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New York Times, Sunday, April 27, 2025

Author:
Jacob Reed
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Show that, uh, didn't win 43 of its 54 Emmy nominations
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Jacob Reed

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 80 Missing: {JQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Reed. Sunday freshness: 44%
Will Shortz notes:
Jacob Reed is a director, writer and visual artist in Pasadena, Calif. He has directed numerous videos for "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," Funny or Die and BuzzFeed. His thought-provoking short ... read more
Jacob Reed notes:
I'm a writer, director, and visual artist based in Los Angeles. As a former graphic designer, my love of wordplay extends to the typographical ways letters and words can be presented. Alex ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
If you're old enough, you'll remember how hilarious it was to see words spelled upside down in early calculators. Or you weren't a nerd, and you thought it was dumb. Either way, the puzzle ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times4/27/25 ( No. 27,564 )
Across
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"Don't mention it" : NOTATALL
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Like a lover's lips, perhaps : KISSABLE
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Sudden dose of reality, in slang : TRUTHBOMB
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Emphatic words of denial : SONOTTRUE
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Sheep's peep : BLEAT
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How detectives might act : ONALEAD
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Ones providing help around the House : AIDES
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Poli ___ : SCI
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Attack, as a castle : STORM
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Jazz singer Carmen : MCRAE
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Food-centric broadcasts originating in South Korea : MUKBANGS
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Computing company whose logo has remained largely the same since it was introduced by Paul Rand in 1962 : IBM
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Advance : LOAN
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Tough spot for a teen? : ZIT
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Broke bread : DINED
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Holder of valuable contributions, in brief : IRA
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One of three on the Mayflower : MAST
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Alan of "Marriage Story" : ALDA
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One of Chekhov's "Three Sisters" : OLGA
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Rapper Kid ___ : CUDI
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Style of writing? : FONT
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Renaissance locale of the early 20th century : HARLEM
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Longtime Japanese camera brand : PENTAX
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Either of the two statues in front of the New York Public Library : LION
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Root word? : OLE
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Riverbank material : SILT
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Lucky lottery winner's cry : IMRICH
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Sleazeball : CREEPO
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Shipshape : TIDY
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They're rising over time : SEAS
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Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
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When tripled, "You know what I'm sayin' …" : YADA
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___ Tour (record-breaking music event of 2023-24) : ERAS
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Suffix with proverb : IAL
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Shepherd's staff : CROOK
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It's in the bag! : TEA
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Heart : GIST
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___ Tour (annual sporting series) : PGA
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Like some marriages, seating and musical compositions : ARRANGED
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Like the weather around a lighthouse, maybe : FOGGY
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Baseball features : SEAMS
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"By the way …" : SAY
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___ Moriarty, novelist who wrote "Big Little Lies" : LIANE
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Tolkien character who dies as "the Grey" and returns as "the White" : GANDALF
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Some opinion pieces : OPEDS
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How to read the "words" written on this puzzle's 108-Across : UPSIDEDOWN
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Device used to read the eight visual clues in this puzzle : CALCULATOR
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Some large structures for pet owners : CATCONDOS
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Head honcho : TOPBANANA
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Gave a thumbs up : ASSENTED
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Goes to the mat? : WRESTLES
Down
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Government org. that investigates accidents : NTSB
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Spoken : ORAL
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What a whistler whistles : TUNE
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"___ girl!" : ATTA
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"Nevertheless …" : THATSAID
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Jimmy Kimmel's network : ABC
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😂 : LOL
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😂😂😂 : LMAO
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Down for the count, in brief : KOED
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Italian diminutive suffix : INO
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Word whose letters are aptly found from left to right in "scion" : SON
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Bear's counterpart on Wall Street, once : STEARNS
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Courtyards : ATRIA
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Tough customer for a wedding planner : BRIDEZILLA
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Debussy's "Clair de ___" : LUNE
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Brain tests, for short : EEGS
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Rolls : BUNS
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Bogus : SHAM
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Cannabis variety contrasted with indica : SATIVA
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Bush Senior and Carter each had one : TERM
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Headquarter? : LOBE
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"The Source" channel : CNN
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Swiatek of women's tennis : IGA
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___ point : MOOT
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Six-pack component : CAN
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PC platform of the 1980s : MSDOS
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Of service : UTILE
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Hundred Acre Wood resident : KANGA
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One way to "play it" : BYEAR
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Reached a base horizontally : SLIDIN
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Show that, uh, didn't win 43 of its 54 Emmy nominations : LOST
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Page that points to other pages : INDEX
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Crew : TEAM
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Floral subject for van Gogh, Monet or O'Keeffe : IRIS
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Oodles of : MANY
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Adult male deer : HART
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Gourmet mushroom type : MOREL
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One of the Marx Brothers : CHICO
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"Yikes!" : UHOH
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Lunacy : FOLLY
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Word with Kitchen or Angels : HELLS
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Naysayer : ANTI
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Film excerpt : CLIP
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Bumpy jumpers : TOADS
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City where tourists take photos pretending to hold up its famous landmark : PISA
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Name shouted in "A Streetcar Named Desire" : STELLA
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Boiling : IRATE
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Periods of abstinence from TV, news, social platforms, etc. : MEDIAFASTS
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Honest-to-goodness : REAL
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Possible polling problem : BIAS
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Morales on the screen : ESAI
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Evita in "Evita" : PERON
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Pitchfork feature : PRONG
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Chew the scenery : EMOTE
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Tended to a Zen garden, in a way : RAKED
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Anatomical sac : CYST
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Gait faster than a walk : TROT
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Website with a "Personalized and Custom Jewelry" page : ETSY
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Line in old Apple ads : IMAMAC
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Some kindergarten art supplies : CRAYOLAS
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Goaded : EGGEDON
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Comedian Notaro : TIG
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"Yikes!" : EGAD
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Junior and senior: Abbr. : YRS
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Garment for one who's wearing a wire? : BRA
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Half of a noted magic duo : PENN
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In reserve for now : ONICE
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Old sayings : SAWS
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Adirondack chair part : SLAT
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Coming-of-age Pixar film of 2021 : LUCA
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Beers that might punnily have "hop" in their names, for short : IPAS
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"Splendid!" : GOOD
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Steady stream : FLOW
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What a hot dog might do : PANT
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List-ending abbr. : ETAL
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Cry after putting one's pencil down : DONE
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Married mujeres: Abbr. : SRAS
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Sinus specialist, for short : ENT
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POTUS 34 : DDE
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Subj. of a class with dummies in it : CPR
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Purple yam in Philippine cuisine : UBE

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

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