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New York Times, Sunday, April 6, 2025

Author:
Kareem Ayas
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
35-Across : ___ favor
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Kareem Ayas

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 142, Blocks: 88 Missing: {JVX} There are unchecked squares This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Ayas. Sunday freshness: 36%
Will Shortz notes:
Kareem Ayas is a high school teacher of English Literature in Harlem. He grew up in Syria and Lebanon, where he attended Arabic schools until the fifth grade. He says he learned English ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

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© 2025, The New York Times4/6/25 ( No. 27,543 )
Across
1
At bay, say? : ASEA
6
One directive in preparing a turkey : BASTE
11
Onetime Volvo competitor : SAAB
15
Actress Gadot : GAL
18
*"Oh, what's the point?" : WHYDOIBOTHER
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Alternative : OTHER
20
Mexican dish with ahi : TUNATACO
22
Look (like) : SEEM
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Hears, in a way : TRIES
24
Tripe : UTTERROT
25
Light, short-sleeved, collared garment : CAMPSHIRT
28
Ringing endorsements? : IDOS
29
Pointy parts of a Batman costume : EARS
30
Uses one's employee badge to enter, say : SCANSIN
32
Get straight : ALIGN
34
___-Tiles (kids' building toy) : MAGNA
35
___ favor : POR
36
Tourney sponsor since 1939 : NCAA
38
*Voids : EMPTYSPACES
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Nails : ACES
40
Iowa college town : AMES
42
Break before college : GAPYEAR
44
Counterpart of "thx" : PLS
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Like some mindless entertainment : TRASHY
48
Wail : SOB
50
Dirtball : SLEAZE
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Descendants : SCIONS
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It's an affront : SLAP
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Bit of curling equipment : STONE
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Young fellow : LAD
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Bit of casino equipment : RAKE
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Words of remembrance : OBIT
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Parts of one's history, say : URLS
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Binding agent in baking : EGG
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Amazon Handmade competitor : ETSY
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Intense cycling sessions … or what you must do to complete the answers to this puzzle's starred clues : SPINCLASSES
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"My word!" : ISAY
73
1980s TV star in the W.W.E. Hall of Fame : MRT
74
Work hard : TOIL
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Star turn, often : SOLO
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Word before milk or over : SKIM
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Member of la familia : TIA
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Throws, informally : HUCKS
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Beach bird : TERN
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Bestow, as a quality : IMPART
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Adware detection program : SPYBOT
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Nickname that drops -ney : SID
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You might walk on this at night : TIPTOE
90
Lincoln or Ford : CAR
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Brown beer : DARKALE
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What ":" might mean : ISTO
99
*Number with 18 zeros : QUINTILLION
100
Animal in the Premier League logo : LION
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Chinese two-stringed fiddle : ERHU
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Satisfied : MET
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Built like the Hulk : BURLY
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Colorado's ___ Park : ESTES
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Canine teeth : CUSPIDS
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Legend has it : LORE
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Word before rain or wash : ACID
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Toy with one's food, perhaps? : HAPPYMEAL
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Made nutritious choices : ATERIGHT
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Gave support : AIDED
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Blue, in a way : LEWD
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Language from which we get "cashmere" : SANSKRIT
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*Recap : BRIEFSUMMARY
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Nursery rhyme name that's said twice in a row : MARY
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Superlative finish : EST
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Like 1-2-3 : EASY
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Historic Vegas casino where the Rat Pack performed : SANDS
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Affliction treated with a hot compress : STYE
Down
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What cuteness tends to evoke : AWS
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"That's all ___ wrote" : SHE
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Ophthalmologist's work : EYECARE
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Madison Avenue exec : ADMAN
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Genre of the 2024 film "Bob Marley: One Love" : BIOPIC
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Greedy person's "choice" : BOTH
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Pieces of the heart : ATRIA
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___ Chisholm, first Black woman elected to Congress : SHIRLEY
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Caddie's appointment : TEETIME
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Sounds of hesitation : ERS
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Wall support : STUD
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Post-mortem order : AUTOPSY
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Tiny exemplars of collaboration : ANTS
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Honey : BAE
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Events for bargain hunters : GARAGESALES
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Stereotypical squirrel's stash : ACORNS
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Plenty o' : LOTSA
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Cloying sentimentality : TREACLE
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___ Explorer, classic web browser : MSN
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Gets caught (on) : SNAGS
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They're just for openers : INTROS
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Masseur's employer : SPA
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*Part of the funnies page : COMICSTRIP
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Student transcript figs. : GPAS
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Sources of some syrup : MAPLES
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Sounds in massage parlors : AAHS
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Floor : STORY
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Traffic marker : PYLON
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Retrovirus molecule : RNA
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Invites to a movie, say : ASKSOUT
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A/C capacity : BTUS
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"Wayne's World" or "MacGruber," informally : SNLSKIT
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*Like restaurants in a famed dining guide : ZAGATRATED
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Testing humor's boundaries : EDGY
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Preschool basics : ABCS
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Trial program : PILOT
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Chromite and hematite : ORES
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Grandiloquent : EPIC
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Account : TALE
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First responders, for short : EMTS
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Set off, as an alarm : TRIP
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Be up on the latest news : STAYCURRENT
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Types : ILKS
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Cousin of kinda : SORTA
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame architect : IMPEI
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Like some stems and situations : THORNY
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Texter's qualification : IMO
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Moved like a crab : SIDLED
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Shade of green : NILE
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Ones suddenly canceling plans : BAILERS
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Roast rostrum : DAIS
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"___ Jackson & the Olympians" (fantasy series) : PERCY
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Chinese fruits with leathery rinds : LITCHIS
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Tax-advantaged savings plan : ROTHIRA
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Incorporate before shaping and baking, say : KNEADIN
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Find amusing : SMILEAT
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Poet Hughes : TED
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Tense parts of games, for short : OTS
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Allotments : QUOTAS
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Pita dip made from chickpeas and tahini : HUMMUS
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Bring into play : USE
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Apathetic : BLASE
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Distance ÷ time : SPEED
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Chiromancers read them : PALMS
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Historic Indian city : AGRA
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___-bitty : ITTY
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Many email attachments : PDFS
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Kyle's little brother on "South Park" : IKE
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Hard core features, informally : ABS
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Like some humor : WRY
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Turn to ash, perhaps : DYE

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

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