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New York Times, Monday, June 1, 2020

Author:
Erik Agard
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Down : Subject of a will
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Erik Agard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {KQZ} This is puzzle # 62 for Mr. Agard. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Grid flow: 21.6 Monday freshness: 12%
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© 2020, The New York Times6/1/20 ( No. 25,773 )
Across
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Place underneath one's seat, say : STOW
5
"Dancing Queen" group : ABBA
9
Barely open, as a door : AJAR
13
"Ingredient" in molten chocolate cake : LAVA
14
Decorated parade vehicle : FLOAT
15
Aloe ___ : VERA
16
Pinnacle : APEX
17
Cuban dance : RUMBA
18
Sign for the superstitious : OMEN
19
Message on a giant foam finger : WERENUMBERONE
22
Chem. or biol. : SCI
23
___ of the tongue : SLIP
24
Falsehood : LIE
27
Big jerk : ASS
30
"The Addams Family" cousin : ITT
32
Prayer endings : AMENS
34
To the ___ degree : NTH
35
1999 rom-com with Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook : SHESALLTHAT
39
Release, as a new album : DROP
41
Less than 90°, as an angle : ACUTE
42
"Livin' la ___ Loca" : VIDA
43
"Anything Goes" song : YOURETHETOP
46
Big California paper, for short : LAT
47
Go in : ENTER
48
Orangutan, e.g. : APE
49
Homophone of 24-Across : LYE
50
___ Fridays : TGI
51
Target of a scratch : ITCH
55
Grp. that might give you a hand on the shoulder? : AAA
57
Kellogg's Frosted Flakes slogan : THEYREGRRREAT
63
Equestrian's "Stop!" : WHOA
65
Turned white : PALED
66
___-pads (hygiene product) : MAXI
67
Lug along : HAUL
68
Lesser of two ___ : EVILS
69
Norway's capital : OSLO
70
Latch ___ (seize) : ONTO
71
Not-safe-for-work transmission : SEXT
72
Some whiskeys : RYES
Down
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Cole ___ : SLAW
2
Alternative to glue : TAPE
3
Above : OVER
4
Grows, as the moon : WAXES
5
Grad : ALUM
6
Woefully underperforms : BOMBS
7
Site of a biblical tower : BABEL
8
Company that launched Pong : ATARI
9
Stratford-upon-___ : AVON
10
Award-winning sports journalist who went from ESPN to The Atlantic : JEMELEHILL
11
Exist : ARE
12
Went for office : RAN
14
Signature accessory of Carmen Miranda : FRUITHAT
20
TV drama with spinoffs set in Los Angeles and New Orleans : NCIS
21
Down Under gemstone : OPAL
25
24 hours from now : INADAY
26
Subject of a will : ESTATE
27
"Still ..." : ANDYET
28
Well-muscled : STRONG
29
"Don't hesitate to say what you want" : SHOUTITOUT
31
Silicon Valley industry : TECH
33
Cable channel that brought the world "Beavis and Butt-head" : MTV
36
Take to court : SUE
37
Intro to boy or girl : ATTA
38
Animals with spots : LEOPARDS
40
___-K (early learning) : PRE
44
Lake with a namesake canal : ERIE
45
Prickly ___ (variety of cactus) : PEAR
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Goes tap-tap-tap on a keyboard : TYPES
53
Yearn for : CRAVE
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DNA shape : HELIX
56
Knight's protection : ARMOR
58
Angel's headwear : HALO
59
Hanukkah coins : GELT
60
"No sweat!" : EASY
61
Spinning part of a car : AXLE
62
Spanish uncles : TIOS
63
"Which person?" : WHO
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___ Solo of "Star Wars" : HAN

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