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New York Times, Sunday, April 13, 2025

Author:
John Kugelman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
114-Down : Dancer Charisse of old Hollywood
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John Kugelman

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 22 Words: 137, Blocks: 76 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Kugelman. Sunday freshness: 93%
Will Shortz notes:
John Kugelman, of Gainesville, Va., is a software engineer and musician. This is his ninth Sunday Times crossword. Its unusual 22 x 21-square grid (one column wider than usual) was designed to ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

PROSTITUTION CONSTITUTION probably wouldn't fly at the NYT but these are five nice finds. Here are some more. There's an old joke that CONGRESS is the opposite of PROGRESS.

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© 2025, The New York Times4/13/25 ( No. 11,467 )
Across
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Front-runners at the Iditarod? : LEADDOGS
9
Discreetly acknowledges : NODSAT
15
Antidepressant type, in brief : SSRI
19
One end of a headphone cable : AUDIOJACK
21
Peter of "The Lion in Winter" : OTOOLE
22
Namely : TOWIT
23
Popcorn and pretzels at a parade? : PROCESSIONSCONCESSIONS
26
Manages : COPES
27
Platforms for politicians, say : PODIA
28
Dr. Wilson's department on "House" : ONCOLOGY
29
Fitting : APT
30
Fig. that never starts with 666 : SSN
31
Young DC Comics sidekick with a lightning bolt on his chest : KIDFLASH
35
Mideast grp. : PLO
36
Keep rhythm, in a way : TOETAP
39
Missing people? : LONELY
40
Farewell : ADIEU
42
Someone who might excel at a Bible trivia game? : PROTESTANTCONTESTANT
48
Biked past, say : RODEBY
49
"Never mind that" : IGNOREIT
50
Mock : RIPON
53
Bonobo relative : CHIMP
56
Newcastle ninny : PRAT
57
"The X-Files" org. : FBI
60
"The ___ Show" (12x platinum 2002 album) : EMINEM
62
1982 Benjamin Hoff best seller on Eastern philosophy, with "The" : TAOOFPOOH
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Monopoly token retired in 2013 : IRON
67
Tools of the trade? : CONTRACTORSPROTRACTORS
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Lead-in to complete : AUTO
72
Little tipple, cutesily : DRINKYPOO
73
Spill the tea : GOSSIP
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Org. that's usually inactive in the summer : PTA
75
Beach day bummer : RAIN
76
Meanies : OGRES
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"Midnight Cowboy" nickname : RATSO
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Motto that derives from the Latin for "always faithful" : SEMPERFI
84
Cleans up after a dirty guest? : BLEEPS
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Police interrogator or priest? : CONFESSIONPROFESSION
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Gallup's bailiwick : POLLS
93
Linear algebra array : MATRIX
94
Retail magnate James Cash ___ : PENNEY
96
Airport alternative to MDW : ORD
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"Groundhog Day" plot device : TIMELOOP
100
Famous flautist : PAN
102
Number of times lightning struck Apollo 12 on its way to the moon : TWO
103
Certain dance partner : PROMDATE
106
Final Four, e.g. : SEMIS
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"Bloody" queen of England : MARYI
110
Angry words at a school assembly? : CONVOCATIONPROVOCATION
115
Expert : ADEPT
116
"Well, ___ here!" : LOOKIE
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Many-time role for Robert Downey Jr. : TONYSTARK
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Capone's foiler : NESS
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Way out there : YONDER
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Bill Gates gave six of them between 2009 and 2015 : TEDTALKS
Down
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Pet sitter? : LAPCAT
2
Genre for Abba and Ace of Base : EUROPOP
3
Many a dog owner : ADOPTER
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Chop chop! : DICE
5
Forest females : DOES
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Diner drinks, for short : OJS
7
Reacts to a jump scare : GASPS
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Heir : SCION
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A flawed person : NOSAINT
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Rx-free : OTC
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Scooby-___ : DOO
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Solomon, to King David : SON
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Metal producer based in Pittsburgh : ALCOA
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Not-so-young 'uns : TEENS
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Something added to a plot : SOIL
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Enter heroically : SWOOPIN
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Hair curl : RINGLET
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Surprised shout when the villain gets unmasked : ITSYOU
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Leveled, for short : KOD
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"General" of takeout : TSO
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Canon competitor : NIKON
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Member of a conference, maybe: Abbr. : SCH
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Zipped : SPED
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Prefix with bel : DECI
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Promote excessively : FLOG
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Suburb north of Boston : LYNN
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Third-largest tech hub in North America : TORONTO
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Penitent person : ATONER
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Give excessive praise : LAYITON
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Plugging away : ATIT
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Not dis : DAT
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Small time? : SEC
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Texter's "Not gonna lie" : TBH
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Bad way something might go : TOPOT
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404 Not Found, e.g. : ERROR
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Cartoon witch with a crush on Popeye : SEAHAG
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Précis : RECAP
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"Not interested" : IMOUT
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Part of a 15th-century trio : PINTA
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Easy target : MARK
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Bouquet : POSY
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Poet with four Pulitzers : FROST
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First name of Russia's first president : BORIS
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Creative motivation, in online slang : INSPO
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Title for Marie Tussaud : MADAME
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Research on a political rival, for short : OPPO
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Michigan J. ___, Warner Bros. character with a top hat and cane : FROG
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Container for alms : POORBOX
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"God does not approve!" : ITSASIN
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Bloods' West Coast rival : CRIPS
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Food stickers? : TINES
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Zombie-to-be : CORPSE
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Members of the "third team," jocularly : REFS
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Wearer of pointy shoes : ELF
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"Told you so!" : SEE
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Show with a 50th anniversary celebration in 2025, familiarly : SNL
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Coleridge's "The ___ of the Ancient Mariner" : RIME
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Filly or colt : FOAL
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Digging : INTO
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"Monday Night Football" broadcaster : ESPN
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Wear down : CORRODE
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Items being replaced : OLDONES
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Flourish : PROSPER
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More mature : RIPER
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Being prosecuted : ONTRIAL
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Second-largest tech hub in North America : NEWYORK
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Common recyclable : POPCAN
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Snatches, comic-book style : YOINKS
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Tic follower : TAC
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Country that fully encloses two others : ITALY
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Social movement of 2017 : METOO
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Turn : PIVOT
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All together : ASONE
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Sports standouts, for short : MVPS
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"i" completer : DOT
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Word, in French : MOT
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Sail holder : MAST
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"___ girl!" : ATTA
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H+ or OH- : ION
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Green-lit : OKD
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Never, in Nuremberg : NIE
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Dancer Charisse of old Hollywood : CYD

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