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New York Times, Friday, March 21, 2025

Author:
Boaz Moser and Jacob Reed
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Attire often used in filming C.G.I. scenes, informally
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQVWXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Moser. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Reed. Friday freshness: 26%
Constructor notes:
Boaz : Thrilled to be back with a second Friday! Jacob's a wonderful constructor, and it was great cluing my grid with him. We're ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
Animators use a MOCAP SUIT (motion capture suit) to digitally capture the motions of a human actor that can then be transferred to ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times3/21/25 ( No. 27,527 )
Across
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Basketball's quadruple double, e.g : RARITY
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Not done naturally, in a way : STAGED
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Prosciutto, e.g. : CUREDHAM
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Player in the A.L. East : ORIOLE
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Image on a South African Krugerrand : ANTELOPE
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Whip (up) : RUSTLE
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Corsair : RAIDER
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Loses power : DIES
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Something typically left in the U.S., but not in Japan : TIP
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Site with a "Craft Supplies & Tools" category : ETSY
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It's a short walk from home : FIRSTBASE
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"Who ___?" (informal question) : DAT
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Item not found much in cars nowadays : ATLAS
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Many an M.B.A.'s undergrad major, informally : ECON
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Bad thing to blow : BIGLEAD
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Item that might be on a list : ERRAND
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For a song : CHEAPASDIRT
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"About damn time!" : ATLAST
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Show again, as a historical event : REENACT
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"How you ___?" ("Friends" catchphrase) : DOIN
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"Hot-diggity" or "Cool it" : SLANG
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Obfuscated : HID
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Attire often used in filming C.G.I. scenes, informally : MOCAPSUIT
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Home of the Cotahuasi Canyon, which is more than two miles deep : PERU
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With 48-Across, cousin of sleet : ICE
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See 47-Across : RAIN
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Tribal spiritualist : SHAMAN
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Begin listening to a podcast, say : TUNEIN
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PepsiCo product : GATORADE
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How Mario introduces himself in video games : ITSAME
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Really stands out : SPARKLES
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Be on the precipice : TEETER
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Historical records : ANNALS
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Not pay as one goes : RUNATAB
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Freedom of expression? : ARTISTICLICENSE
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Like wetlands, typically : REEDY
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Chilling, maybe : IDLE
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God who wears the belt Megingjörd : THOR
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Big fat mouth : YAP
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Dressing targets : SORES
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Target of the 1890 Sherman Act : TRUST
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Some digital assistants, informally : AIS
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Pokémon tagline : GOTTACATCHEMALL
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Ralph who wrote the novel "Juneteenth" : ELLISON
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Spot for cannonballs : DEEPEND
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Minded : CARED
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People always getting favorable news coverage : MEDIADARLINGS
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Org. with a commissioner : IRS
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To-do : FLAP
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Sports great who said "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be" : BERRA
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Sierra Nevadas, e.g. : ALES
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Handful on the farm : TEAT
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Country represented by the Black Star of Africa : GHANA
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Heaven on earth : EDEN
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Dial : RING
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Rear end : SEAT
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"Fess up!" : ADMITIT
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"Totes adorbs!" : TOOCUTE
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Philippics : TIRADES
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___ generis : SUI
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Features of the sci-fi planet Arrakis : DUNES
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Of the highest quality : PRIME
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More reasonable : SANER
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"Animal skin," in Aleut : PARKA
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Eminem hit whose title became a neologism for "fan" : STAN
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Eritrea's locale in Africa : HORN
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Inhale, so to speak : EAT
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Therapists' org. : APA

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