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New York Times, Monday, March 17, 2025

Author:
Kathy Lowden
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
62-Down : When doubled, it's a fly
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
61/6/20203/17/20252
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.601828%
Kathy Lowden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. Lowden. Monday freshness: 62%
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© 2025, The New York Times3/17/25 ( No. 27,523 )
Across
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Small amounts, as of hair gel : DABS
5
Victor ___, author of "Les Misérables" : HUGO
9
Ankle bones : TARSI
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Prefix with science or potent : OMNI
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"Now!," in a rush order : ASAP
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Some fast-food sandwiches : WRAPS
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Emmy-winning actress for "Hacks" : JEANSMART
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Chile de ___ (very spicy pepper) : ARBOL
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Seed used to flavor ouzo : ANISE
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Tiny computer unit : BIT
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Double-reed woodwind : OBOE
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Only person in the arts ever to be named Time's Person of the Year : TAYLORSWIFT
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Belief systems : ISMS
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Twerp : WIENIE
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Numbers with four digits : THOUSANDS
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What a subject and a verb should do : AGREE
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With 41-Across, former "S.N.L." regular who played Gemma and Cathy Anne : CECILY
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See 40-Across : STRONG
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"___ la vista!" : HASTA
43
Reduces, as profits : BITESINTO
46
Unit of corn or wisdom : KERNEL
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___ Congeniality (pageant title) : MISS
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She played Serena on "Gossip Girl" : BLAKELIVELY
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Take in, as a salary : EARN
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___-Caps (candy) : SNO
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Very, very : ULTRA
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Say hello to : GREET
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Slogan that celebrates a young woman's confidence and independence ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 40-/41- and 49-Across : GIRLPOWER
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Face shapes : OVALS
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Eight, in Ensenada : OCHO
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Have a meal by candlelight, say : DINE
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Small sample : TASTE
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Gas in some lighted signs : NEON
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Split ___ (hair problem) : ENDS
Down
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Rapper ___ Cat : DOJA
2
"You said it, brother!" : AMEN
3
___ B'rith (Jewish organization) : BNAI
4
Sloth and gluttony, for two : SINS
5
Nonkosher meat : HAM
6
2015 and 2019 Women's World Cup soccer champs : USA
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In mixed-up condition : GARBLED
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Choices : OPTIONS
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Carrier whose former terminal at J.F.K. is now a hotel : TWA
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--> : ARROW
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Companion of a priest and a minister in many a joke : RABBI
12
Parody : SPOOF
13
Part of an atoll : ISLET
18
It comes between "ready" and "go" : SET
22
Swim-bike-run race, for short : TRI
25
On vacation, say : AWAY
26
Yang's counterpart : YIN
27
Accommodates, as on a bus : SEATS
28
Scratch that! : ITCH
29
Former stadium for the Mets : SHEA
30
Slip-on shoes, familiarly : MOCS
31
Hearts or clubs : SUIT
34
Quench : SLAKE
36
Gloomy, as news : GRIM
37
Rice-A-___ : RONI
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Docs treating tonsillitis : ENTS
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Inflated ones can be bruised : EGOS
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Bear market order : SELL
43
Give rise to : BRINGON
44
Bill : INVOICE
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Shirt that's sometimes tie-dyed : TEE
47
Chicago trains : ELS
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Sired : BEGOT
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Stage before pupa in metamorphosis : LARVA
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Regions : AREAS
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Prepared to be knighted : KNELT
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"Uh-huh" : YUP
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Vein of ore : LODE
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Mattress size smaller than a full : TWIN
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Tear to pieces : REND
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Greek war god : ARES
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When doubled, it's a fly : TSE
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Letter after pi : RHO
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Chaney who played Quasimodo : LON

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

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