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New York Times, Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Author:
Rebecca Goldstein
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
3-Down : New York's Stonewall, e.g.
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2012/2/20213/5/20259
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231.6510542%
Rebecca Goldstein

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 15 Words: 81, Blocks: 43 Missing: {JQVX} Grid has mirror symmetry. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 20 for Ms. Goldstein. Wednesday freshness: 43%
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© 2025, The New York Times3/5/25 ( No. 27,511 )
Across
1
"Adios, ___!" : AMIGO
6
Texter's "you tell me" : IDK
9
Sweet braided bread : BABKA
14
Source of a pulse : SONAR
15
Modernizing prefix : NEO
16
Ingredient in a Whopper : ONION
17
Home of many champion marathoners : KENYA
18
"And just like THAT!" : BAM
19
Small contribution : ADDIN
20
Blowout victory, metaphorically : BLOODBATH
23
Chichén ___ (Mayan archaeological site) : ITZA
26
Latin "wolf" : LUPUS
27
Hulking brute : OGRE
31
Wild backdrop for "Wuthering Heights" : MOOR
32
Biblical patriarch who begat Methuselah : ENOCH
33
Lead-in to ever : WHOM
34
Device for taking notes? : ATM
35
Verbal facepalm : DOH
36
Message meaning "I can't be reached right now" : OOO
37
"Welcome Back, Kotter" role of 1970s TV : GABE
39
Yusuf ___, adopted name of singer Cat Stevens : ISLAM
41
Subtle summons : PSST
42
Woman's name that becomes another woman's name when an "M" is added to the front : ELISSA
44
Missouri tributary : PLATTE
46
One part of a swimming pool : DEEPEND
48
Beat rapidly, as eggs : WHISKED
49
Center : CORE
50
Something of miner concern? : ORE
52
Commotion : STIR
53
A little cute? : ELFIN
54
Comedy bit : GAG
55
Broadway star LuPone : PATTI
57
Talent : GIFT
58
Big softy, perhaps : CRIER
60
Put through the self-checkout : SCAN
61
Research campus in upstate N.Y. : RPI
62
With 66-Across, spooky property that might include a 20-Across and a 7-, 25- and 28-Down : HAUNTED
64
Went underground : HID
65
Exit key : ESC
66
See 62-Across : MANSION
67
Country music's ___ Young Band : ELI
68
Buttonless shirt : TEE
69
Carry-___ : ONS
70
Airport org. : TSA
71
Intelligence org. : NSA
Down
1
"___, and it shall be given you": Matthew 7:7 : ASK
2
Recipient of Bart Simpson's crank calls : MOE
3
New York's Stonewall, e.g. : INN
4
New York's Stonewall, e.g. : GAYBAR
5
Mouthy? : ORAL
6
Puts into play, as a basketball : INBOUNDS
7
Marvel superhero portrayed by Ryan Reynolds : DEADPOOL
8
Fermented, sweetened tea drink : KOMBUCHA
9
Dinghy or dory : BOAT
10
"You said it!" : ANDHOW
11
Two hearts, for one : BID
12
Fish in a garden pond : KOI
13
"Raggedy" doll : ANN
21
Cheer for a fútbol team : OLE
22
Fireplace residue : ASH
23
Caught on camera, say : IMAGED
24
1919 event that confirmed the general theory of relativity : TOTALECLIPSE
25
Commercial property left mostly vacant by hybrid work arrangements : ZOMBIEOFFICE
28
Restaurant offering delivery and pickup only : GHOSTKITCHEN
29
Spinning, feathered lures : ROOSTERTAILS
30
Overplayed on stage : EMOTED
38
Clever wit : ESPRIT
39
Actor McKellen : IAN
40
Speedometer fig. : MPH
41
Rotini and bucatini : PASTAS
43
Detected : SEEN
45
Speech therapist's concern : LISP
47
Off-leash areas : DOGRUNS
48
"You don't have to explain your joke to us" : WEGETIT
51
Cloudbursts : RAINS
53
Scary sight for a red-bellied marsh mouse : EGRET
56
World's most populous country as of 2023 : INDIA
58
James of "The Godfather" : CAAN
59
Speed Wagon and Flying Cloud of old autodom : REOS
62
Insurance option, for short : HMO
63
Recombinant ___ : DNA

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

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