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New York Times, Friday, April 18, 2025

Author:
Greg Snitkin and Glenn Davis
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Across : "Whoa! Easy there, buddy!"
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Greg Snitkin
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Glenn Davis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Snitkin. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Davis. Friday freshness: 3%
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© 2025, The New York Times4/18/25 ( No. 27,555 )
Across
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"Whoa! Easy there, buddy!" : DIALITBACK
11
Exclamation to an old chap : ISAY
15
Solitary : ANTISOCIAL
16
Who "can't buy you love" in an Elton John hit : MAMA
17
Trend that involves pink accessories and décor : BARBIECORE
18
Low notes : ONES
19
Plants, maybe : SPIES
20
Gifts sometimes made with pikake flowers : LEIS
22
Three-part event, informally : TRI
23
Roofing supply : TAR
24
"___ crazy?" : AMI
26
Sore loser's wail : NOFAIR
28
Common additive in chewing gum : TALC
30
Throat lozenge, often : DISC
31
Act like everything's normal despite how one feels : PLAYITCOOL
37
Its flag includes a coconut tree and a sailboat : GUAM
39
Call in a casino : DOUBLEORNOTHING
41
Let go to pot? : ANTE
42
Lowest of the low : ROCKBOTTOM
43
Get dressed (up) : DOLL
45
Time on end : EONS
46
Shadow : FOLLOW
48
Cries of faux despair, say : OYS
49
Leave it to beaver? : DAM
52
"Feliz ___ Novo!" : ANO
53
Some Elomi products : BRAS
55
Its stripes represent wisdom in Buddhism : TIGER
57
Government V.I.P. : CZAR
59
Bad thing to do when you see red : ACCELERATE
62
Literature Nobelist Morrison : TONI
63
Football maneuver involving a fake handoff : PLAYACTION
64
It's OK : SOSO
65
"Oh, what's the worst that could happen?" : SUREWHYNOT
Down
1
Amounts of cream : DABS
2
Not quite right : INAPT
3
Places in the heart : ATRIA
4
Philadelphia tourist attraction : LIBERTYBELL
5
Goddess known as "Great Mother" : ISIS
6
Ring bearer? : TOE
7
Discreetly fill in, in a way : BCC
8
Garlic-rich topping : AIOLI
9
Charge : CARE
10
Naomi ___, author of 2007's "The Shock Doctrine" : KLEIN
11
Chat qualifier : IMO
12
Present-day attire? : SANTASUIT
13
Watered-down espresso, essentially : AMERICANO
14
Arabic name that means "wealthy" : YASIR
21
Lay the groundwork for, say : SOD
24
Make amends? : ALTER
25
1960s-'80s singer/TV host Marilyn : MCCOO
27
Claws or bites : FIGHTSDIRTY
29
Be in rough shape : AIL
31
Droid, e.g., for short : PDA
32
Home of the first hippopotamus in Europe since the Roman Empire : LONDONZOO
33
They help you get off a lot : AUTOLOANS
34
Tolkien menace : ORC
35
Well-pitched : ONKEY
36
University of New Mexico athletes : LOBOS
38
___ Grand (Vegas hot spot) : MGM
40
Slew : TON
44
Pre-smash hit : LOB
46
They "can obscure the truth," per Maya Angelou : FACTS
47
Deli purchases : WRAPS
48
Trashy TV character? : OSCAR
50
Reply of shocked annoyance : AGAIN
51
Social movement introduced in 2006 : METOO
54
Org. with a "Defending Speech We Hate" section on its website : ACLU
55
Stock market sector, informally : TECH
56
Flat fee? : RENT
58
___ Grande : RIO
60
LASIK target : EYE
61
One may cover estates : LAW

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

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