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New York Times, Friday, July 5, 2019

Author:
Freddie Cheng
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Across : First American film in which a toilet is heard being flushed (1960)
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Freddie Cheng

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JKQZ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Cheng. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Friday freshness: 55%
Freddie Cheng notes:
The seed for the puzzle was "PHARMA BRO," as it was an entry that the NYT team liked in a prior unrelated and rejected themeless. So I ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times7/5/19 ( No. 25,441 )
Across
1
Gum-producing plant : GUAR
5
Addition to a compost pile : RIND
9
Rush home? : FRAT
13
Store discount come-on : ONSALENOW
15
___-Turkish War (post-W.W. I conflict) : GRECO
16
"Doesn't concern me" : ASIFICARE
17
Take two : RETRY
18
"Not true!" : THATSALIE
19
Former Houston hockey team : AEROS
20
Illustration, for example: Abbr. : SYN
21
Ad time filler, for short : PSA
22
Half of an interrogation team : BADCOP
24
Neighbors of Estonians : LETTS
26
First American film in which a toilet is heard being flushed (1960) : PSYCHO
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Equally distant : ASFAR
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Cry at a surprise birthday party : HIDE
33
Shut (up) : COOP
34
Pull a fast one on : SCAM
35
Chill : RELAX
36
Where a stud might go : LOBE
37
Big name in Deco design : ERTE
38
Hipsteresque, in a way : ARTY
39
Struck out : DELED
40
Like bonds designated AAA : SAFEST
42
A-listers : STARS
44
Little mischief-makers : PIXIES
46
Fernando or Felipe, once : REY
47
Word with nursing or training : BRA
50
Touch of color : TINCT
51
One making a living by pushing drugs, informally : PHARMAREP
54
Contend : ARGUE
55
Sound evidence? : AUDIOTAPE
56
Good earth : LOESS
57
Stay with a friend, say : SLEEPOVER
58
Concerning : INRE
59
What areology is the study of : MARS
60
Synthetic fiber, for short : POLY
Down
1
Sources of cashmere : GOATS
2
Openly confident : UNSHY
3
___ fusion (cuisine) : ASIAN
4
Large quantity : RAFT
5
Like the role of Albus Dumbledore after the second Harry Potter movie : RECAST
6
All huffy : INALATHER
7
"Me neither" : NORI
8
Poindexter : DWEEB
9
Gives away to a better home, in a modern coinage : FREECYCLES
10
Back in again : RETROCOOL
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One who hates heights : ACROPHOBE
12
Messes around (with) : TOYS
14
Daffy Duck, notably : LISPER
15
Addressees of valedictories : GRADS
23
High point : APEX
24
"Nobody ever told me," e.g. : LAMEEXCUSE
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Deposits in some banks : SILTS
27
Bit of punditry : OPED
28
"___ Death," movement from "Peer Gynt" : ASES
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Metal in a junk heap : SCRAPIRON
30
Cause of typos, humorously : FATFINGER
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One who gives a lot of orders : DAYTRADER
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Be highly regarded : RATE
39
Clean lightly, as a floor : DRYMOP
41
Listings in a travel guide : SITES
43
Metaphor for penthouse suites : AERIES
45
Back problem : SPASM
47
"Project Runway" cable channel : BRAVO
48
Turn back : REPEL
49
Mimic's skill : APERY
50
Anklebones : TALI
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Activity for which you need a fair amount of wiggle room : HULA
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On : ATOP

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