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New York Times, Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Author:
Brandon Koppy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Like Swifties vis-à-vis Taylor Swift
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Brandon Koppy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 77, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Koppy. Wednesday freshness: 85%
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© 2025, The New York Times4/23/25 ( No. 27,560 )
Across
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"That one's mine!" : DIBS
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Treat that may have a cherry on top : SUNDAE
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Puts on TV : AIRS
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Computer that originally came in five "flavors" : IMAC
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Margin for a close ballgame : ONERUN
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Improvisational singing : SCAT
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Honor for "Dune" and "American Gods" : NEBULAAWARD
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Certain Bear or Smurf : PAPA
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Establishment in Chicago's Boystown : GAYBAR
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"I love," in Italian and Spanish : AMO
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Transparent film : SARAN
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Open, as toothpaste : UNCAP
25
Like Swifties vis-à-vis Taylor Swift : STARSTRUCK
27
Ringo Starr or Paul McCartney : SIR
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Place for a hydrating body wrap : SPA
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"Relax, soldier" : ATEASE
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30% is a very good one : TIP
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Desktop image : ICON
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Genre for the Final Fantasy series, in brief : RPG
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Grammy-winning Soundgarden hit of 1994 : BLACKHOLESUN
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Massachusetts' Cape ___ : ANN
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Instrument whose name is 75% vowels : OBOE
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Letters written in the sand, maybe : SOS
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Evening meal, for a child : DINDIN
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Many purchases on Discogs : LPS
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Middle X or O : TAC
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Canadian province on the Gulf of Maine : NOVASCOTIA
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___ apso : LHASA
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However, briefly : ALTHO
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Home of Madison Ave. and Houston St. : NYC
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Saw, as a movie : CAUGHT
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Chimney sweep's target : FLUE
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Having ideas far too profound for anyone else to comprehend ... and what might help you solve this puzzle? : GALAXYBRAIN
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Instrument similar to a sousaphone : TUBA
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2009 aviatrix biopic : AMELIA
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Ohio city whose name is pronounced with a long "I" : LIMA
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Imitated : APED
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Reunited city : BERLIN
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Barbershop sound : SNIP
Down
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Nincompoop : DINGUS
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"No joke!" : IMEANIT
3
Bassinet alternative : BABYCRIB
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Diving acronym : SCUBA
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Take to the skies : SOAR
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"___ cerveza, por favor" : UNA
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Unfamiliar with : NEWAT
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Emmy category : DRAMA
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"Sleeping Beauty" princess : AURORA
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Word with tight or loose : END
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Spears on a plate : ASPARAGUS
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In myth, one who flew too close to the sun : ICARUS
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Actress Noomi of "Prometheus" : RAPACE
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Emitted squiggly lines, in a cartoon : STANK
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Trounces in Mario Kart, say : LAPS
23
List in a how-to manual : STEPS
25
Give the pink slip : SACK
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Player of the Iron Lady in "The Iron Lady" : STREEP
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Walk in the park, so to speak : PICNIC
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Not leave details to chance : PLANAHEAD
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"Well, lookie here!" : OHO
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Head, slangily : NOB
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"In conclusion ..." : ANDSO
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Kinks song spoofed in Weird Al's "Yoda" : LOLA
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"Why does this keep happening?!" : NOTAGAIN
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Course in an omakase meal : SASHIMI
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Dress to the nines : DOLLUP
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Hospital hookup : IVTUBE
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Z-lister : NONAME
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Big slice : SLAB
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Snooze : CATNAP
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Pact from 1994 to 2020 : NAFTA
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Texas city named after a president : TYLER
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"Let's see if you're bluffing" : ICALL
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Yeets : HURLS
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Ink cartridge color : CYAN
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Chitchat : GAB
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Noon or midnight : XII

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