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New York Times, Monday, March 24, 2025

Author:
Victor Schmitt
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
63-Across : Severe wind
TotalDebut
13/24/2025
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1.52422%
Victor Schmitt

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FKQWXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Schmitt. Monday freshness: 64%
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© 2025, The New York Times3/24/25 ( No. 27,530 )
Across
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Messy pile : HEAP
5
Loops in on an email thread : CCS
8
Odysseus' faithful dog : ARGOS
13
Major or Minor in astronomy? : URSA
14
___ Gold, pretzel brand : ROLD
16
Bracelet bits : BEADS
17
Londoner or Liverpudlian, informally : BRIT
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Buckeye's home : OHIO
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Japanese noodle dish : RAMEN
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Something you might step on before or after a shower : BATHROOMSCALE
23
What backup dancers often move in : UNISON
24
Casual affirmative : YEAH
25
Sleep cycle inits. : REM
28
K-pop group with an "army" of followers : BTS
29
The Air Force's F-16 or F-22, for example : JET
31
Tiki bar cocktail with a rhyming name : MAITAI
33
Set of ethical standards : MORALCOMPASS
36
Jones or James of jazz : ETTA
39
Zodiac sign whose symbol roars : LEO
40
Matures : AGES
41
Person who has reached near-mythical status : LIVINGLEGEND
46
Swim meet event : MEDLEY
47
___ Lanka : SRI
48
Org. for Arnold Palmer : PGA
51
Hockey Hall-of-Famer Bobby : ORR
52
Vehicle in a light rail system : TRAM
55
Arctic abodes : IGLOOS
57
Here, there and everywhere … or where to find 20-, 33- and 41-Across's ends? : ALLOVERTHEMAP
60
Brief walk-on movie appearance : CAMEO
62
Character in "Frankenstein" films who doesn't appear in the Mary Shelley novel : IGOR
63
Severe wind : GALE
64
Chris of Captain America fame : EVANS
65
Fruit from a palm : DATE
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Norse god of war : ODIN
67
Has staying power : LASTS
68
Cryptography org. : NSA
69
Views : SEES
Down
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Commotion : HUBBUB
2
Knight-___ (medieval character wandering in search of adventure) : ERRANT
3
"The way things stand …" : ASITIS
4
Routes : PATHS
5
Bing Crosby or Nat King Cole : CROONER
6
Pacific salmon : COHO
7
Like seaweed or raw octopus : SLIMY
8
President Lincoln : ABRAHAM
9
Not imaginary : REAL
10
Call of Duty handle, e.g. : GAMERTAG
11
Poem of praise : ODE
12
Nine-digit ID : SSN
15
Prescription specification : DOSE
21
Color of two stripes on the flag de España : ROJO
22
Attire for a G.I. who doesn't want to be seen : CAMO
26
Loosen (up) : EASE
27
Go wide of the mark : MISS
30
Able to reach the highest shelf, say : TALL
32
Apple tablet : IPAD
33
Vote-by-___ (absentee option) : MAIL
34
Gymnast Suni ___ : LEE
35
Small parts of a big organization, in an idiom : COGS
36
Resident of 123 Sesame Street : ELMO
37
Echelon : TIER
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"The Boys" and "The Bear," for two : TVDRAMAS
42
Deficit after all things considered : NETLOSS
43
Greek sandwich in pita bread : GYRO
44
Country between Djibouti and Sudan on the coast of the Red Sea : ERITREA
45
Near, to a poet : NIGH
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Greasy hair ointment : POMADE
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Hockey player who wears a mask : GOALIE
50
Utah's state trees : ASPENS
53
Enthusiastic, as a fan : AVID
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Rap's ___ Thee Stallion : MEGAN
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Toy bricks : LEGOS
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Gave for a while : LENT
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Goes bad, as fruit : ROTS
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Cartoon collectible : CEL
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Filmmaker DuVernay : AVA

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