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New York Times, Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Author:
Rebecca Goldstein and Adam Wagner
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Spin instructor?
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Rebecca Goldstein
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Adam Wagner

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 79, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 21 for Ms. Goldstein. This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Wagner. Wednesday freshness: 73%
Jim Horne notes:
Fun theme. The shaded O's are the literal RINGS in MOOD. The C's are the ARCS in CHARACTER. The S's are the CURVES in ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times5/14/25 ( No. 27,581 )
Across
1
Do a spit take? : SWAB
5
Sea creature whose name doesn't rhyme with 1-Across, weirdly : CRAB
9
Bloating relief brand : GASX
13
"I've made a huge mistake!" : OHNO
14
Dance during which newlyweds might be lifted in chairs : HORA
15
Spin instructor? : PRGURU
17
Color-changing fad jewelry ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters? : MOODRINGS
19
Colombian cakes that have been around since pre-Columbian times : AREPAS
20
Hit single from the 1983 "Flashdance" soundtrack : MANIAC
21
Man's name that's also a suffix : IAN
23
Storm center : EYE
24
Heroes' journeys, say ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters? : CHARACTERARCS
29
___ in comparison : PALE
32
Starter starter? : NON
33
Barnard graduate, e.g. : ALUMNA
34
Long-running British record label : EMI
35
Canine that bites : TOOTH
37
Actress Rapace of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" : NOOMI
39
Visual aids on scatter plots ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters? : REGRESSIONCURVES
43
Not hot or cool : UNHIP
44
Debase oneself : STOOP
45
Nickname that omits -anna : ARI
46
What might be used to connect evidence on a detective's corkboard : STRING
49
Go wrong : ERR
50
Pot leaves? : TEAS
51
Some painting in a parking lot ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters? : DIVIDINGLINES
54
Suffix with legal : ESE
55
Star sign? : CUE
56
"Come on, help me out" : BEAPAL
60
Exposed : ATRISK
63
Awkwardly lanky ... or a description of this answer's shaded letters? : ALLELBOWS
66
"I Dreamed a Dream" musical, familiarly : LESMIS
67
Genuine : REAL
68
Where to get a shelf off the shelf : IKEA
69
Breather : REST
70
Certain blue note : SEXT
71
Fit snugly (in) : NEST
Down
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2010s documentary trilogy about training for a very difficult wine exam : SOMM
2
"Hold your horses!" : WHOA
3
Ghost writer? : ANON
4
Close-fitting part of a dress : BODICE
5
Some Mexican Americans : CHICANOS
6
Actor/director Howard : RON
7
Home to Los Glaciares National Park: Abbr. : ARG
8
Word with cable or training : BASIC
9
Sound from an annoyed samoyed : GRR
10
Time of one's life : AGE
11
Starbursts? : SUPERNOVAE
12
Bit of equipment in a dentist's office : XRAYCAMERA
15
Assembly of experts : PANEL
16
Manipulates : USES
18
When doubled, zealous : RAH
22
One-time connection : ATA
25
Australian hoppers, for short : ROOS
26
Nay sayers : ANTIS
27
Anticipatory events, collectively : RUNUP
28
Cherubic archer : AMOR
29
Country where potatoes originated : PERU
30
"Preach!" : AMENSISTER
31
Playful poetry : LIGHTVERSE
35
Lukewarm : TEPID
36
Stay there! : HOTEL
38
Egyptian deity with a reduplicative name : ISIS
40
Reduplicative nickname in pop music : RIRI
41
Sushi seaweed : NORI
42
Midwestern agricultural swath : CORNBELT
47
Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie : NICKS
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Creature that stampeded in "The Lion King" : GNU
50
Where to place personal items before walking through a scanner : TSABIN
51
"You're on!" : DEAL
52
Settings on a bike : GEARS
53
Prey for an osprey : EEL
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Give the finger? : POKE
58
Floors : AWES
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Exam whose score can't be argued, ironically : LSAT
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Quick chats? : IMS
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"If you can't say something good about someone, ___ right here by me": Alice Roosevelt Longworth : SIT
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Greta of "Past Lives" : LEE
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Hardly stringent : LAX

Answer summary:
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