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New York Times, Thursday, March 6, 2025

Author:
Kiran Pandey
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
35-Down : Comedian ___ Vulcano
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Kiran Pandey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Pandey. Thursday freshness: 27%
Jim Horne notes:
Four repeated answers have to be interpreted metaphorically. BORN BORN means born again NATURE NATURE means second ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times3/6/25 ( No. 27,512 )
Across
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That's gotta hurt : ACHE
5
Certain voice-overs : DUBS
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Neutrogena dandruff shampoo : TGEL
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Make less distinct : BLUR
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"A cunning hunter, a man of the field," in Genesis : ESAU
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Find more value from : REUSE
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Brought into being : BORN
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Like one with renewed beliefs : BORNAGAIN
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Word from on high : EDICT
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H.S. exam for which 5 is the highest score : APTEST
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Seller of Poäng and Ekenäset chairs : IKEA
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School play? : TAG
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Look to pick things up : SHOP
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Onetime leader of the Sinaloa Cartel : ELCHAPO
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The great outdoors : NATURE
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Tying one's shoes, e.g., for most people : SECONDNATURE
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Tops at golf clubs : POLOS
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Absorbed : RAPT
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48 of them make a cup: Abbr. : TSPS
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Untidy room, metaphorically : STY
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Pains : HASSLES
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Portuguese greeting : OLA
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Reid of "Urban Legend" : TARA
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Indian crepe served with chutney : DOSA
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Meat designation on a food cart : HALAL
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Graphite, essentially : CARBON
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Exact replica : CARBONCOPY
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Fire breather of myth : CHIMERA
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At all : EVER
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Dorm enforcers, for short : RAS
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Betray, with "out" : SELL
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Discarded tech devices : EWASTE
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Not satisfied : UNMET
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Swallow : DOWN
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Strengthen one's commitment : DOUBLEDOWN
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Scrutinizes : SCANS
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Eager : AGOG
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Send out : EMIT
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Have an inclination : TEND
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Hitch together : YOKE
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Digs for bears : DENS
Down
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"Waterloo" band : ABBA
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Sound on a bridle path : CLOP
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Offended : HURT
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Given name of Che Guevara : ERNESTO
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One with obligations : DEBTOR
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Troupe for troops, in brief : USO
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Adriatic port city : BARI
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Dissociative void, as in the film "Get Out" : SUNKENPLACE
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___ Talks : TED
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Highlight of many a Jimi Hendrix concert : GUITARSOLO
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What might lead to a breakout success? : ESCAPEPLAN
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"Unhand me!" : LETGO
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Gape or gasp, say : REACT
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[I'm trying to listen!] : SHUSH
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Send : ELATE
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Little time off : PERSONALDAY
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QB's call : HUT
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"No way, nohow!" : NOTACHANCE
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Gymnastics star of the 2012 and 2016 Olympics : ALYRAISMAN
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Winter hours in L.A. : PST
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Intensifying suffix, in modern slang : ASS
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Comedian ___ Vulcano : SAL
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Really dig : ADORE
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Mouselike mammal : SHREW
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One of eight on a cuttlefish : ARM
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Worn away : ABRADED
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Top scores, e.g. : BESTS
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Settle a score for : AVENGE
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Part of a pizza : CRUST
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Snapchat's ghost, e.g. : LOGO
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Indeterminate amount : SOME
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Look-alike : TWIN
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Specialty M.D.s : ENTS
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Extremity : END
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Vessel with a round bottom : WOK

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