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New York Times, Monday, March 31, 2025

Author:
Ryan Mathiason
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
24-Down : Part of a face that may be furrowed
TotalDebut
13/31/2025
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0100000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.65424%
Ryan Mathiason

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 14 Words: 73, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Mathiason. Monday freshness: 68%
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© 2025, The New York Times3/31/25 ( No. 27,537 )
Across
1
Bowlers and sombreros : HATS
5
Finance channel : CNBC
9
Some toothpastes and hair goops : GELS
13
Boy on "The Andy Griffith Show" : OPIE
14
Wife of Jacob in the Bible : LEAH
15
King of the gods, in Egyptian myth : AMON
16
Bird that's the U.S.'s national symbol : BALDEAGLE
18
___ Raton, Fla. : BOCA
19
Make official : ORDAIN
20
Summer zodiac sign : LEO
22
Paving gunk : TAR
23
Scout's shelter : TENT
24
Debbie Downer : BUZZKILL
26
Like good knives and pupils : SHARP
28
Religious offshoot : SECT
29
Org. at airports : TSA
32
Bigheadedness : EGO
33
Work hard : TOIL
35
"I'm starting to like this" ... or a hint to the starts of 16-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across, in order : ITSGROWINGONME
40
Defense org. since 1949 : NATO
41
Bovine call : MOO
42
Section of a tennis match : SET
43
Step on a ladder : RUNG
45
Observes Ramadan, in a way : FASTS
47
Basketball shot made while leaning backward : FADEAWAY
49
Tough part of a cross-country race : HILL
52
U-turn from WSW : ENE
53
Word after poison or bull : PEN
54
Feels sorry for : PITIES
56
___ trap (part of a dryer) : LINT
58
Like conga or mambo music : AFROCUBAN
60
"That ___ be expected" : ISTO
61
Thrice three : NINE
62
Currency of Mexico : PESO
63
Citrus peel : ZEST
64
Ponzi scheme, e.g. : SCAM
65
Whole bunch : SLEW
Down
1
So-called "king of the road" : HOBO
2
Not together : APART
3
Mark over the "n" in "mañana" : TILDE
4
Cars that typically accommodate five people : SEDANS
5
Family group : CLAN
6
B-___ (rare blood type, informally) : NEG
7
Make into a wad : BALLUP
8
___-Its : CHEEZ
9
Yap : GAB
10
;) and <3 : EMOTICONS
11
Standard announcement of a pilot upon landing : LOCALTIME
12
Sound from an angry dog : SNARL
17
Word that reverses meaning when an "n" is put in front : EITHER
21
Fractions of lbs. : OZS
24
Part of a face that may be furrowed : BROW
25
Kind of diet in which carbs are frowned upon : KETO
27
In the past : AGO
29
Sn, chemically : TIN
30
Plant with eight-pointed pods used in cooking : STARANISE
31
Kids in the 90s? : ASTUDENTS
34
The Beatles' "___ It Be" : LET
36
Departed : GONE
37
Unclear response to "Are you coming?" : IMAY
38
Blunt refusals : NOS
39
"American ___" (Grant Wood painting) : GOTHIC
44
Opening, as between teeth : GAP
45
Spinoff stories written by an author's readers, informally : FANFIC
46
Producers of six-packs : SITUPS
47
Happy: Sp. : FELIZ
48
Removes a dependence (from) : WEANS
50
Written defamation : LIBEL
51
Rental contract : LEASE
54
"Casey at the Bat," for one : POEM
55
Some winter weather : SNOW
57
Little one : TOT
59
Genetic messenger : RNA

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