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New York Times, Thursday, March 27, 2025

Author:
Brad Lively
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
51-Down : Creepy looks
TotalDebut
13/27/2025
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.51451%
Brad Lively

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 14 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FKQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Lively. Thursday freshness: 55%
Jim Horne notes:
IT gets tossed around as directed in the italicized clues. In the fourth row, MOJITO loses IT to become MOJO, and passes it ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times3/27/25 ( No. 27,533 )
Across
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The "House of Mouse" : DISNEY
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Passing remark? : GOLONG
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If : INCASE
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Onetime talk show whose studio audience was known as the "Dog Pound," familiarly : ARSENIO
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Expressions of contempt : SNORTS
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More than just flirting : SEXTING
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Event in a tent : CIRCUS
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Minty Cuban cocktail ... Pass it back : MOJITO
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Grok : SEE
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Figure for the prosecution, for short : ADA
22
First name on the Supreme Court : ELENA
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Provide a brief glimpse? : DROPTROU
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Sir Isaac Newton wrote about this ... Pass it on : GRAVITY
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Covers for a rainy day : TARPS
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Give credit? : LEND
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Writing without verse : PROSE
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"Comin' Thro' the ___" (poem misremembered by Holden Caulfield) : RYE
37
Gluten-free grain : OAT
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Folded pancake : CREPE
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Electronic device from which users take "sips" : VAPE
40
Smart sort : BRAIN
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One signing a guestbook ... Pass it back : VISITOR
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[Can't talk, eating] : OMNOMNOM
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Move (over) : SCOOT
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Sun en Sevilla : SOL
49
Migratory fish : EEL
52
What some toothpastes do ... Pass it on : WHITEN
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Not obvious : SUBTLE
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Video game navigation aid : MINIMAP
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Pay-to-play business : ARCADE
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"Son of the Dragon," in a medieval Romanian sobriquet : DRACULA
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"At the Movies with Ebert and ___" : ROEPER
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Leave the country? : SECEDE
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Expressions of contempt : SNEERS
Down
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Lumbar supports : DISCS
2
Result of some cord-cutting, informally : INNIE
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Make a point, say : SCORE
4
Man on wire? : NARC
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Long Island Sound, e.g. : ESTUARY
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Affirmative reply to "Sprechen Sie Englisch?" : YESIDO
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Test for a future Ed.D. : GRE
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Mac platform renamed in 2016 : OSX
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Request made through a downstairs intercom : LETMEUP
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Publication with the 1997 headline "Supreme Court Rules Supreme Court Rules," with "The" : ONION
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Fabled figure in feudal Japan : NINJA
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___ boots : GOGO
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Nincompoop : ASS
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Water source : TAP
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Undo : ERASE
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Mythos : LORE
24
___ player : DVD
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Sporty auto roof : TTOP
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Hunk of gunk : GLOB
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Bottom : REAR
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Prefix with body or matter : ANTI
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Some investments, for short : IRAS
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One on a sic list? : TYPO
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Visionary : SEER
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Not an original : PRINT
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Nevada city that's farther west than Los Angeles : RENO
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Pattern based on nature, informally : CAMO
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Pizazz : VIM
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Like a doormat, say : TOONICE
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Cartoon series about a super robot : VOLTRON
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East Lansing sch. : MSU
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Sign of terrible service : NOBARS
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"Do you remember the ___, Mr. Frodo?": Sam Gamgee : SHIRE
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Comedian Wyatt : CENAC
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Tour de France stage : ETAPE
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Respected figure : ELDER
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Creepy looks : LEERS
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Disarmament concerns, for short : WMDS
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Reflexology setting : SPA
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Drink with a domed lid, perhaps : ICEE
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Feature of some outdoor obstacle courses : MUD
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Stout, for one : ALE

Answer summary:
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