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New York Times, Thursday, September 17, 2020

Author:
Simeon Seigel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Down : Carne ___
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Simeon Seigel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Seigel. Thursday freshness: 62%
Simeon Seigel notes:
Very happy to be making my NYT debut. I'm an architect living with my wife and daughter (and these days, my son on leave from ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Ah, me and my long crossword memory. If it hadn't been for a brilliant "black square plus signs" one from a few years back, I would ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Apollo XI had two pilots. Buzz Aldrin was the Lunar Module (not LEM) Pilot, and Michael Collins was the Command Module Pilot. Neil Armstrong had to settle for Commander.

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© 2020, The New York Times9/17/20 ( No. 25,881 )
Across
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Savings bank, informally : THRIFT
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It's a wrap : TOGA
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Cry and cry : SOB
14
"Whoopee!" : HOORAH
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About 600 million viewers watched its pilot in 1969 : APOLLOXI
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Pop-up generator : ADWARE
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Superfan of a certain 2010s pop star : BELIEBER
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Third word of many a limerick : WAS
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Rx dosages: Abbr. : MGS
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Music holder before cloud storage : CDSTAND
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Nonclotting blood component : SERUM
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Supposed crop circle makers, for short : ETS
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Garden pest : APHID
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Held up : BORNE
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In-flight announcement, for short? : APB
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Tributary of the Potomac : SHENANDOAHRIVER
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Starts to de-camp? : AIDES
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+ ... with a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle : AND
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Ish : SORTA
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Food item whose name is derived from a comic strip : DAGWOODSANDWICH
44
Many a craft beer : ALE
45
Runs : FLEES
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Nimbi : HALOS
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Absorbed, as a loss : ATE
49
Section of the Chipotle menu : TACOS
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Thoughtless sender of emails? : SPAMBOT
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"Delish!" : YUM
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Pop : DAD
59
Like the browser windows of a multitasker : KEPTOPEN
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"F," on a form : FEMALE
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"Indubitably!" : YESSIREE
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"Get what I'm talkin' about?" : FEELME
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Just squeeze (out) : EKE
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Kind of disease with a telltale bull's-eye rash : LYME
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Split : SCHISM
Down
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Become more relaxed : THAW
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Newswoman Kotb : HODA
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Feuds : ROWS
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George's lyricist brother : IRA
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Subcontracted, with "out" : FARMED
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Major Nashville landmark : THEGRANDOLEOPRY
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Key under a tilde : TAB
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Kuwait is a member of it, in brief : OPEC
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Financial incentive for an executive to stay at a company : GOLDENHANDCUFFS
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Stars : ALISTERS
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Gluten-free noodle variety : SOBA
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They work as a team : OXEN
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Middle finger, with "the" : BIRD
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No-fault rulings at court? : LETS
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Hero : SUB
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Muscle-to-bone connector : SINEW
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Lunar phenomenon : MOONSET
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Carne ___ : ASADA
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Small glass container : PHIAL
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Avoid commitment : HEDGE
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Meas. equal to 180°/π : RAD
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Spring month in Paris : AVRIL
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Chain where you can buy wet or dry food : PETCO
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Guy friends, in slang : BRAHS
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Midwest tribe : IOWAS
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Prepare runny, as an egg : SOFTBOIL
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Drink suffix : ADE
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For argument's sake : SAY
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Housekeeping 101 : HOMEEC
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Totals: Abbr. : AMTS
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Scottish isle connected by road bridge to the mainland in the 1990s : SKYE
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Sneaky look : PEEK
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Place for an icon in church : APSE
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Be lousy (with) : TEEM
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Artist given the derisive nickname "Avida Dollars," an anagram of his full name : DALI
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Charitable giving : ALMS
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Consider : DEEM
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Elizabeth Warren, ___ Herring : NEE
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Verbal shrug : MEH

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

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