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New York Times, Sunday, April 20, 2025

Author:
Victor Schmitt and Tracy Bennett
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
56-Down : "Suh-weet! I love this sandwich cookie!"?
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This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 22 Words: 145, Blocks: 70 Missing: {KQZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Schmitt. This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Bennett. Sunday freshness: 44%
Will Shortz notes:
Victor Schmitt, of Grand Rapids, Mich., is a fourth-year student at the University of Michigan, majoring in computer science. He's one of the founders of of the Games section at The Michigan Daily, ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times4/20/25 ( No. 11,474 )
Across
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Van Winkle of folklore : RIP
4
Engages in playful fisticuffs : SPARS
9
Italian restaurant frequently seen in food courts : SBARRO
15
Strip for breakfast : BACON
20
Game with a Reverse card : UNO
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Impressive display : ARRAY
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Suggest : HINTAT
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"I might surprise you" : TRYME
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"___ all good" : ITS
25
Group that Tiger hires to install wall art? : WOODSWOODSCREWCREW
28
Out of shape : NOTFIT
30
Frets : STEWS
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___-fisted : HAM
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Corduroy fabric feature : WALE
33
Thinks out loud : OPINES
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Train : EDUCATE
38
First game of the season : OPENER
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It smells : ODOR
41
Send fan mail en masse to a Monty Python production? : SPAMSPAMALOTALOT
44
Begrudged : RESENTED
46
Zippo : NIL
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Creeping Charlie, e.g. : WEED
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___ Ross House (Philadelphia landmark) : BETSY
49
Honcho : NABOB
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Mob enforcer : GOON
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Dam near the Philae Temple of Isis : ASWAN
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Hands-on business : SPA
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Angry early president can be seen now in TV footage? : MADMADISONISON
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Med. benefit option, in brief : HMO
65
Divides : GAPS
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Leggy shorebird : STILT
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Captain Jean-___ Picard : LUC
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Really stands out : POPS
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Go beyond the opponent's baseline, in tennis : OVERHIT
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Sound-asleep sounds : SNORES
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Objective : PURPOSE
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Like Tommy in the Who's 1969 rock opera : DEAF
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Common file extension : DOC
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Set off : BEGAN
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MGM founder Marcus : LOEW
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Like, in slang : DIG
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Hotheaded liberal politico who's eager to hear? : DEMDEMAGOGAGOG
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"You ___ me at hello" : HAD
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Ugly expression : SNEER
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Laser therapy target : ACNE
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Roasted or grilled, in Spanish : ASADA
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Liver spot? : ABODE
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Food for a woodpecker : SUET
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Drain : SAP
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Smitten person's declaration : IMINLOVE
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Pharmacist comes through for customers? : PROPROCURESCURES
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Kind of column : OPED
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Hang around : LOITER
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Plant that was a top-five girl's name in the 1970s : HEATHER
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Sign up for again : REJOIN
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Word on some Renaissance Faire signage : OLDE
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Consideration for Cy Young Award voters, for short : ERA
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Mother of Perseus : DANAE
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Recover from fainting : COMETO
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Editor's strike? : REDREDACTIONACTION
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Young boxer, say : PUP
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Some Surrealist paintings : DALIS
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What very punctual people arrive on : THEDOT
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Wildly silly : INANE
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Portfolio piece, for short : IRA
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C-suite figures : EXECS
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Subject of a negotiation : SALARY
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Territories : LANDS
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Jellied fish in an English dish : EEL
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Wreck : RUIN
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Past the point of no return : INTOODEEP
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Email era? : POSTPOSTAGEAGE
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Welcomed at the door : SAWIN
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Stand against : PROTEST
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Certain queer identity, for short : ARO
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X-ray doses : RADS
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Way : SYSTEM
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Make an appearance : SHOWUP
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Analysis performed with electrodermal stimulation : BIOSCAN
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"... so?" : AND
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Offensive linemen, for short : RTS
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Friend on "Friends" : RACHEL
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___ vez (again, in Spanish) : OTRA
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Start of a tangent, in a text : BTW
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Makeup of some metallic bonds : ARCWELDS
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Title protagonist of an 1897 Edmond Rostand play : CYRANO
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Serving at a breakfast buffet : OMELET
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More up-to-the-minute : NEWER
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Unites : WEDS
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Play for the camera, say : EMOTE
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Gives the (pink) slip : FIRES
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Go on a spree : SPEND
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Bud : AMIGO
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It's quite gripping : TALON
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Song of thanksgiving : PAEAN
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Globes : ORBS
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___ apple : ADAMS
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Cops (to) : OWNSUP
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Juvenile locust : NYMPH
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They hang around a lot : BATS
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One-eyed Norse god : ODIN
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Ginkgo ___ (tree species) : BILOBA
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Frying need : OIL
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"Suh-weet! I love this sandwich cookie!"? : WHOOWHOOPIEPIE
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Music boxes? : AMPS
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Prominent feature of 17-Down : NOSE
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One might start "Incidentally …" : ASIDE
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"___ Nona" (children's book based on a folk tale) : STREGA
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Eye: Prefix : OCULO
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Pound sound : ARF
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Safety goggles, masks, etc., in brief : PPE
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They're short for a favorite : ODDS
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Blood line : VEIN
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Common salad add-in : TOMATO
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Big heads : EGOS
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Long tale : SAGA
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"Fear Factor" host Joe : ROGAN
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Public health org. : CDC
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Low point : NADIR
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Peach or plum, botanically : DRUPE
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Come after : ENSUE
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Anne of classic comedy : MEARA
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One trying to level up, often : GAMER
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Thrill-seeker's pursuit : ADVENTURE
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It is done : DEED
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Like much tax law or ancient philosophy : ESOTERIC
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Nursery sight : BLOOM
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Got it wrong : ERRED
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Little flap, maybe : PETDOOR
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Support line? : ISECOND
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Weapon similar to a halberd : POLEAX
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Brain twister : RIDDLE
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Cuban dance style : CHACHA
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"Drunken Sailor," e.g. : SHANTY
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Wrestler-turned-actor John : CENA
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RNA base : URACIL
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Singer with the 2021 hit album "Solar Power" : LORDE
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Hanker (for) : JONES
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"Dagnabbit!" : RATS
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Where the giant Enceladus is buried, in myth : ETNA
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Gem sometimes confused with a moonstone : OPAL
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Twisty curve : ESS
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Abbr. on a business card : TEL
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Rocky Mountain state: Abbr. : IDA
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Actor Somerhalder : IAN

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

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