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New York Times, Monday, February 17, 2025

Author:
Kate Hawkins and Erica Hsiung Wojcik
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
35-Down : Unadulterated
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
168/28/20203/12/20252
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0215062
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21.567146%
Kate Hawkins
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64/29/20222/17/20253
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11.544354%
Erica Hsiung Wojcik

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 15 for Ms. Hawkins. This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. Wojcik. Monday freshness: 76%
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© 2025, The New York Times2/17/25 ( No. 27,495 )
Across
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"Live ___" (Taco Bell slogan) : MAS
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Where you might "take a number" : DELI
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Tie named for a British horse racing venue : ASCOT
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Valuable metals : ORES
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Level : EVEN
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___ masala (spicy Indian chickpea dish) : CHANA
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Memento-filled craft project : SCRAPBOOK
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Staffs : CANES
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Everything on a bagel, say : THEWORKS
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Merge : MELD
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Broadway's ___-Manuel Miranda : LIN
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Abu Dhabi's country, for short : UAE
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Fast-food chain that serves Louisiana chicken : POPEYES
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Ache (for) : YEARN
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Lead-in to phone or ass : SMART
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Fluffy Chinese bread roll : BAO
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Hosp. area for critical cases : ICU
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___-conscious : ECO
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"None for me" : PASS
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1981 hit by Queen and David Bowie : UNDERPRESSURE
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"Check your ___ at the door" (sign for musical artists entering to record "We Are the World") : EGOS
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Singer Grande, to fans : ARI
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Big part of an elephant : EAR
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Day-___ paint : GLO
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Insolent sorts : SNOTS
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Italian motor scooter : VESPA
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Child's urging to a horse : GIDDYUP
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___ chi (martial art) : TAI
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Blade on a boat : OAR
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Danish film director ___ von Trier : LARS
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Unwavering : RESOLUTE
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Menzel who has played a green witch and an ice princess : IDINA
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"Uh-huh, I bet" … or a literal description of what 17-, 24-, 36- and 50-Across all have : YEAHRIGHT
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Cowboy's workplace : RANCH
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Competent : ABLE
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"Not. Good." : UHOH
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Parts of a jigsaw puzzle that many people work on first : EDGES
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The Bay State: Abbr. : MASS
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Gate-keeping org.? : TSA
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In the main : MOSTLY
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Main character on "All in the Family" or "Riverdale" : ARCHIE
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One of tennis's Williams sisters : SERENA
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Messing around on set? : DEBRA
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Brings to mind : EVOKES
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Ones born between July 23 and August 22 : LEOS
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Pen filler : INK
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Opposite of refuse : ACCEPT
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Layered rock : SHALE
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Snickers or Milky Way : CANDYBAR
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Air Force ___ : ONE
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Profs' aides : TAS
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Glimpsed : SAW
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Jump (on) : POUNCE
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Glum : MOROSE
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Walk back and forth nervously : PACE
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Simplicity : EASE
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"Please send assistance A.S.A.P.!" : SOS
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Clears (of) : RIDS
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___ badge (scout's award) : MERIT
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Planet beyond Saturn : URANUS
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Unadulterated : PURE
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Bumpy yellow fruit : UGLI
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Messing around, as with an instrument or ideas : NOODLING
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Item on a stage : PROP
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Rescuer : SAVIOR
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Ingredient in tempera or tempura : EGG
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Some dark red wines : SYRAHS
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Amazing deals : STEALS
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Looked for : SOUGHT
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Rhetorical device used to tug at your heartstrings : PATHOS
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R&B's Franklin : ARETHA
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Swing at a ball? : DANCE
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Fireplace remains : ASHES
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Country music's McEntire : REBA
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Actress Lucy of CBS's "Elementary" : LIU
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Burning feeling : IRE
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Papa : DAD
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Starchy tuber : YAM

Answer summary:
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