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New York Times, Saturday, March 8, 2025

Author:
Joe Deeney
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
8-Down : "Way to go!"
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Joe Deeney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 28 Missing: {FJQXZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 23 for Mr. Deeney. Saturday freshness: 52%
Jim Horne notes:

50-Down: "What's added to one to make zero?" is NOT A. As in "not a one" means none at all.

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A
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© 2025, The New York Times3/8/25 ( No. 27,514 )
Across
1
Something extra, redundantly : ADDEDBONUS
11
"M*A*S*H" actress Loretta : SWIT
15
Entry form? : TRAVELVISA
16
Bird whose name may be written with two diacritics called kahakos : NENE
17
Watches, say : TIMEPIECES
18
So-called "wolf of the sea" : ORCA
19
Cider mill fixture : APPLEPRESS
20
Join, in a way : WELD
21
Org. symbolized by an eagle holding a key : NSA
22
Private agreement? : YESSIR
24
Taking a hint? : CLUED
28
"Harrumph!" : BAH
31
Pit : STONE
32
Singer Dua ___ : LIPA
33
Visual classification systems : COLORCODES
35
Menaces in some adventure films : ASPS
36
"___ Control" (50 Cent hit) : OUTTA
37
Ports, typically : REDS
38
Common component of ranch dressing? : STETSONHAT
40
This might come after the check : MATE
41
Company founded as Sleeper, Inc. : SERTA
42
"Por qué no los ___?" : DOS
43
1980s PC standard : MSDOS
44
Sheltered, in a way : INDOOR
46
Antonym of "iie" in Japanese : HAI
48
Ream (out) : CHEW
49
Not looking so good : INBADSHAPE
56
L.G.B.T.Q. activist McDonald : CECE
57
Certain Southerner, colloquially : GOODOLEBOY
58
Scrolls' homes : ARKS
59
Publication that once branded itself as "the best of the alternative press" : UTNEREADER
60
Unwind, so to speak : REST
61
Did a whole lot of nothing : PASSEDTIME
Down
1
Flour used to make a chapati : ATTA
2
Cause of insomnia, maybe : DRIP
3
Newly hung out to dry, say : DAMP
4
First name in thrill shows : EVEL
5
Hang (on) : DEPEND
6
Insignificant interruptions : BLIPS
7
More than teem : OVERABOUND
8
"Way to go!" : NICE
9
Listing on many a medication bottle : USES
10
Smart : SASSY
11
Big blanket makers : SNOWSTORMS
12
"Mom is gonna FLIP!" : WERESODEAD
13
Thinking that one might : INCLINEDTO
14
Garden party outfits often with floral patterns : TEADRESSES
23
Key to get out? : ESC
24
Thunderbird, e.g. : CLASSICCAR
25
"Oyez!" : LISTENHERE
26
Areas with nosebleed seats : UPPERDECKS
27
How the trade winds blow : EASTTOWEST
29
Howe'er : ALTHO
30
Scorching : HOTASHADES
33
"Who's the cutest li'l baby?," e.g. : COO
34
Animal fittingly used as a motif in "The Departed" : RAT
39
Title with a tilde : SAO
43
Took for a ride : MISLED
45
Put together haphazardly : RIGUP
47
Treasure : ADORE
50
What's added to one to make zero? : NOTA
51
___ vivants (sociable sorts) : BONS
52
Flak : HEAT
53
Arabic man's name meaning "servant of God" : ABDI
54
Sweet inclusion in a greeting card, maybe : POEM
55
Orphan of Brit lit : EYRE

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

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