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New York Times, Friday, August 28, 2020

Author:
Kate Hawkins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Secret admirer of Lily Potter in the Harry Potter universe
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Kate Hawkins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Hawkins. Friday freshness: 24%
Kate Hawkins notes:
When I started constructing crosswords at the end of 2019, I certainly didn't expect my New York Times debut to be a themeless puzzle! ... read more
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Debut! I'm always impressed by people making their crossword splashdown in the most competitive arena of them all, themelesses. Will ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times8/28/20 ( No. 25,861 )
Across
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Locale with a vaulted roof : APSE
5
Auto roof options : TTOPS
10
Band boosters, perhaps : PTAS
14
[C'mon, the light turned green!] : TOOT
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Dish that might be garnished with nori or negi : RAMEN
16
Join in space : DOCK
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Gaelic name for Scotland : ALBA
18
Ally : UNITE
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Lead-in to government or body : ANTI
20
Fleur-de-___ : LIS
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Appearing highly embarrassed : BEETRED
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Go for the bronze? : SUN
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Fastest creature on two legs (up to 45 m.p.h.) : OSTRICH
26
Bedouin, say : ARABIAN
28
One might be left in the dust : SHOEPRINT
30
Rebound : RALLY
31
Get on board? : SURF
32
Camera film speed inits. : ISO
33
"___ Quiet Uptown" (song from "Hamilton") : ITS
34
Business plan that's likely to collapse : PYRAMIDSCHEME
39
Some like it hopped : ALE
40
___ Bo : TAE
41
Word repeated before "1, 2, 3" : TEST
43
Turn : SPOIL
46
Pearly whites that aren't white : GOLDTEETH
48
First #1 hit for the Spice Girls : WANNABE
50
Sonata alternative : ELANTRA
51
E.U. member since 1973 : IRE
52
Lets have it : YELLSAT
54
Sleep on it : COT
55
Theme park conveyance : TRAM
57
Water from a water fountain : SPURT
58
Persians, e.g. : RUGS
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Animated feature Oscar winner after "Zootopia" : COCO
60
Article of faith : TENET
61
Two people in People, maybe : ITEM
62
Certain address starter : HTTP
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Secret admirer of Lily Potter in the Harry Potter universe : SNAPE
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Kind of therapy : GENE
Down
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Stuck : ATALOSS
2
Make final improvements to : POLISHUP
3
A play to one's emotions : SOBSTORY
4
Subject of a station update, for short : ETA
5
Genre of the "Serial" podcast : TRUECRIME
6
Coates who wrote "Between the World and Me" : TANEHISI
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Opposite of stet : OMIT
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One using an exercise wheel, maybe : PETRAT
9
Cruel countenance : SNEER
10
Awkward thing to witness while third-wheeling, in brief : PDA
11
Lymphoid lump : TONSIL
12
Honest-to-goodness : ACTUAL
13
Inside dope : SKINNY
21
Marcel Marceau character : BIP
22
Villainous title in science fiction : DARTH
25
"Fa la la la la, la la la la," e.g. : REFRAIN
27
Decimal : BASETEN
29
Acknowledge, in a way : NODTO
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Creamier alternative to a cold brew : ICEDLATTE
35
Ease : ALLAY
36
Professional pitcher : SALESREP
37
Plot point in a rom-com : MEETCUTE
38
Component of the pill : ESTROGEN
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"Here's where I am" : THATSME
43
It's on-again, off-again : SWITCH
44
Oscine : songbird :: psittacine : ___ : PARROT
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Like Sartre's "No Exit" : ONEACT
46
Smooth writing implement : GELPEN
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Bit of ink : TAT
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High scores : BESTS
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___ Bar (protein snack) : LUNA
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Challenge for a barber : MOP
58
Fix : RIG

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3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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