
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O
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Y
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E
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C
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C
O
N
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S
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O
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B
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B
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L
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C
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A
N
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A
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A
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M
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L
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A
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N
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© 2020, The New York Times5/26/20 ( No. 25,767 )
Across
1
Chillaxes (with) : HANGS
6
Actress McClurg : EDIE
10
Too much noise : DIN
13
Tennis score after deuce, maybe : ADOUT
14
Tailless cat : MANX
15
Beehive State tribe : UTES
17
Best Actor winner for "The King's Speech" : COLINFIRTH
19
The "A" of I.R.A.: Abbr. : ACCT
20
Jenner of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" : KRIS
21
Actor who played Dagwood Bumstead in film, radio and TV : ARTHURLAKE
23
Summer position for many a college student : INTERN
25
"Me too" : SAME
26
"Straight Outta Compton" group : NWA
27
Arm of the Dept. of Homeland Security : TSA
28
"What else?" : AND
30
Enticed : TEMPTED
32
Ingredient in a Denver omelet : ONION
34
Website where you can shop by category : EBAY
35
What 17-, 21-, 55- and 60-Across end in : BODIESOFWATER
40
"T" on a test : TRUE
41
Works hard : TOILS
42
7 1/4 is a common one : HATSIZE
46
Genetic strand : RNA
47
Altar ___ : BOY
50
"Cancel" key : ESC
51
Bamboozles : CONS
53
In scoring position, say : ONBASE
55
Singer with the 1984 #1 hit "Caribbean Queen" : BILLYOCEAN
58
Paths of fly balls : ARCS
59
Jai ___ : ALAI
60
"Pearl Harbor" director, 2001 : MICHAELBAY
62
Get out of bed : RISE
63
"What's gotten ___ you?" : INTO
64
France's longest river : LOIRE
65
Balaam's mount, in the Bible : ASS
66
Liable to snoop : NOSY
67
Fertile soil : LOESS
Down
1
Cut the mustard : HACKIT
2
Decorates : ADORNS
3
Manhattan neighborhood west of the Bowery : NOLITA
4
Outward appearance : GUISE
5
RR stop: Abbr. : STN
6
Qatari leader : EMIR
7
Game with a circular board : DARTS
8
Because : INTHAT
9
Bring to light : EXHUME
10
Two-way : DUAL
11
"No way!" : ITCANTBE
12
Ascot, e.g. : NECKWEAR
16
Regular date : STEADY
18
___ Mae (mortgage purchaser) : FANNIE
22
Sleep stage : REM
24
Hindu princess : RANI
29
Uno doubled : DOS
31
Cats and dogs : PETS
32
Coleridge's "Dejection" and others : ODES
33
"___ if I can help it!" : NOT
35
It replaced Rio de Janeiro as a national capital in 1960 : BRASILIA
36
Be better than in every way : OUTCLASS
37
Word before good, sale or sure : FOR
38
Actress Ryder : WINONA
39
Cryptanalyst Turing : ALAN
40
Attorneys, collectively : THEBAR
43
Frigid : ICY
44
Get up close from far away : ZOOMIN
45
Los Angeles neighborhood west of Sherman Oaks : ENCINO
47
Doll that ran for president for the first time in 1992 : BARBIE
48
Most-watched annual awards show, with "the" : OSCARS
49
Emphatic agreement : YESYES
52
Splinter groups : SECTS
54
"The Jungle Book" bear : BALOO
56
Whoppers : LIES
57
Sailor's greeting : AHOY
61
Letter after kay : ELL

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

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