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New York Times, Thursday, March 20, 2025

Author:
Daniel Grinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
The word "aquarium" has one
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Daniel Grinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 42 This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Grinberg. Thursday freshness: 42%
Jim Horne notes:
This ambitious Schrödinger puzzle combines four "X or Y" answers with the corresponding circle on the same row. 16-Across HORA ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times3/20/25 ( No. 27,526 )
Across
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Puppy bites : NIPS
5
Overly trusting type : NAIF
9
Hay there! : BALE
13
Sign of warming temperatures : THAW
14
"Yeesh!" : OHNO
15
Nowhere to be found, in a way : AWOL
16
Jewish wedding staple … and a clue to the circled square in this row : HORA
17
Actor in "Say Anything …" and "High Fidelity" : JOANCUSACK
19
Deep-frying hazard, maybe : SPATTER
21
Cars whose logo represents the Pleiades star cluster : SUBARUS
22
Aspiring doc's hurdle : MCAT
23
Monica in the International Tennis Hall of Fame : SELES
24
Green-skinned Marvel hero : THEHULK
27
Word processing function … and a clue to the circled square in this row : SORT
28
Worker in a Washington office : AIDE
29
Common antiseptic : IODINE
31
Alternative to mushrooms, maybe : LSD
34
Jewish deli order : KNISH
36
Cleared (of) : RID
37
Something that may be drawn at night : DRAPE
39
What "…" sometimes means : ETC
40
Singer Ric of the Cars : OCASEK
43
Alma mater of Ian Fleming (as well as James Bond) : ETON
44
Poetic time of day … and a clue to the circled square in this row : MORN
45
Urban area associated with gaming : SIMCITY
47
Former world capital that's an anagram of its country's current capital : KYOTO
49
Prom attendee, typically : TEEN
50
Tips back and forth : SEESAWS
52
Clad : ATTIRED
55
Capability of being pulled and stretched : ELASTICITY
57
Skin feature … and a clue to the circled square in this row : PORE
58
A lot of lot? : ACRE
59
County north of San Francisco : NAPA
60
Work, work, work : TOIL
61
Gmail button : SEND
62
Hard worker to a degree? : GRAD
63
[Don't delete this] : STET
Down
1
Indefinite degrees : NTHS
2
Restaurant chain acronym : IHOP
3
First responder : PARAMEDIC
4
Upholsterers' samples : SWATCHES
5
Onetime queen of Jordan : NOOR
6
"Yes, that's it!" : AHA
7
Stops for the night? : INNS
8
Devote attention to : FOCUSON
9
Product of hardened lava : BASALT
10
"I'm well ___!" : AWARE
11
Defined set of points : LOCUS
12
Group that once included the members Babe Ruth and Harry Houdini : ELKS
17
Martial arts champion who co-starred in 2020's "Mulan" : JETLI
18
Used a certain rideshare service : UBERED
20
T : TAU
24
Hot ___ : TAKE
25
When doubled, comment made with a wink : HINT
26
Source of the quote "Allah doesn't task a soul beyond its capacity" : KORAN
27
Us and them, for two : SIDES
30
Put down : DIS
31
The word "aquarium" has one : LATINROOT
32
Word before check or on : SPOT
33
Say it ain't so : DENY
35
Heckle loudly : HOOTAT
38
Gate : RECEIPTS
41
Boastfulness : CROWING
42
Word sometimes repeated after "Here ..." : KITTY
44
Covered with a green growth : MOSSED
46
New York pro athlete : NET
47
N.F.L. star Travis : KELCE
48
Thirst (for) : YEARN
50
Sites for saltwater soaks : SPAS
51
Souvenir from a trip? : SCAR
52
Very little : ATAD
53
City on a lake of the same name : ERIE
54
Arm-raising muscle, informally : DELT
56
Porter or pilsner alternative, in brief : IPA

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