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New York Times, Monday, July 20, 2020

Author:
Alex Eaton-Salners
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Ogden who wrote "Farewell, farewell, you old rhinoceros, / I'll stare at something less prepoceros"
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Alex Eaton-Salners

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 35 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 40 for Mr. Eaton-Salners. Monday freshness: 69%
Alex Eaton-Salners notes:
My jumping-off point was BACK TO THE FUTURE. It's my favorite movie, and I wanted to feature it in an NYT puzzle. It's been used three ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Great example of consistency, all four phrases in the form of (direction) + (two-letter preposition) + THE + (word). Nice touch that ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
Jeff Brumley is the famous bass player from the band Rise Up. (Full disclosure: I happen to know him personally.) In response to Mr. ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times7/20/20 ( No. 25,822 )
Across
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Ogden who wrote "Farewell, farewell, you old rhinoceros, / I'll stare at something less prepoceros" : NASH
5
Largest continent : ASIA
9
Responses to jokes : HAHAS
14
Female friend from France : AMIE
15
Delivery vehicles : VANS
16
Make into law : ENACT
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20
Pale, as a face : WAN
21
First thing to do before changing clothes : UNDRESS
22
UPS competitor : DHL
23
Weapon of mass destruction, informally : HBOMB
25
The Trojans of the N.C.A.A. : USC
26
Girl's name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet : EVIE
27
___ Romeo (Italian auto) : ALFA
28
"Cat ___ your tongue?" : GOT
30
Tows : DRAGS
31
Abandoned and helpless : LEFTINTHELURCH
35
Cheerios grain : OAT
36
Roman numeral X : TEN
37
Where someone who goes next is standing : FRONTOFTHELINE
45
Military vehicles : JEEPS
46
Hawaiian wreath : LEI
47
Google's red, yellow, green and blue "G," e.g. : ICON
48
Some canine sounds : ARFS
49
Debtor's note : IOU
51
Put into office : ELECT
52
Frat member : BRO
53
"They rooked me!" : IWASHAD
56
Something that goes in a garage : CAR
57
Classic Michael J. Fox movie : BACKTOTHEFUTURE
60
Go off, as a volcano : ERUPT
61
Bat mitzvah dance : HORA
62
"Dancing Queen" group : ABBA
63
Like good gossip : DISHY
64
Twinkler in the night sky : STAR
65
___ in show (canine award) : BEST
Down
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Tusked marine mammal : NARWHAL
2
Easy to get along with : AMIABLE
3
Broadcast ender : SIGNOFF
4
Sneaky laugh sound : HEH
5
Stratford-upon-___ : AVON
6
Makeup of a beach : SAND
7
As a matter of fact : INTRUTH
8
What remains after a fire : ASHES
9
Borders of skirts : HEMS
10
"I'll take that as ___" : ANO
11
Dust buster : HANDVAC
12
Like the ideal poker straight : ACEHIGH
13
Choices of hairdos : STYLES
18
Place to take a bath : TUB
19
Key above a tilde : ESC
24
Welcome ___ (item at the entrance to a home) : MAT
26
Blunder : ERR
28
Pesky insect : GNAT
29
Bus driver on "The Simpsons" : OTTO
30
Hill on a beach : DUNE
32
Charged particles : IONS
33
Suffix with Smurf : ETTE
34
Where Samson slew the Philistines : LEHI
37
Auto with a prancing horse logo : FERRARI
38
Tap the screen on a camera app, say : REFOCUS
39
Special ___ : OPS
40
Annual vaccination : FLUSHOT
41
Rapper ___ Kim : LIL
42
It goes "clink" in a drink : ICECUBE
43
Dieting strategy that may lead to ketosis : NOCARBS
44
Beseech : ENTREAT
45
Made quick boxing punches : JABBED
49
___ Jima : IWO
50
Declarations at inaugurations : OATHS
51
Professor's email address ending : EDU
53
___-bitty : ITTY
54
Sister and wife of Zeus : HERA
55
At a distance : AFAR
58
Metric meas. of speed : KPH
59
Part inserted to close a cereal box : TAB

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

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