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New York Times, Monday, March 10, 2025

Author:
Patti Varol
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
70-Across : Strong wind
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Patti Varol

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Varol. Monday freshness: 91%
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© 2025, The New York Times3/10/25 ( No. 27,516 )
Across
1
Mild lettuce variety : BIBB
5
Marathons, e.g. : RACES
10
Minor quarrel : SPAT
14
Et ___ (Latin for "and others") : ALIA
15
Instrument played with a bow : VIOLA
16
University in New Rochelle, N.Y. : IONA
17
Girl of classic comics who sported ringlets and a red outfit : LITTLELULU
19
Dull-colored : DRAB
20
Shooting star : METEOR
21
Step in the shower? : RINSE
23
Floor model : DEMO
24
Producer of the "Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend" podcast : TEAMCOCO
28
Engagement to see a doctor, say: Abbr. : APPT
31
Nobel Prize-winning poet ___ Heaney : SEAMUS
32
Entertaining, as opposed to disturbing : FUNNYHAHA
37
Fury : WRATH
38
"Well, what have we here?!" : OHO
39
Pantsuit alternative : DRESS
41
Color chart element : HUE
42
___ and whey : CURDS
45
Words on a Little League dad's T-shirt, perhaps : PROUDPAPA
48
Mount where Noah's Ark landed : ARARAT
50
Unoccupied : FREE
51
"A Star Is Born" co-star (2018) : LADYGAGA
54
Siestas : NAPS
57
Had the guts : DARED
58
Houston M.L.B. team : ASTROS
60
Anxiety about exclusion, for short : FOMO
63
Turn around and return … or a feature of 17-, 24-, 32-, 45- and 51-Across? : DOUBLEBACK
65
Office V.I.P. : EXEC
66
Gets zero m.p.g., say : IDLES
67
Jazz singer Anita : ODAY
68
Policy maven : WONK
69
Brief, vigorous fight : SETTO
70
Strong wind : GALE
Down
1
Burt's Bees product : BALM
2
"My words? Don't believe them" : ILIED
3
Please, in German : BITTE
4
Jason of "Ozark" : BATEMAN
5
Motor home driver, for short : RVER
6
Be under the weather : AIL
7
Pickleball venue : COURT
8
Singer Goulding with the 2015 8x platinum hit "Love Me Like You Do" : ELLIE
9
Post-workout steam rooms : SAUNAS
10
Passenger compartment on a motorcycle : SIDECAR
11
"___ favor" ("please," in Spanish) : POR
12
Actress de Armas : ANA
13
Subwindow on a web browser : TAB
18
Off the wall : LOOPY
22
Small duck : SMEW
25
Nebraska's largest city : OMAHA
26
Slice into pieces : CUTUP
27
___ Jackson Jr., "Cocaine Bear" actor : OSHEA
29
Post-M.A. pursuit : PHD
30
Waterproof cover : TARP
32
___ point (center of attention) : FOCAL
33
"Star Trek" role for Saldaña and Nichols : UHURA
34
Santa-tracking org. : NORAD
35
She/___ pronouns : HER
36
Beginning on : ASOF
40
___ La Table (high-end cookware shop) : SUR
43
Maintenance area for ships : DRYDOCK
44
Multigenerational tale : SAGA
46
Thick : DENSE
47
Wetland area where organic fuel is harvested : PEATBOG
49
"Doctor Who" vehicle that mimics a police box : TARDIS
52
Crystal-lined stone : GEODE
53
Mature : ADULT
55
Italian fashion house : PRADA
56
L.A.'s region, informally : SOCAL
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"One more thing …" : ALSO
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Terrier breed named for a Scottish isle : SKYE
60
Not many : FEW
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Good Grips kitchen brand : OXO
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Guys : MEN
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Wager : BET

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