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New York Times, Friday, June 12, 2020

Author:
Robyn Weintraub
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Across : Fed
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Robyn Weintraub

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 27 for Ms. Weintraub. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Friday freshness: 15%
Jeff Chen notes:
The first marquee answer delighted me, and it was highlight after highlight from there. PORCH SWING is a great answer in its own ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times6/12/20 ( No. 25,784 )
Across
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Fed : GMAN
5
New York's ___ Field : CITI
9
Remote station location : SPACE
14
Swarming (with) : RIFE
15
Dark skies, e.g. : OMEN
16
Have dinner on the couch, say : EATIN
17
When Lady Macbeth sleepwalks : ACTV
18
Option when one wants to move out of the house? : PORCHSWING
20
Uncommon amenity on an airplane : FREEWIFI
22
Resurrection Mass day : EASTER
23
Rocky peak : TOR
24
Onetime nickname in magazine publishing : HEF
25
Mitch's husband on "Modern Family" : CAM
26
Stick a fork in : SPEAR
28
Pining and then some : LOVESICK
33
Insufficient : SCANT
34
Not go it alone? : RIDESHARE
35
Some workers at Westminster : LORDS
36
Scratch (out), as a crossword answer? : EKE
37
Island north of Australia : TIMOR
38
Filled in : UPTOSPEED
40
It sometimes runs in the woods : RESIN
41
Co-star of Kelly and O'Connor in "Singin' in the Rain" : REYNOLDS
42
Currency in the Philippines : PESOS
43
"S.N.L." head writer in the early 2000s : FEY
44
Metal band? : ORE
45
Screening grp. : TSA
47
Jet setting : HOTTUB
51
Small talk : CHITCHAT
53
Words after "Hello-o-o-o-o" : ANYONEHOME
55
2-Down part : LENS
56
Long-beaked bird : HERON
57
Word before some sad words : ALAS
58
It might be abstracto : ARTE
59
Sitting next to a constantly crying baby on a cross-country flight, maybe : AGONY
60
Leave a bad impression? : DENT
61
It's a butte and then some : MESA
Down
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Corruption : GRAFT
2
Piece of lab equipment : MICROSCOPE
3
Event that might last until the wee hours : AFTERPARTY
4
Campbell of "Scream" : NEVE
5
It always turns out the same : COPIER
6
"Later!" : IMOFF
7
Garr of "Young Frankenstein" : TERI
8
"Monsters, ___" : INC
9
Some monsters call it home : SESAMESTREET
10
Labs might offer them : PAWS
11
In a row : ATIT
12
Cannes offering : CINE
13
Many an M.I.T. grad: Abbr. : ENGR
19
Throw with effort : HEAVE
21
"Why are you all laughing?" : WHATSSOFUNNY
25
Needing a key, perhaps : CODED
27
___ a happy note : ENDON
28
Social media metric : LIKES
29
Recoils (from) : SHIES
30
"Just name the time and place!" : IAMSOTHERE
31
Patisserie purchases : CROISSANTS
32
Adjust the spacing between letters : KERN
33
Shpeak thish way : SLUR
34
Twiggy : REEDY
39
Academy newcomer : PLEBE
42
Mr. Rite? : PRIEST
44
"Hoo boy!" : OHMAN
46
Where one might stay in a cabin : ATSEA
47
Reaction button option for a Facebook post : HAHA
48
Force on Earth : ONEG
49
Noob : TYRO
50
Boo Boo, e.g. : TOON
51
Porter, for one : COLE
52
Geoduck, e.g. : CLAM
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Hornswoggled : HAD

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

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