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New York Times, Saturday, March 15, 2025

Author:
Ryan McCarty
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
20-Across : Help line?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
316/17/20173/15/20252
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
100012261
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6127296%
Ryan McCarty

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 31 Missing: {FJQV} This is puzzle # 31 for Mr. McCarty. Saturday freshness: 84%
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© 2025, The New York Times3/15/25 ( No. 27,521 )
Across
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British celebrity chef Nigella : LAWSON
7
Cozier alternatives to motels : BANDBS
13
"Hi everyone!" : IMHERE
14
Congolese neighbor to the south : ZAMBIAN
15
They're sometimes seen in cameos : ONYXES
16
Big name in electric toothbrushes : SONICARE
17
Terrarium critters : NEWTS
18
Coats often taken off : RINDS
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Something you might shield your eyes from, in brief : PDA
20
Help line? : SOS
21
Like unspoken understandings : TACIT
22
Ruin a holiday surprise, perhaps : PEEK
23
Release, in a way : AIR
24
Drink akin to a Moscow mule : DARKNSTORMY
26
Irish actor who was nominated for a Golden Globe for 2023's "Saltburn" : BARRYKEOGHAN
28
Was eco-conscious with tech waste, in modern parlance : ECYCLED
29
Best Picture winner that beat out "Boyhood" and "Selma" : BIRDMAN
33
It's a good vacation destination, you bet! : CASINORESORT
35
Long, curved bike features : BANANASEATS
38
Texter's "Wow … just wow" : SMH
39
___ group : USER
40
Elements of some still-life paintings : PEARS
41
Short : SHY
42
Una hija de los abuelos : TIA
43
Pottery piece : SHARD
44
Like some books and ads : POPUP
46
Casualty of file corruption, maybe : DATALOSS
48
Where snowboard cross debuted as an Olympic event (2006) : TORINO
49
Contemporary : AGEMATE
50
Bit of investment intel : HOTTIP
51
"Stay!" : DONTGO
52
Saving oneself, in a way : CHASTE
Down
1
Member of the only N.F.C. team never to have made the Super Bowl : LION
2
One dealing with a certain absence : AMNESIAC
3
"Don't things always turn out OK?" : WHYWORRY
4
Awkward messages to receive in a public setting : SEXTS
5
They can be hard to pick out : ORES
6
Final Fantasy's original platform, for short : NES
7
Much concert merch : BANDTSHIRTS
8
Athos, Porthos et Aramis, par exemple : AMIS
9
Universal partner : NBC
10
Bum wrap? : DIAPER
11
Javier who played Desi Arnaz in "Being the Ricardos" : BARDEM
12
Double-dealing : SNEAKY
14
Code group : ZONINGBOARD
16
2007 Michael Moore documentary with the tagline "This might hurt a little" : SICKO
18
Something legally defined in the U.S. as affecting fewer than 200,000 people : RAREDISEASE
21
Captures the moment, say : TAKESAPHOTO
22
Chinese garden features : PONDS
23
Prez in the '60s : ABE
24
2016 Literature Nobelist who famously skipped the Stockholm ceremony : DYLAN
25
Shipping container weights : TARES
27
Miniature electronic vehicle, for short : RCCAR
30
Slam-dancing locales : MOSHPITS
31
Company, e.g. : ARMYUNIT
32
Degree of uncertainty? : NTH
34
Moves in on : NEARS
35
Whiny comeback to a certain parent : BUTDAD
36
Parmesan alternative : ASIAGO
37
Smarten (up) : NEATEN
41
"If you squint, maybe …" : SORTA
43
Steelmaking byproduct : SLAG
44
When doubled, dismiss : POOH
45
Poet who wrote "To err is human; to forgive, divine" : POPE
47
Ozs. or lbs. : AMT
48
Psychoactive component of marijuana, for short : THC

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle.

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