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New York Times, Thursday, January 16, 2025

Author:
Rebecca Goldstein and Adam Wagner
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
61-Across : Genesis creator
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1912/2/20211/16/20259
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5222512
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
231.659943%
Rebecca Goldstein
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
214/20/20211/16/20255
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6151800
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
281.6413958%
Adam Wagner

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 14 Words: 69, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FQVXZ} This is puzzle # 19 for Ms. Goldstein. This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Wagner. Thursday freshness: 75%
Jim Horne notes:
For answers to the clues with slashes, you remove the final letter for the first part and the first letter for the second ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times1/16/25 ( No. 27,463 )
Across
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Gaming ___ (console alternatives, for short) : PCS
4
Command to a skydiver : JUMP
8
Make a quick appearance : POPIN
13
Bad sound to hear while bending over : RIP
14
Taylor-Joy of "The Queen's Gambit" : ANYA
15
Have a loan from : OWETO
16
Unfriendly, as a relationship : ICY
17
Brouhahas / Most appalling : MOBSCENEST
19
Letters put in boxes : MAIL
21
First half of a two-volume encyclopedia on physics, aptly? : ATOM
22
Org. for important adults in a child's life : PTA
23
"The Incredibles" costumer / Science class display : EDNAMODEL
26
Smallest bit : WHIT
27
Roasts : RAGSON
28
In : ATHOME
30
Singer/songwriter ___ Reznor : TRENT
33
Worked (up) : RILED
34
Lock up for the night / Despairs : CLOSESHOPE
36
Woodwinds that are usually black : OBOES
38
It's all wound up : SPOOL
39
Sent a reminder text, in lingo : PINGED
41
Weird flexes? : SPASMS
45
Cornhole action : TOSS
46
Like some activities at a mountain lodge / Marketing fodder : APRESSKIT
49
Affirmation not usually spoken at a Jewish wedding : IDO
50
"My man!" : BRUH
51
Grow a team, say : HIRE
52
Set of educational standards … or a hint to 17-, 23-, 34- and 46-Across : COMMONCORE
56
What follows T.S.A., weirdly : PRE
57
Capital east of the Jordan River : AMMAN
58
Like some fabrics : KNIT
59
Early tech giant : AOL
60
Not too sure : LEERY
61
Genesis creator : SEGA
62
Like cabernet sauvignon wine, typically : DRY
Down
1
Part of a makeup routine : PRIMER
2
Part of a summer swarm : CICADA
3
Getting a sneak peek? : SPYING
4
Sticky stuff : JAM
5
Point value of any vowel in Spanish Scrabble : UNO
6
"That's on me" : MYBAD
7
Wasabi or miso : PASTE
8
Something a meter reader reads? : POEM
9
Take responsibility for, as a mistake : OWN
10
Lookout point : PEEPHOLE
11
"Let's do this thing" : ITSTIME
12
Covered in marginalia, maybe : NOTATED
18
Soft drink named for a nut : COLA
20
Final race stretches … or what racers may be on by then : LASTLEGS
24
Down in the dumps : MOROSE
25
Infrequently counterfeited bills : ONES
26
"What just happened?" reaction : WHIPLASH
29
North Korea has the fourth-highest number of these, after China, India and the U.S. : TROOPS
31
Original Super Mario console, in brief : NES
32
Equivalent of 16 pinches: Abbr. : TSP
34
Something to put stock in : CONSOMME
35
Sprinkler attachment : HOSE
36
Vision-related : OPTICAL
37
Housing bubble? : BIODOME
40
"Phooey!" : DARN
42
Button clicked to advance to a YouTube video : SKIPAD
43
Aid in self-reflection : MIRROR
44
Unflinching : STEELY
47
Goal seekers? : PUCKS
48
River through Lyon : RHONE
50
What a good fillet of fish isn't : BONY
53
Word that becomes its own synonym if you add a "k" to the end : MAR
54
Fix the wrong way? : RIG
55
H : ETA

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

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