This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.

New York Times, Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Author:
Eli Cotham
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Rely on the hospitality of friends for lodging
TotalDebutLatest
35/3/20246/18/2025
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0001011
ScrabDebutFresh
1.572078%
Eli Cotham

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Cotham. Wednesday freshness: 94%
1
N
2
I
3
G
4
H
5
C
6
H
7
O
8
O
9
L
10
U
11
B
12
E
13
O
G
L
E
14
H
E
R
S
15
I
S
A
Y
16
C
O
U
N
17
T
E
R
B
A
18
L
A
N
C
E
19
A
T
M
C
A
R
D
20
K
G
B
21
C
S
22
T
23
N
Y
M
E
T
24
T
A
B
L
25
E
H
O
P
26
D
O
E
27
T
28
A
29
P
A
30
T
E
N
U
R
E
31
O
U
R
32
O
P
A
R
33
T
34
U
S
E
D
35
C
O
U
C
H
S
36
U
37
R
F
38
J
39
A
40
W
A
41
T
E
A
M
O
42
W
43
I
44
T
45
A
D
O
L
46
P
47
H
48
E
R
S
T
49
A
C
E
50
B
A
R
C
R
A
51
W
L
52
O
53
W
N
E
D
54
S
S
T
55
E
L
O
56
D
57
A
R
E
N
O
T
58
T
H
59
E
F
L
O
60
O
R
I
S
L
A
V
A
61
R
I
G
A
62
S
W
A
M
63
T
G
E
L
64
A
T
O
B
65
H
E
M
S
66
Y
O
R
K
© 2025, The New York Times6/18/25 ( No. 27,616 )
Across
1
Near : NIGH
5
Fashion's Jimmy whose surname aptly rhymes with "shoe" : CHOO
9
Squeak remover : LUBE
13
Look bad? : OGLE
14
Not his : HERS
15
"By Jove!" : ISAY
16
Offset, as something on a scale : COUNTERBALANCE
19
It might be swiped for cash : ATMCARD
20
Org. that was a frequent James Bond foe : KGB
21
Mo. setting : CST
23
M.L.B.'er in a blue-and-orange uniform : NYMET
24
Gad about at a banquet : TABLEHOP
26
John or Jane of anonymity : DOE
27
Bite at a bar : TAPA
30
Job security, for some : TENURE
31
Not just my : OUR
32
Mind-boggling designs : OPART
34
Like hand-me-downs : USED
35
Rely on the hospitality of friends for lodging : COUCHSURF
38
"Star Wars" species on Tatooine : JAWA
41
Sentiment on el Día de San Valentín : TEAMO
42
Card : WIT
45
Brewer Coors : ADOLPH
48
Once, once : ERST
49
Perfect serve : ACE
50
Hit the pubs : BARCRAWL
52
Had : OWNED
54
Bygone initials at JFK : SST
55
"Mr. Blue Sky" band, in brief : ELO
56
Be afraid to : DARENOT
58
Rainy-day game for children, whose play is punnily suggested by 16-, 24-, 35- and 50-Across : THEFLOORISLAVA
61
Capital on the Baltic Sea : RIGA
62
Went through channels? : SWAM
63
Medicinal name in the shampoo aisle : TGEL
64
Short first step : ATOB
65
Takes up, as some new pants : HEMS
66
Pennsylvania city or its county : YORK
Down
1
"Impossible!" : NOCANDO
2
"Ha ha ha!," on April Fools' Day : IGOTYOU
3
Not so happy : GLUMMER
4
Therefore : HENCE
5
Acting Oscar winner inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame : CHER
6
What's rounded up in a roundup : HERD
7
Earth or sun, for example : ORB
8
Home to the oldest Buddhist temple in Japan (built in A.D. 593) : OSAKA
9
Likely (to) : LIABLE
10
SEAL's org. : USN
11
Wine god of myth : BACCHUS
12
House with a long-unmowed lawn, e.g. : EYESORE
17
Anchor or heart, maybe : TATTOO
18
Letters before Q, sometimes : LGBT
22
"Decorated," as a house for Halloween : TPED
24
North Carolina athlete : TARHEEL
25
Broadway's "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is ___" : ENUF
28
"The Simpsons" shopkeeper : APU
29
What a handshake may lead to : PACT
33
Ruling title that dates back to the Byzantine Empire : TSAR
35
Course that may follow trig : CALC
36
Verbal hesitations : UMS
37
Chopper parts : ROTORS
38
Pokes in the ring : JABS
39
2019 Brad Pitt sci-fi thriller : ADASTRA
40
"I don't care what that cost!" : WORTHIT
42
"You in?" : WANNAGO
43
Freeze up : ICEOVER
44
The first one was delivered in 1984 : TEDTALK
46
Like a house built in a day, say : PREFAB
47
Long way to go? : HALL
51
"Sound" of a point sailing over someone's head : WOOSH
53
Eudora ___, Pulitzer winner for "The Optimist's Daughter" : WELTY
56
Small amount of whiskey : DRAM
57
Goals : AIMS
59
It's not you, it's me : EGO
60
"You ___ me!" : OWE

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

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

Like this puzzle? Please share this page on social media to help spread the word about XWord Info. Thanks!

XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2025, Jim Horne
165 ms