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New York Times, Saturday, April 19, 2025

Author:
Alex Tomlinson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Know-how in negotiations, say
TotalDebutLatest
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Alex Tomlinson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {QW} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Tomlinson. Saturday freshness: 18%
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© 2025, The New York Times4/19/25 ( No. 27,556 )
Across
1
Support in construction : IBAR
5
Nickname that omits "-orah" : DEB
8
Move quickly with the wind, as clouds : SCUD
12
Dominion : RULE
13
On what to write one's final words? : EXAMPAPER
16
Lead-in to a date : ASOF
17
Post-meeting to-do : ACTIONITEM
19
20th-century activist ___ Milholland, dubbed a "Joan of Arc-like symbol of the suffrage movement" : INEZ
21
"How exciting!" : OHBOY
22
Actress Mendes of "Ghost Rider" : EVA
23
Firmly establishes, in one spelling : ENGRAINS
25
Like some entries and smiles : FORCED
27
Location of the world's oldest surviving piano, with "the" : MET
28
Common map feature : INSET
30
French for "our" : NOTRE
31
Washed up, perhaps : ASHORE
33
Sound from a dental click : TUT
35
Need for an international student, often : VISA
36
Molecules with the same chemical formula but different structures : ISOMERS
38
Mourns : GRIEVES
40
Lightly cut? : LASE
41
Waterproofing substance : TAR
43
Walking stick, e.g. : INSECT
44
Trail of evidence : SCENT
46
___ and the Dominos, rock band behind "Layla" and "Bell Bottom Blues" : DEREK
48
Surprising outburst : BOO
49
Celestial object producing a so-called "lighthouse effect" as it rotates : PULSAR
51
Go off a cliff, maybe : BASEJUMP
53
Someone with whom to share un peu de camaraderie : AMI
54
B in chemistry class : BORON
56
Duke residence : DORM
57
Unwritten reminder : MENTALNOTE
60
Go back for more : REUP
62
Life-threatening : NEARFATAL
63
"Later" : TATA
64
They're in a lather : SUDS
65
Complete mess : STY
66
Under legal threat, in a way : SUED
Down
1
___ Flatow, longtime host of public radio's "Science Friday" : IRA
2
Know-how in negotiations, say : BUSINESSACUMEN
3
"Similarly …" : ALONGTHOSELINES
4
Pass (to) : REFER
5
Federal agcy. established during Nixon's presidency : DEA
6
Those whose time has come and gone? : EXCONS
7
Bundle that might include soap and towels : BATHSET
8
Send up : SPOOF
9
Locale for an echo : CANYON
10
Global news inits. : UPI
11
Base for cases : DETECTIVEBUREAU
14
Film franchise that boosted sales of Ray-Ban sunglasses, for short : MIB
15
Part of a living arrangement that avoids rush-hour traffic : REVERSECOMMUTE
18
Took five on the road : MADEASTOP
20
Democratic Republic of the Congo, once : ZAIRE
23
Unwanted inbox filler : EMAILSPAM
24
Like helium : INERT
26
Meanders : ROVES
29
Water tower? : TUG
32
Itchy ears and itchy hands, to the superstitious : OMENS
34
Scoring plays in rugby : TRIES
37
Sorry : SAD
39
Tatted up : INKED
42
Many nostalgia-baiting TV shows : REBOOTS
45
Sleeveless medieval garment : TABARD
47
Go off on : RANTAT
50
Massages deeply : ROLFS
52
Portmanteau pants : JORTS
55
Transfer ___ : RNA
58
Cross shape : TAU
59
Cathedral city in Cambridgeshire : ELY
61
Deceptively beef up : PAD

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

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