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New York Times, Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Author:
Greg Snitkin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
44-Across : "The Simpsons" grandfather
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Greg Snitkin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Snitkin. Tuesday freshness: 37%
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© 2025, The New York Times2/25/25 ( No. 27,503 )
Across
1
Mario Kart item providing temporary invincibility : STAR
5
Foaming at the mouth : RABID
10
Popular thing to do on Black Friday : SHOP
14
Piercing place : LOBE
15
Get around : ELUDE
16
An official color of the Miami Dolphins, appropriately : AQUA
17
Word after surface or service : AREA
18
Not very approachable : ALOOF
19
"You sure about that?" : ISIT
20
Meg Ryan's co-star in "When Harry Met Sally …" : BILLYCRYSTAL
23
Dole (out) : METE
24
Promote : SELL
27
___ Secretary : MADAM
30
Call after last call? : DRUNKDIAL
35
Wrinkle-free, say : IRONED
37
Simile's center : ASA
38
Scholastic book fair org. : PTA
39
Sister : NUN
40
Kook : NUTCASE
43
"___ the season" : TIS
44
"The Simpsons" grandfather : ABE
45
Sushi garnish : ROE
46
"Who's interested?" : ANYONE
48
Gesture with razzle-dazzle : JAZZHANDS
52
Kickstarter contributor : DONOR
53
One most likely to get pwned : NOOB
54
Wide-eyed with wonder : AGOG
56
"I forbid this" … or what a smart device wearer might claim regarding the ends of 20-, 30-, 40- and 48-Across? : NOTONMYWATCH
63
Call it an early night? : DUSK
66
Extra life, in video games : ONEUP
67
When doubled, a Hawaiian fish : MAHI
68
Cigaretteless smoke : VAPE
69
Most of 1999 : NINES
70
"You said it, brother!" : AMEN
71
Completely used up, as a battery : DEAD
72
Home to the Amalfi Coast : ITALY
73
WhatsApp transmission : TEXT
Down
1
Unit of sidewalk concrete : SLAB
2
Spelling or Amos : TORI
3
Whom Cain slew : ABEL
4
One who wears pink, in a breast cancer awareness campaign : REALMAN
5
Change, chemically : REACT
6
Totally embarrassed : ALLRED
7
Bay bobber : BUOY
8
Altar exchange : IDOS
9
Artfully nimble : DEFT
10
Competed for the America's Cup : SAILED
11
Command ctrs. : HQS
12
Aye, in Marseille : OUI
13
Touch lovingly : PAT
21
Neighbor of Saudi Arabia : YEMEN
22
The first "A" in Reddit's A.M.A. : ASK
25
Big name in brewing : LIPTON
26
Like many an ESPN Deportes watcher : LATINO
27
Rapper Nicki : MINAJ
28
Native of the Dutch Caribbean : ARUBAN
29
Finished, in slang : DONEZO
31
Beat rapidly, as the heart : RACED
32
Women's soccer powerhouse : USA
33
Launch party? : NASA
34
___ tag : LASER
36
___ mater (brain membrane) : DURA
41
Boatload : TON
42
Provide resources for : ENDOW
47
Place for a poser : YOGAMAT
49
Totally beat : ZONKED
50
Airer of "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver" : HBO
51
Adams in a bar : SAMUEL
55
Hit 1959 musical with the song "Let Me Entertain You" : GYPSY
57
Woman's name that's an anagram of 58-Down : TONI
58
"I'll get to work right now!" : ONIT
59
Band with the 1984 hit "99 Luftballons" : NENA
60
Domesticated : TAME
61
___ Mix (popular snack) : CHEX
62
Leave a small tip : HINT
63
Box set unit : DVD
64
Home to the Burj Khalifa, for short : UAE
65
Escape room? : SPA

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