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New York Times, Monday, February 24, 2025

Author:
Rena Cohen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Some out-of-office training
TotalDebutLatest
310/3/20242/24/2025
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0200100
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
111.551547%
Rena Cohen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQVZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Cohen. Monday freshness: 54%
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M
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O
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R
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E
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L
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G
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G
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H
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U
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P
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R
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T
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D
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F
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R
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H
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B
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T
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R
E
N
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A
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M
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F
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L
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X
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P
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F
R
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D
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R
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P
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L
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T
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M
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E
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N
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O
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C
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M
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U
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T
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M
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G
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W
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N
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D
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© 2025, The New York Times2/24/25 ( No. 27,502 )
Across
1
Tiny, juicy bit to eat : MORSEL
7
Omelet component : EGG
10
Shades of color : HUES
14
"Lemme do it!" : IWANNA
15
The "p" of b.p.m. : PER
16
Singer James who was nicknamed "The Matriarch of R&B" : ETTA
17
Clears, as a windshield : DEFOGS
18
G.P.S. approx. : ETA
19
Risqué : RACY
20
Helps with dinner cleanup : WASHESDISHES
23
K-pop group who performed in the Love Yourself World Tour : BTS
26
Sushi eggs : ROE
27
Cartoon dog whose name sounds like a bird : REN
28
Bread machine? : ATM
29
Some out-of-office training : FIELDEXPERIENCE
33
Unraveled around the edges : FRAYED
34
Jah worshiper : RASTA
35
18-wheeler : SEMI
36
Buddy : PAL
37
No longer feral : TAME
41
Poked (around) : NOSED
44
Mark just above D-plus : CMINUS
46
Prepared students specifically for material on standardized exams : TAUGHTTOTHETEST
50
Swiss peak : ALP
51
Sallie ___ (federal student loan agency) : MAE
52
Groove : RUT
53
Teeny : WEE
54
Disabuses of false notions … or a hint to the circled letters : SETSSTRAIGHT
58
Partner of "tried," in a saying : TRUE
59
FedEx rival : UPS
60
Become more attractive to : GROWON
64
To be, in French : ETRE
65
Body art, in brief : TAT
66
Donkey friend of Roo and Pooh : EEYORE
67
Nine-digit IDs : SSNS
68
Musical Brian : ENO
69
Oasis locale : DESERT
Down
1
Prefix with way or wife : MID
2
Have debt : OWE
3
U.K. military branch with jets : RAF
4
Wintry forecast : SNOW
5
Call to one with a 7-Down : ENGARDE
6
Roped, as a steer : LASSOED
7
Fencing blade : EPEE
8
Sinks in : GETSREAL
9
Ones marking exams : GRADERS
10
His and ___ : HERS
11
Salt Lake City resident : UTAHAN
12
… and so on and so forth : ETCETC
13
Parent's conversation-ending reply : SAYSME
21
Bit of dark magic : HEX
22
"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
23
Bosom buddies, in modern lingo : BFFS
24
Bridgestone or Firestone product : TIRE
25
Line up the side of a dress : SEAM
30
Two-faced : LYING
31
Museum with paintings by Goya and Bosch : PRADO
32
Take the L : EATIT
36
Adventurer from Neverland : PETERPAN
38
Once more : ANEW
39
Classical source of inspiration : MUSE
40
Where to see the sunrise, in Madrid : ESTE
42
Units of resistance : OHMS
43
Law : STATUTE
44
Gulped down : CHUGGED
45
"I'm joining you both!" : METHREE
46
Sweetness and saltiness : TASTES
47
Forewarns : ALERTS
48
Business reversal : UPTURN
49
Prefix with -cycle : TRI
55
Goes out with : SEES
56
Regarding : ASTO
57
Gumby and Frisbee : TOYS
61
"___ is me!" : WOE
62
Hockey great Bobby : ORR
63
Pickleball divider : NET

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