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New York Times, Friday, March 14, 2025

Author:
Brandon Koppy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
31-Down : Isaac Newton or Elton John, but not Olivia Newton-John
TotalDebutLatest
1911/21/20183/14/2025
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Brandon Koppy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQVXZ} This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Koppy. Friday freshness: 58%
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© 2025, The New York Times3/14/25 ( No. 27,520 )
Across
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Charlie Chaplin persona : TRAMP
6
Total : SMASHUP
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Knight shtick? : HONOR
14
Reaction to an unexpected bit of humor : SPITTAKE
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Wonderland directive : EATME
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Hurdles before some touchdowns : REENTRIES
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Adds to a thread : CCS
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Subjected to a waiting game, militarily : SIEGED
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___-ran : ALSO
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Question to one's best friend, maybe : WHOSAGOODBOY
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Frasier's brother on "Frasier" : NILES
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Where hips do lie : ROSEBED
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Big orbiter : PLANET
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Rock band with the 1990s hits "Fly" and "Every Morning" : SUGARRAY
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Upton Sinclair novel that inspired the film "There Will Be Blood" : OIL
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Knotting (up) : TYING
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Trade on : USE
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Very hot day : SCORCHER
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They might be written off : LOSSES
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Journeys of escape : HEGIRAS
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Singer Washington or Shore : DINAH
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Bench press? : PUTMEINCOACH
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Words of comparison : ISTO
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Assert without proof : ALLEGE
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___ Locks, connection between Lake Superior and Lake Huron : SOO
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Not learn one's lesson? : SKIPCLASS
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Places for scheming : LAIRS
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Fruit-flavored pop : LIMESODA
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Stop by : ENDAT
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Laundry service, e.g. : AMENITY
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Film collectibles : REELS
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Network on which "Gossip Girl" aired : THECW
2
Exterminator's target : ROACH
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Snack made with celery sticks, peanut butter and raisins : ANTSONALOG
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Band-Aid applier, perhaps : MOM
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Buying opportunity for select customers : PRESALE
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Completing a video game as fast as possible, say : SPEEDRUN
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Beyond comprehension : MINDBOGGLING
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QB stat: Abbr. : ATT
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Wandering sort : STRAYER
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It comes down hard : HAIL
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They're small and plucked : UKES
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Philippine money : PESO
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Beehive State flower : SEGO
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Classic pickup lines, familiarly : REOS
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Remark from a celebrity look-alike : IGETTHATALOT
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"Some rise by ___, and some by virtue fall": Shak. : SIN
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She-bear, in Spain : OSA
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Coolly disregard : BRUSHASIDE
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Loosen : EASE
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Tanners' stock : DYES
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Glam : POSH
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Some epizoa : LICE
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Isaac Newton or Elton John, but not Olivia Newton-John : SIR
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Gentleman's agreement : YESMLADY
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Tear with gusto : RIPOPEN
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French wine designation : CRU
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Truffula forest logger in "The Lorax" : ONCELER
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Foreign title with a tilde : SAO
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Stops working : DIES
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Disney's ___ of Arendelle : ELSA
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Pinkish orange : CORAL
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They're entertaining : HOSTS
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Española, por ejemplo : ISLA
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Not read thoroughly : SKIM
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Variable in the Schrödinger equation : TIME
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Hit TV series with three spinoffs : CSI
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Suffix with oct- : ANE

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

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