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New York Times, Saturday, February 22, 2025

Author:
Rose Conlon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
39-Across : Sign of a hit
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Rose Conlon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQWXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Conlon. Saturday freshness: 43%
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© 2025, The New York Times2/22/25 ( No. 27,500 )
Across
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Utterance that's usually made in pairs : TSK
4
Who said "I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music" : BACH
8
"Wow, that's … amazing!" : OHDAMN
14
Attack words that might be spoken as a compliment : IHATEYOU
16
Classic stop on the vaudeville circuit : PEORIA
17
Ones who should prepare for their day of reckoning? : MATHTEAM
18
How criticism of a pastry chef might be delivered? : TARTLY
19
Word after something, anything or nothing : ELSE
20
A pie to the face, slipping on a banana peel, etc. : SLAPSTICK
22
Blow away : STUN
23
Show for which Eddie Murphy won an Emmy, in brief : SNL
24
Lots and lots : SCADS
26
Peter out : EBB
29
Stanley ___ : CUP
31
Zendaya's role on "Euphoria" : RUE
32
World's heaviest snake (up to 500 pounds) : GREENANACONDA
36
Acts of service and words of affirmation, for two : LOVELANGUAGES
37
Time to celebrate female friendship, in a neologism : GALENTINESDAY
38
Put on : ADD
39
Sign of a hit : SRO
40
Fluency-building subj. : ESL
41
"So sorry!" : MYBAD
44
Lee with Oscars : ANG
46
Protective hairstyle, familiarly : LOCS
50
Apple corps? : GENIUSBAR
53
Each : APOP
54
Cattle identifier : EARTAG
55
"Got it?" : AMICLEAR
57
Messy prank : EGGING
58
Club purchase that comes with rules of etiquette : LAPDANCE
59
Young women : LASSES
60
Solutions that sound like problems? : LYES
61
___-wolf : SHE
Down
1
___ table : TIMES
2
Must, old-style : SHALT
3
Chicken ___, panko-breaded dish : KATSU
4
Network that broadcasts the N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards : BET
5
Pros : AYES
6
Base for fire-walking : COALS
7
Big shot performer? : HUMANCANNONBALL
8
Picks, with "for" : OPTS
9
Puts in the oven : HEATS
10
Like the exterior columns at the Parthenon : DORIC
11
Best Actor Oscar winner for 1974's "Harry and Tonto" : ARTCARNEY
12
Candies originally named for their imperfect shape : MILKDUDS
13
"Au contraire" : NAY
15
"How dare they!" : THENERVE
21
Do a deep dive : PLUNGE
25
Huge quantity : SEA
27
Has-___ : BEEN
28
They're not always kept in the loop : BELTS
30
Breather : PAUSE
32
Title family in a 2013-23 ABC sitcom : GOLDBERGS
33
Dollars : U.S. :: ___ : Nigeria : NAIRAS
34
Heels : CADS
35
Great Plains aquifer that supplies over a quarter of U.S. irrigation water : OGALLALA
36
A star of 2018's "A Star Is Born" : LADYGAGA
37
School of whales : GAM
42
Cons : ANTIS
43
Keaton of Hollywood : DIANE
45
Loire Valley grape variety : GAMAY
47
Reveals oneself, with "up" : OPENS
48
Certain airplane seating : COACH
49
What a bout! : SPREE
51
Down Under wear : UGGS
52
Funky : RIPE
54
Fish that can have two sets of jaws : EEL
56
Alternatives to vinyl : CDS

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

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