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New York Times, Thursday, February 27, 2025

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Certain young parent
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David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 46 This is puzzle # 112 for Mr. Steinberg. Thursday freshness: 28%
Jim Horne notes:
The U in the pants is a pocket that holds the item needed to complete the corresponding Down answer. bluejeans holds a ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times2/27/25 ( No. 27,505 )
Across
1
Leftover bits : DREGS
6
They might be kept on someone suspicious : TABS
10
Pupil : aperture :: ___ : diaphragm : IRIS
14
Jason who plays Aquaman : MOMOA
15
On task : ATIT
16
Pro wrestler John : CENA
17
Like a filthy flue : SOOTY
18
Pants in which you may carry a glove : BLUEJEANS
20
Actor ___ Jackson Jr. : OSHEA
22
Meals at boot camps : MESSES
23
Pants in which you may carry a pen : TROUSERS
26
Husband of Sif, in Norse myth : THOR
27
Try to win over : WOO
28
Absolutely dominate : OWN
29
Pass it on! : BATON
31
Small handful : IMP
32
Didn't cook one's food : ATERAW
34
Oven option : GAS
35
What the U's in this puzzle's solution represent : POCKETS
37
Stick in a bucket? : MOP
40
Describe in a story : TELLOF
41
"Me!" : IDO
42
Salsa ___ : VERDE
43
Pest that can be a pet : RAT
46
Fish whose most plentiful species are the "Atlantic" and "Pacific" : COD
47
Matches or watches : SEES
48
Pants in which you may carry a key : JODHPURS
50
Script divisions : SCENES
52
Mirage image : OASIS
53
Pants in which you may carry a phone : CORDUROYS
55
Big name in commercial trucks : RYDER
59
Juneau's is roughly nine times New York City's : AREA
60
Delicacy : TACT
61
Snakelike, in a way : SCALY
62
Apt surname for Scarlett? : REDD
63
Mars, by another name : ARES
64
Herb with a silent H : THYME
Down
1
X-communicates? : DMS
2
Kid-lit character whose name rhymes with his book's title character : ROO
3
Brooding genre : EMO
4
Shook one's defender, in sports lingo : GOTOPEN
5
States something with authority : SAYSSO
6
Salt Lake ___, broadcasting home for radio's "Music & the Spoken Word" since 1929 : TABERNACLE
7
Book you won't get lost in? : ATLAS
8
2000s HBO series about a polygamous family : BIGLOVE
9
Broccoli feature : STEM
10
Skating performance : ICESHOW
11
Grounds : REASON
12
Word before peace or planet : INNER
13
Back talk : SASS
19
Compact Volkswagens : JETTAS
21
Chop : HEW
23
Nest piece : TWIG
24
Tomato type : ROMA
25
Bad comment to hear from your surgeon : OOPS
29
Hearty slow-cooker meals : BEEFROASTS
30
Creative class : ART
33
Ring call, for short : TKO
35
Greek goddess of spring : PERSEPHONE
36
Previous : OLD
37
___ Mouse : MICKEY
38
Sulfur property : ODOR
39
Vanilla holders : PODS
40
Certain young parent : TEENDAD
42
Made a sudden turn : VEERED
44
Some of these include coupons : ADS
45
Strong desire : THIRST
47
Make a basket, maybe : SCORE
48
"Dubliners" author : JOYCE
49
___ out (intimidate, as by appearing very confident) : PSYCH
50
Mark for life : SCAR
51
Spanish title: Abbr. : SRTA
54
Crew item : OAR
56
Word with May or D : DAY
57
Bark beetle's target : ELM
58
Manhattan component : RYE

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

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