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New York Times, Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Author:
Kathy Bloomer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
32-Across : Exercised authority over
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Kathy Bloomer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Bloomer. Wednesday freshness: 65%
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© 2025, The New York Times4/16/25 ( No. 27,553 )
Across
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Like some colors or Zoom users : MUTED
6
"___ it go?" : HOWD
10
Matterhorn, for one : ALP
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Drink with ground nutmeg : EGGNOG
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Like most TV broadcasts, now : INHD
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Mauna ___ : KEA
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Heavy hitter? : SLEDGE
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Flying Cloud and Royale, for two : REOS
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Threw one's hat in the ring : RAN
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Sight next to a barn, often : SILO
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General Mills brand : TOTAL
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Damage, so to speak : COST
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Goes to hell : ROTS
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Strengthens, as a relationship : CEMENTS
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Gag costume : APESUIT
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Skier's transport : TBAR
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Exercised authority over : GOVERNED
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Form of solitaire won when only the four highest cards remain : ACESUP
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___ rage (risk of certain drugs) : ROID
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N.B.A. coach Popovich : GREGG
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First razor to feature a pivoting head : ATRA
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Workers' rights grp. : AFLCIO
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Delicacy in France and China : FROGLEGS
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Word before tight or time : HANG
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Structures commonly seen at ski resorts : AFRAMES
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Conspirator : SCHEMER
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Spittoon sound : PTUI
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Essence : CRUX
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Meal in which a cup of wine is poured for the prophet Elijah : SEDER
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Have bottled-up anger : STEW
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"Nelson's blood" : RUM
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"Sure" : OKAY
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Files taxes in June, perhaps : ISLATE
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Ballyhoo : ADO
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Like Solomon, famously : WISE
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Former Nissan S.U.V. : XTERRA
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___ diem : PER
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Old flames : EXES
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Old long-haul hwy. from Detroit to Seattle : USTEN
Down
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Rat's nest : MESS
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Lumpy fruit : UGLI
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Neutrogena shampoo with a slash in its name : TGEL
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Came out in favor of a certain breakfast product? : ENDORSEDCHEX
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Follow relentlessly : DOG
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Grammy-winning trumpeter Al : HIRT
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Like Ionesco's play "The Bald Soprano" : ONEACT
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Sugary bulk breakfast purchase? : WHOLEBAGOFTRIX
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Certain calculus expert, for short : DDS
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Home of minor-league baseball's RubberDucks : AKRON
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Merest : LEAST
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Is nearly out of breath : PANTS
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Doing some shopping for breakfast? : GETTINGONESKIX
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Big name in blenders : OSTER
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Places to find the items at the ends of 4-, 8- and 14-Down : CEREALAISLES
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Not just my : OUR
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Fella : MAC
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Indian tourist destination : AGRA
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Sound in a disappearing act : POOF
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Morally contemptible : EVIL
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For sure, for short : DEF
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One might be cut at an angle : STEM
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Craving : URGE
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"Nah, I'm good" : PASS
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"You did a ___ job raisin me!" (punny Mother's Day card line) : GRAPE
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Words of affirmation : IAM
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Softhearted supervillain of "Despicable Me" : GRU
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Common stove residue to be cleaned up : GREASE
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Doggie bag morsel : SCRAP
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Coarse : CRUDE
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"___ me " : HUMOR
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Products with peak sales before Easter, say : DYES
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Lip-puckering : TART
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Raison d'___ : ETRE
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Move to solid food, say : WEAN
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Be in debt : OWE
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"The Fifth Beatle" Sutcliffe : STU

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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