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New York Times, Friday, August 7, 2020

Author:
Tom Pepper
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
49-Down : Leonard ___, subject of a 1983 mockumentary
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Tom Pepper

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Pepper. Friday freshness: 80%
Tom Pepper notes:
This is my tenth NY Times puzzle, a milestone I never imagined when I started making puzzles. It's the first themeless puzzle I ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I'm always on the lookout for devilish wordplay, and it usually comes in the form of "take a common phrase and repurpose it ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times8/7/20 ( No. 25,840 )
Across
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Drink that's hard on the stomach? : BODYSHOT
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Merchant : TRADER
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Place to get a variety of views : OPEDPAGE
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Friendly term of address in France : MONAMI
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They have many followers online : FANSITES
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Crunchy candy bar since 1930 : ZAGNUT
19
Take off in a hurry : FLY
20
Some bridges connect them : TEETH
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Cover with perfume : CENSE
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White wine aperitif : KIR
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Without considering the consequences : RASHLY
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Intoxicate : BESOT
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Je ne sais quoi : AURA
30
Spread all around : SOWN
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Mary Barra, for G.M., beginning in 2014 : CEO
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Pastries with a portmanteau name : CRONUTS
38
Do minimal work and succeed : SKATEBY
40
Murmur : COO
41
"Too bad" : THATSASHAME
43
Move like a snail : INCH
45
Ancient Greek birthplace of Parmenides : ELEA
46
Stokes, say : TENDS
47
Tippi on the Hollywood Walk of Fame : HEDREN
49
Totally relaxed, so to speak : ZEN
50
A filter might be used for one : PHOTO
52
"Awesome!" : SUPER
54
High-risk bond rating : CCC
57
Eager reply to an invitation : LOVETO
59
Be someone you're not : ROLEPLAY
61
Paid for a ride, in a way : UBERED
62
Classic works by the poet Martial : EPIGRAMS
63
Always down : MOROSE
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Underperformed, colloquially : DOGGEDIT
Down
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Broadway hit, informally : BOFF
2
The Olympic Australis is the world's largest discovered one : OPAL
3
Refuse : DENY
4
Golf hole spec: Abbr. : YDS
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"C'mon, tell me!" : SPITITOUT
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Constant critic : HATER
7
Molding shape : OGEE
8
Trial : TESTRUN
9
Breaker of a celebrity breakup, maybe : TMZ
10
Extermination target : ROACH
11
One side of baseball's Freeway Series rivalry : ANGELS
12
Film part for Frank Sinatra and George Clooney : DANNYOCEAN
13
Creatures whose males barely eat or drink during incubation : EMUS
14
Religious act : RITE
21
Spicy condiment from North Africa : HARISSA
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Rheinland city : KOLN
25
Kraft Foods brand : SANKA
26
Game played on a dirt court : BOCCI
27
Former company with a crooked logo, appropriately enough : ENRON
28
Request to a couch hog : SCOOCHOVER
29
Increasing source of internet revenue : ADSALES
31
Symptom Checker offerer : WEBMD
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Poet whose name consists of side-by-side opposites : NOYES
34
Father of King Arthur : UTHER
35
Bonus feature, of a sort : EASTEREGG
39
"And so ..." : THEN
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Hard to let go of, in a way : TENURED
44
Straight : HETERO
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Acts in a grandmotherly way, say : DOTES
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Leonard ___, subject of a 1983 mockumentary : ZELIG
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Choice : PLUM
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___ bag (fashion accessory) : HOBO
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Coppers : POPO
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Sporting, with "in" : CLAD
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Sleeveless garment, informally : CAMI
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Dermatological concern : CYST
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Lines of credit? : ODE
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Line-skipping option at the airport, for short : PRE

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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