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New York Times, Monday, January 27, 2025

Author:
Alexander Liebeskind
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
51-Across : Funding sources for many labs
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Alexander Liebeskind

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Liebeskind. Monday freshness: 57%
Jim Horne notes:

How to do a tree pose.

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© 2025, The New York Times1/27/25 ( No. 27,474 )
Across
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* : STAR
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Section of a circle : ARC
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Accompany, as to a dance : ESCORT
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Manufactured : MADE
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"Well, ___-di-dah!" : LAH
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Suitemate, e.g. : ROOMIE
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Commonly visited part of a website : HOMEPAGE
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Series of professional calls, as by doctors : ROUNDS
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Emphatic yes, in Spanish : SISI
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Bay Area airport code : SFO
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Illegally fixes : RIGS
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Study abroad program on a ship : SEMESTERATSEA
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Krypton or argon : GAS
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"I see!" : AAH
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Kids' game that may be played on a road trip : ISPY
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x or y, on a graph : AXIS
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They're no pros : CONS
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One of the Obamas : SASHA
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Ignore suspicious behavior … or a hint to the circled letters in 17-, 24-, 51- and 62-Across : LOOKTHEOTHERWAY
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Musical based on a comic strip : ANNIE
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Soft French cheese : BRIE
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Extremely serious : DIRE
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Actor Malek who played Freddie Mercury in "Bohemian Rhapsody" : RAMI
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Period of time : ERA
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Way of sending textspeak : SMS
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Funding sources for many labs : FEDERALGRANTS
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Currier and ___ : IVES
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___-mo : SLO
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Purple-flecked root vegetable : TARO
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Secure again, as a door : RELOCK
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Stance for a yoga beginner : TREEPOSE
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Main dish : ENTREE
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It comes with a charge : ION
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Foe's opposite : ALLY
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Explicitly said : STATED
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TV coach Lasso : TED
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Purple fruit used for flavoring : SLOE
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"Tsk, tsk," in textspeak : SMH
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New Mexico art locale : TAOS
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What applicants may be seeking : ADMISSION
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Actress Witherspoon : REESE
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Pie ___ mode : ALA
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Aid in washing a car : RAG
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Treasure holder : CHEST
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They may be forced or unforced : ERRORS
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Phillipa of "Hamilton" : SOO
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Central area of many a palace : COURTYARD
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Some upscale hotels : OMNIS
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Mountain crest : RIDGE
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Actress Thompson of the "Creed" movies : TESSA
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Cotton variety : PIMA
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More spunky : FEISTIER
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A pop : EACH
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Bird named for its beak's shape : SHOEBILL
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Quiet place in a church : APSE
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Fancy party : GALA
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Part of a brain connection : AXON
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Snowy getaway : SKIRESORT
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Neither's partner : NOR
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Sweet, swirly dessert item : SWISSROLL
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Damage : HARM
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Yes votes that are an anagram of other yes votes : AYES
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Rip : TEAR
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Greek marriage goddess : HERA
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Dressed like many superheroes : MASKED
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Poker buy-in : ANTE
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Dumps from the payroll : FIRES
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Listing in an engagement calendar : EVENT
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Land at a river's mouth : DELTA
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"I see!" : GOTIT
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Small Spanish dishes : TAPAS
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Norway's biggest city : OSLO
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2.0 : CEE
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___ v. Wade : ROE
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Conclusion : END
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It's full of cones and rods : EYE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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