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New York Times, Saturday, April 12, 2025

Author:
Jesse Cohn
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Mortars for grinding Mexican spices
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Jesse Cohn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 33 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Cohn. Saturday freshness: 23%
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© 2025, The New York Times4/12/25 ( No. 27,549 )
Across
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"You're on!" : ITSABET
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"You really think?" : THATSO
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"Ha! Better luck next time!" : NOTTODAY
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Base ruling : HESOUT
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Game box info : AGERANGE
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Choir supporters : RISERS
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Authorization to enter : VISA
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Get on the board : SCORE
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In case : LEST
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Wayne's co-star in 1966's "El Dorado" : CAAN
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Missile type : SCUD
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___ factor : ICK
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Educational method with mixed-age classrooms : MONTESSORI
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Sublime genre : SKA
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Another name for Princess Diana of Themyscira : WONDERWOMAN
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Many of them have mascots : CEREALS
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Activity that Simba practices in "The Lion King" : ROARING
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"Like, seriously?!" : IMEANCOMEON
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Co. tech leader : CIO
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Smoke without fire, maybe : FALSEALARM
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Hilton hotel chain : TRU
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How some sit by : IDLY
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Pool shooters : JETS
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Inclusion in a love letter, maybe : POEM
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Take forcibly : WREST
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You might want to sit down for this : MEAL
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What might be thrown for a loop? : LARIAT
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Some diva performances : EGOTRIPS
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Like, yesterday : ATONCE
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Prosciutto or salami : DELIMEAT
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Noted quintet : SENSES
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Flings : LETSFLY
Down
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___ word : INA
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Dress (up) : TOG
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Portrayer of a noted sitcom boss : STEVECARELL
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Threatened : ATRISK
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Flex, so to speak : BOAST
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Onetime first name at Springfield Elementary : EDNA
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Sale indicator : TAG
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Setting for some scenes in "The King and I" : THRONEROOM
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Next in line : HEIR
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One with a taxing job : ASSESSOR
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Temperature gauge, at times : TOE
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Start to charge? : SUR
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What ties lead to, for short : OTS
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Improv tenet : YESAND
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Party people? : CATERERS
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Frantically : LIKEMAD
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Gamers' purchases : CONSOLES
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Tension cutter : COMICRELIEF
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Plant energy source : URANIUM
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Outback howler : DINGO
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Mortars for grinding Mexican spices : MOLCAJETES
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One of seven in a holiday song : SWAN
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Genre for Amazing Stories magazine, informally : SCIFI
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Fall off : WANE
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Cakewalks : EASYWINS
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Like hat hair : MATTED
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Rousing battle cry : TOARMS
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Like larceny that's not grand : PETIT
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Campaign for office : RACE
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Bad kind of insider : MOLE
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Dominican Republic's ___ Américas International Airport : LAS
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Did amazingly, in slang : ATE
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Curmudgeonly boss on TV's "Parks and Recreation" : RON
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Mesh : GEL
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Ol' buddy ol' ___ : PAL
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It's a real mess : STY

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