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New York Times, Monday, April 28, 2025

Author:
Sue Fracker
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Versatile yet unspecialized sort
TotalDebutLatest
28/16/20224/28/2025
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Sue Fracker

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Fracker. Monday freshness: 61%
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© 2025, The New York Times4/28/25 ( No. 27,565 )
Across
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Hand protectors in the kitchen : MITTS
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Bridge length : SPAN
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___ Major (Great Bear) : URSA
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Tear producer in the kitchen : ONION
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"Swan Lake" attire : TUTU
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Funnyman Rogen : SETH
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Versatile yet unspecialized sort : JACKOFALLTRADES
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Variety : ILK
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Surgery sites, in brief : ORS
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Mozart's "___ kleine Nachtmusik" : EINE
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Up to, informally : TIL
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Typical kindergartner : FIVEYEAROLD
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5,280 feet : ONEMILE
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"Yer out!" yeller : UMP
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Have in view : SEE
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Toyota Camry, for one : SEDAN
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One of up to 24 on a sunflower sea star : ARM
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Prefix with dynamic : AERO
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Smarty-pants : KNOWITALL
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Actor Jared of "Dallas Buyers Club" : LETO
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Vigor's partner : VIM
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Choose to receive email and text alerts, say : OPTIN
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"A long time ___ in a galaxy ..." : AGO
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Dictionary offering: Abbr. : DEF
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Jaw-dropping : AWESOME
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The Bible's Naomi vis-à-vis Ruth : MOTHERINLAW
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Bread box, for short? : ATM
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Bygone Swedish carmaker : SAAB
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Charged particle : ION
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"Thar ___ blows!" : SHE
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Ones with many talents ... and a hint to 17-, 24-, 35- and 51-Across : MULTIHYPHENATES
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"Yeah, you're right" : TRUE
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Rap's Salt-N-___ : PEPA
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Cheri formerly of "S.N.L." : OTERI
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Bay Area law enforcement org. : SFPD
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States out loud : SAYS
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Challenges : DARES
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Cuban cocktails garnished with mint leaves : MOJITOS
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Queued up : INALINE
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Amused : TICKLED
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Tik___ : TOK
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___-Caps (candy) : SNO
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Go without food : STARVE
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Heart throb? : PULSE
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The Falcons, on sports tickers : ATL
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Wackadoodle : NUT
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Former rival of Delta : USAIR
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Rudolph's quirk-turned-perk : REDNOSE
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Pittsburgh N.F.L. player : STEELER
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Spa sounds : AHS
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Hershey's Kiss wrap : FOIL
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Bring in from the fields : REAP
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"Adventures of Huckleberry ___" : FINN
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Round Mongolian dwelling : YURT
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Two-time Oscar-winning Stone : EMMA
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"Gloria in excelsis ___" : DEO
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World's fastest shark (up to 46 m.p.h.) : MAKO
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Shout between "ready" and "fire" : AIM
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Swiss peaks : ALPS
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The "O" of O.T.C. : OVER
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Often-spotty service on a train : WIFI
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Marcus who co-founded MGM : LOEW
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Quick escape : LAM
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Do a Google search on one's own name, e.g. : EGOSURF
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Add together, as a bar tab : TOTALUP
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Bread box? : TOASTER
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"Count me in!" : IMTHERE
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Superman, to Lex Luthor : NEMESIS
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1980s skating great Thomas : DEBI
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Honolulu hellos : ALOHAS
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Decrease : WANE
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Gave a big thumbs down, say : HATED
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Like a brisk wind : NIPPY
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Kilimanjaro and Denali: Abbr. : MTS
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Some printers and PCs, familiarly : HPS
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Vote in support : YEA
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Nonverbal approval : NOD
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One day ___ time : ATA

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