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New York Times, Monday, April 14, 2025

Author:
Stacy Cooper and Ken Cohen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Baba ghanouj, e.g.
TotalDebutCollabs
14/14/20251
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0100000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.67619%
Stacy Cooper
TotalDebutCollabs
14/14/20251
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0100000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.67619%
Ken Cohen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQXYZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Cooper. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Cohen. Monday freshness: 57%
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C
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B
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© 2025, The New York Times4/14/25 ( No. 27,551 )
Across
1
Spaghetti-strapped top, for short : CAMI
5
Turns sharply : VEERS
10
Bullets and such, informally : AMMO
14
Radar dot : BLIP
15
J.F.K. Presidential Library architect : IMPEI
16
Crackpot : LOON
17
Word repeated in "Que ___, ___" : SERA
18
Word repeated in "___, ___, gone!" : GOING
19
Norway's capital : OSLO
20
Rules on how to behave : CODEOFCONDUCT
23
Alan who played Pierce on "M*A*S*H" : ALDA
24
Bother : ADO
25
Baba ghanouj, e.g. : EGGPLANTDIP
31
"Fuzzy Wuzzy ___ a bear …" : WAS
34
Froot ___ : LOOPS
35
Two on a rowboat : OARS
36
65 to 75, typically, on an Interstate hwy. : MPH
37
Boys : LADS
38
Feared scuba diving affliction, with "the" : BENDS
40
Roman goddess of the moon : LUNA
41
2003 Will Ferrell Christmas movie : ELF
42
Lead-in to truck or gloss : SEMI
43
More whitish : PALER
44
Fed. intelligence group : NSA
45
Goofball : KNUCKLEHEAD
48
Prefix with athlete or angle : TRI
50
Like diamonds and calculus problems : HARD
51
Slangy greeting … or a hint to the starts of 20-, 25- and 45-Across : WHATSCRACKING
57
What many dogs do in the spring and fall : SHED
58
Three-line poem from Japan : HAIKU
59
Blemish on a car : DING
61
Hatcher of "Desperate Housewives" : TERI
62
Once more : AGAIN
63
Palm tree berry : ACAI
64
Money in Mexico : PESO
65
Elite group whose members include Steve Martin and Geena Davis : MENSA
66
Chopped, as logs : HEWN
Down
1
"CSI" network : CBS
2
Baldwin of "30 Rock" : ALEC
3
Surrealist Joan : MIRO
4
Notes, Photos, FaceTime, etc. : IPADAPPS
5
Actor Abe of "Barney Miller" : VIGODA
6
My Chemical Romance groupie, e.g. : EMOFAN
7
"The Divine Comedy" or "Beowulf" : EPIC
8
Nevada's "Biggest Little City in the World" : RENO
9
Endorse, as a check : SIGN
10
Audibly : ALOUD
11
Cocktail served in a copper mug : MOSCOWMULE
12
Slough off : MOLT
13
Yoko who loved John Lennon : ONO
21
90° angles : ELLS
22
Fist bumps : DAPS
25
Funny DeGeneres : ELLEN
26
Hockey scores : GOALS
27
Vito and Michael Corleone : GODFATHERS
28
Partner of 60-Down in a bar : TONIC
29
Papa : DAD
30
Org. that reviews W-9s : IRS
32
Nighttime problem : APNEA
33
Sliver : SHARD
38
___ Folds Five (rock trio) : BEN
39
Australia's largest bird : EMU
40
"Well, aren't you fancy!" : LAHDIDAH
42
"Saturday Night Live" segment : SKIT
43
Become more attentive, with "up" : PERK
46
Business-casual pants : KHAKIS
47
Gap : LACUNA
49
The "R" of NPR : RADIO
51
Roller coaster exclamation : WHEE
52
Fake : SHAM
53
Shark-diving protection : CAGE
54
Film director Johnson : RIAN
55
Pleasurable : NICE
56
Chew (on) : GNAW
57
Product known as "The Racer's Edge" : STP
60
Partner of 28-Down in a bar : GIN

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

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