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New York Times, Friday, March 28, 2025

Author:
Zhouqin Burnikel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Zhouqin Burnikel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 81 for Ms. Burnikel. Friday freshness: 49%
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© 2025, The New York Times3/28/25 ( No. 27,534 )
Across
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Poke bowl condiment : WASABIMAYO
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Story of a lifetime? : OBIT
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Sort whose business is going way down? : SCUBADIVER
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Roaring Twenties look, informally : DECO
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Be easily victorious : WINBYAMILE
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Word with six or sea : DEEP
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Word often followed by a date : DUE
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"Oh, yeah?" : REALLY
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Certain touchdown scorers, for short : RBS
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Ceremonial piles : PYRES
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Sinks one's teeth into? : SAWSUP
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Three, in Chinese : SAN
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Worker's performance that informs the colony of a nearby nectar source : BEEDANCE
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Locales of small ports : PCS
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Food specialty that might be topped with Creole mustard : POBOY
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Stopped dreaming, say : AWOKE
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Hiding place : LAIR
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Skin-care product applied with a cotton pad : TONER
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Out, in a way : ABED
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Append : ANNEX
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Append : ADDON
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They go around the block: Abbr. : STS
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People have a variety of positions on these : YOGAMATS
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Apple variety : MAC
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San Diego County beach town with a racetrack : DELMAR
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Country with 14,125 islands (and only 260 inhabited!) : JAPAN
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Chest beater : APE
54
___ Blue (dandruff shampoo brand) : SELSUN
57
Show of respect : BOW
59
Not-so-light reading : TOME
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Nolan Ryan had seven of them in his career : NOHITGAMES
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North Carolina college town : ELON
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Spanish for "amateur" : AFICIONADO
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"___ people!" : SOME
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Sarcastic response to a rude comment : STAYCLASSY
Down
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Nashville-to-Memphis dir. : WSW
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Component of an exfoliator, often : ACID
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The crack of dawn : SUNUP
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Oh, brothers, where art thou? : ABBEYS
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Sound relative : BAY
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Formal turndown from the fearful : IDARENOT
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Traditional wearers of black-and-white face paint : MIMES
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Running shoe brand : AVIA
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Big whoop : YELL
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Menacing words : ORELSE
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Like the 314th digit of pi : ODD
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Ones wise on Weizenbocks, perhaps : BEERSNOBS
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Cooler cousin : ICEBUCKET
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Stats for pitchers and race car drivers : TOPSPEEDS
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Nonsense word akin to "blah" : YADA
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Genre for only two Song of the Year winners in Grammy history : RAP
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Water from a sippy cup : WAWA
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Strong ties : BONDS
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Checked out : EYED
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Get-togethers arranged by parents : PLAYDATES
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Hybrid team sport that uses kayaks : CANOEPOLO
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Many a divorcée : SINGLEMOM
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Junk, say : BOAT
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Bundle in an office : REAM
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Like Lord Byron's "She Walks in Beauty" : ROMANTIC
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Short day soon after the winter solstice? : XMAS
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Day break : NAP
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Entertainment centers : ARENAS
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Rental at a beach club : CABANA
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Like good gossip : JUICY
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Spanish uncle? : NOMAS
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Top story, maybe : LOFT
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Zaydism and Isma'ilism are sects of this : SHIA
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Brings together : WEDS
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Carbon compound suffix : ENE
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Cheer from a fútbol fan : GOL
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___ sauce : SOY

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

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