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New York Times, Thursday, June 25, 2020

Author:
Amanda Chung and Karl Ni
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
She performed "We Shall Overcome" at the 1963 March on Washington
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Amanda Chung
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31.616738%
Karl Ni

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQX} This is puzzle # 10 for Ms. Chung. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Ni. Thursday freshness: 13%
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© 2020, The New York Times6/25/20 ( No. 25,797 )
Across
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1950s-'60s sitcom nickname : BEAV
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Chaps : GUYS
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They take dedication to write : ODES
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Scary story? : ATTIC
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Specialty : AREA
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Wolf's gait : LOPE
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A chair might hold one : GAVEL
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Droop : WILT
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Huff : SNIT
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Totally does the trick : WORKSLIKEACHARM
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Really stand out : POP
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What makes the Impossible Burger possible : SOY
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"___ That Good News," 1964 Sam Cooke album : AINT
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Train maker : LIONEL
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Shred : IOTA
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Golfer Poulter with three P.G.A. Tour wins : IAN
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2001 comedy starring Reese Witherspoon : LEGALLYBLONDE
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Dum-dum : BOZO
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Like hedgehogs : SPINY
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Twice-chewed food : CUD
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"___ makes the going great" (old ad slogan) : PANAM
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R&B singer Gray : MACY
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Reporting internal wrongdoing : WHISTLEBLOWING
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Chemical suffix : ANE
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Like ___ knife through butter : AHOT
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Less distinct : HAZIER
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Best-selling game series for the Xbox : HALO
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Small island : CAY
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When doubled, a 2010s dance : NAE
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Act riskily ... or what three answers in this puzzle do : GOOUTONALIMB
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Shopper's stop : MART
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Corn product : PONE
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Out of this world : ALIEN
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Very : OHSO
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Bluesy James : ETTA
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Trunk : TORSO
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Makes a case against : SUES
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Animal in "Do-Re-Mi" : DEER
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Informal title of respect : CAPN
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Traveler's item : BAG
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Efficiency symbol, in physics : ETA
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Durable transport, for short : ATV
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Perspective : VIEW
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Nervously awkward : GAWKY
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Author Leon : URIS
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Long-distance call : YELL
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Fill : SATIATE
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Actress Elizabeth of the "Avengers" films : OLSEN
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Goodwill receptacle : DONATIONBIN
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Completely amazing, in slang : EPIC
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Egyptian god of chaos : SETH
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Near : CLOSEBY
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Sushi order : ROLL
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Korean export : KIA
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Blood bank need : PLASMA
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Crankcase component : OILPAN
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Mountie's ride : POLICEHORSE
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Big Apple inits. : NYNY
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Arctic native : INUIT
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9 to 5, e.g. : ODDS
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State wildflower of Georgia : AZALEA
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"Enough!" : NOMORE
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Evening hour in Spain : OCHO
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She performed "We Shall Overcome" at the 1963 March on Washington : BAEZ
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Crawl space? : PLAYMAT
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Hooted and hollered : WHOOPED
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Language with five tones : THAI
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Key near the space bar : ALT
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Products of some plants : AUTOS
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Obvious : CLEAR
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Biotech crops, e.g., for short : GMOS
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Home of Daniel K. Inouye International Airport : OAHU
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Observe : NOTE
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Up the ___ : ANTE
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Coalition : BLOC
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Saving option, in brief : IRA
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Gift that much thought is put into? : ESP
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Foreign denial : NON

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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