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New York Times, Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Author:
Hanh Huynh
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
54-Across : Hand-held instrument that jingles
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Hanh Huynh

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Huynh. Tuesday freshness: 70%
Jim Horne notes:

GNR at 14-Down stands for Guns N' Roses. Oh, you knew that already.

GNR has only appeared as an answer once before, in 1975, clued as "Man in a warship turret: Abbr."

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© 2025, The New York Times3/4/25 ( No. 27,510 )
Across
1
Cheerleaders' accessories : POMPOMS
8
Fervent, and then some : RABID
13
"On my way!" : IMCOMING
15
Pong company : ATARI
16
Tenderly stroking : CARESSING
18
Clean energy option : SOLAR
19
Make a scarf, say : KNIT
20
Graffiti artist's supply : SPRAYPAINT
22
Bro or sis : SIB
23
Times when reveille is played, for short : AMS
24
Defeat : LOSS
25
Take advantage of : USE
26
Lou Gehrig's disease, for short : ALS
27
Toys that spin : TOPS
31
Feature of a cockatoo : CREST
34
Qatar's capital : DOHA
36
"The Fall of the House of Usher" author : POE
37
It develops in front of your eyes : POLAROIDPICTURE
41
Feel under the weather : AIL
42
"Didn't expect to see you here!" : OHHI
43
Takes a breather : RESTS
44
Czech, e.g. : SLAV
46
Currency in Kobe : YEN
47
Fountain ___ : PEN
48
Equestrian's cry : WHOA
50
Syllables of hesitation : UHS
51
OB/GYNs, e.g.: Abbr. : DRS
54
Hand-held instrument that jingles : TAMBOURINE
58
Spoiled kid : BRAT
59
Do better than : ONEUP
60
Make two dos, say? : TRANSLATE
62
Simpson with a blue beehive : MARGE
63
Extreme self-obsession : EGOMANIA
64
"___ me, Father, for I have sinned" : BLESS
65
"This news has got me rattled!" ... or a hint to 1-, 20-, 37- and 54-Across : IMSHOOK
Down
1
Draft selections : PICKS
2
Muscat resident : OMANI
3
Fast-food pork sandwich with its own locator website : MCRIB
4
Certain laureate : POET
5
Meditation sounds : OMS
6
"Are you sad that I'm gone?" : MISSME
7
Little cuts : SNIPS
8
Filing tools : RASPS
9
Words said with one's glass raised : ATOAST
10
Island east of Java : BALI
11
Setting for 2012's "Argo" : IRAN
12
"Rub some ___ on it" (probably unsound medical advice) : DIRT
14
"Welcome to the Jungle" band, in brief : GNR
17
Fastest gait of a horse : GALLOP
21
Green-and-white sidekick of video games : YOSHI
23
Houston ballplayer : ASTRO
25
Cable network that shows WWE matches : USA
26
Introduce to the mix : ADDIN
28
"Magnum" work of art : OPUS
29
Dessert wine : PORT
30
Gets it : SEES
31
Tax pros, for short : CPAS
32
Agitate : ROIL
33
She, in Seville : ELLA
35
Lot units : ACRES
38
"Such a charmer!" : OHYOU
39
Start of many souvenir slogans : IHEART
40
Perfect score in diving : TEN
45
Beetles : VWBUGS
47
Wunderkind : PHENOM
49
Crosses one's fingers, say : HOPES
50
Eel, on a sushi menu : UNAGI
51
Clog-clearing brand : DRANO
52
Nine to five, for example : RATIO
53
A red one is rare : STEAK
54
Burial place : TOMB
55
Fussbudgety : ANAL
56
Nothing more than : MERE
57
Wrath : IRE
58
Humdrum : BLAH
61
Texting format inits. : SMS

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