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New York Times, Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Author:
Gene Louise De Vera
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
61-Across : Sharpen
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14/29/2025
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Gene Louise De Vera

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 79, Blocks: 44 Missing: {JQ} Grid has mirror symmetry. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. De Vera. Tuesday freshness: 81%
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© 2025, The New York Times4/29/25 ( No. 27,566 )
Across
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Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, for three : GODS
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Like cigars and some salmon : SMOKED
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Spill the beans : BLAB
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Rephrase, say : EDIT
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Gourmet garnish served with a mother-of-pearl spoon : CAVIAR
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Casino city near Lake Tahoe : RENO
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"Game of Thrones" co-star Headey : LENA
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"The Gift of the Magi" writer : OHENRY
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Gemstone whose name comes from the Greek for "claw" : ONYX
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Early struggles for a new enterprise … or a hint to the shaded squares : GROWINGPAINS
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3-D meas. : VOL
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Blues group, for short? : DNC
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"Attack!" : GETEM
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Went in haste : HIED
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The "Lo" of "J.Lo" : LOPEZ
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Rating system used in chess : ELO
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Proper-sounding spring flower? : PRIMROSE
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"House of the Dragon" airer : HBO
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2011 animated film set in Brazil : RIO
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Early 2000s rating site with a rhyming name : HOTORNOT
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Bear, in Spanish : OSO
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Muffin pan, essentially : MOLD
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Green day, familiarly? : STPATS
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Piece of news : ITEM
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Get off the ground : START
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Feathery females : HENS
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Clickable images : ICONS
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Figures that are straight approximations of curves, in geometry : TANGENTLINES
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Pageant prize : SCEPTER
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Without forethought, say : ONAWHIM
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Sharpen : HONE
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[Shrug] : NOCLUE
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Midwest tribe : IOWA
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What some may find off-putting about Limburger cheese : ODOR
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People are talking about them : TOPICS
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Neo-___ (film genre) : NOIR
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Bestrewn with droplets : DEWY
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Aquarium resident : FISH
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Mediterranean peak : ETNA
Down
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Stuff inside an aloe plant : GEL
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Lofty tribute : ODE
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Inspiriting sound on a game show : DING
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Long (for), as attention : STARVE
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Death stare : SCOWL
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When doubled, ingredient in a seafood taco : MAHI
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Womb, in an idiom : OVEN
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Double-decker checker : KING
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Wyatt of the Wild West : EARP
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Forest nymph in Greek mythology : DRYAD
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Bucking horse in a rodeo : BRONCO
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Part of a camera : LENS
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Whatever amount : ANY
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Trade punches : BOX
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That extra punch : OOMPH
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Estuary : INLET
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What many cleaning brands say they can kill 99% of : GERMS
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T.S. ___, winner of the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature : ELIOT
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"You had your chance" : TOOLATENOW
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Go berserk : HITTHEROOF
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"Pass it to me!" : IMOPEN
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Way off course : ERRANT
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Instruction to improve posture : DONTSLOUCH
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Cameraperson's session : PHOTOSHOOT
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Buddy ___, Jed Clampett portrayer on "The Beverly Hillbillies" : EBSEN
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Verb that has largely replaced "Skypes" : ZOOMS
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Children's author Asquith : ROS
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"Hel-l-lp!" : SOS
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Curtains : DRAPERY
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Dessert drink made with frozen grapes : ICEWINE
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Explosive letters : TNT
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Once ___ lifetime : INA
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Decent chap : GENT
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Mexican poet Juana ___ de la Cruz : INES
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Like a racehorse's feet : SHOD
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What a software developer develops with : CODE
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Victorious cry : IWIN
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Actress Rooney of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" : MARA
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Cost-of-living stat. : CPI
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Fleur-de-___ : LIS

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

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