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New York Times, Monday, March 3, 2025

Author:
Harrison Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
54-Down : 40 winks
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Harrison Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {BHJQXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Walden. Monday freshness: 47%
Jim Horne notes:

Today's constructor is 13 years old.

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© 2025, The New York Times3/3/25 ( No. 27,509 )
Across
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Try to delay : STALL
6
Transcript figs. : GPAS
10
Nickname for Yale attendees : ELIS
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Alphabet quintet : AEIOU
15
French or Italian bread? : EURO
16
Circus shelter : TENT
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Authority figure in Yellowstone or Grand Teton : PARKRANGER
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Oscar winner Malek : RAMI
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Jigsaw puzzle element : PIECE
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Like the ending of "Hamlet" or "King Lear" : TRAGIC
23
Hair goo : GEL
25
Iconic basketball move of Kobe Bryant : REVERSEDUNK
28
"The ___" (Tyler Perry series set in the White House) : OVAL
30
Emmy winner Edebiri of "The Bear" : AYO
31
A strawberry has about 200 of these : SEEDS
32
Actress Richards of "The World Is Not Enough" : DENISE
35
Sicilian peak that's a UNESCO World Heritage Site : ETNA
37
Hues unlikely to cause clashes : NEUTRALCOLORS
42
Slip gently (into) : EASE
43
Gobble down : DEVOUR
45
Before's opposite : AFTER
49
"Weekend Update" show, in brief : SNL
51
Thailand's continent : ASIA
52
Annoy to a maddening extent : DRIVEINSANE
56
Place to get cash : ATM
57
AM/FM devices : RADIOS
58
Word following time or screen : SAVER
60
"Right away, boss!" : ONIT
61
Downer feeling : LOWSPIRITS
66
Drink with a polar bear mascot : ICEE
67
Antioxidant-rich berry : ACAI
68
Soccer shoe attachment : CLEAT
69
"___ of the D'Urbervilles" (Thomas Hardy novel) : TESS
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Ocular woe : STYE
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Easily annoyed : TESTY
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Sticky tree stuff : SAP
2
Long Island iced ___ : TEA
3
1980 disaster comedy film with an exclamation point in its title : AIRPLANE
4
Trickster in Norse myth : LOKI
5
Enticing one : LURER
6
Swiss city famous for hosting peace conferences : GENEVA
7
Curly-tailed dog : PUG
8
Exist : ARE
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Categorizes, as laundry : SORTS
10
Online investment brokerage : ETRADE
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The "L" of N.F.L. : LEAGUE
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Thought of and considered : INMIND
13
Units of dynamite : STICKS
18
Super serve : ACE
22
Flea market deal : RESALE
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Supreme being : GOD
24
Balanced : EVEN
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Part of a microscope or telescope : EYELENS
27
Campus military program, for short : ROTC
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Lucy of "Kill Bill" : LIU
33
Music player : STEREO
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The Roaring Twenties, for one : ERA
36
Say yes without words : NOD
38
Professional org. : ASSN
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Eggs, in ancient Rome : OVA
40
Prayer beads : ROSARIES
41
Spades or diamonds : SUIT
44
Head-butt : RAM
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Dexterous : ADROIT
46
Land of Napoleon : FRANCE
47
Neatens up : TIDIES
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Digital party announcements : EVITES
50
Timmy's dog on 1950s TV : LASSIE
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Cuba y Puerto Rico : ISLAS
54
40 winks : NAP
55
Oust, as a tenant : EVICT
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Author and lawyer ___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
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10th mo. : OCT
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Tactic : WAY
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Bit of body art, in brief : TAT
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Porcine habitat : STY

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

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