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New York Times, Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Author:
Dan Margolis
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
42-Across : Bit of shut-eye
TotalDebutLatest
55/26/20141/28/2025
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ScrabDebutFresh
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Dan Margolis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {FGQVXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Margolis. Tuesday freshness: 3%
Jim Horne notes:

Read ALL RISE as ALL RYES, meaning all types of rye bread: SEEDED Rye, MARBLE Rye, JEWISH Rye, and DARK Rye.

Marble Rye
1
I
2
S
3
O
4
L
5
D
6
E
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U
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P
9
T
10
O
11
M
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A
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D
14
D
E
R
A
I
L
15
S
L
A
P
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E
M
U
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S
E
E
D
E
D
18
T
E
A
M
S
19
N
I
P
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R
O
D
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E
A
R
N
22
N
U
D
E
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E
24
A
R
L
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E
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A
27
S
E
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M
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A
R
B
L
E
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S
T
A
T
U
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E
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S
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E
I
N
34
S
Y
S
T
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H
E
R
B
A
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L
37
S
N
O
38
U
T
39
E
A
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R
41
R
O
O
T
S
42
C
A
T
N
A
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P
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S
O
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S
O
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L
A
D
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J
E
W
I
S
48
H
H
O
L
I
49
D
A
Y
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E
N
Y
A
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S
O
D
A
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B
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A
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R
D
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R
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O
T
S
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N
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C
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O
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A
W
E
61
D
62
A
R
K
S
H
63
A
D
O
W
64
S
65
B
O
A
66
A
L
I
I
67
E
Y
E
L
E
T
68
A
L
L
69
R
I
S
E
70
S
E
R
E
N
E
© 2025, The New York Times1/28/25 ( No. 27,475 )
Across
1
Wagner heroine : ISOLDE
7
Words before date or speed : UPTO
11
Like some scientists and dashes : MAD
14
Go off track : DERAIL
15
Old-fashioned prelude to a duel : SLAP
16
Big bird : EMU
17
The 68 participants in the N.C.A.A. March Madness tournament, e.g. : SEEDEDTEAMS
19
Quick drink : NIP
20
Staff : ROD
21
Deserve : EARN
22
In the buff : NUDE
23
Rank below marquess : EARL
25
Convenience : EASE
28
Michelangelo's David and the Venus de Milo, for two : MARBLESTATUES
33
A, in Aachen : EIN
34
The "S" of CBS: Abbr. : SYST
35
Like some remedies or teas : HERBAL
37
Sow's sniffer : SNOUT
39
Listen here : EAR
41
Cheers (for) : ROOTS
42
Bit of shut-eye : CATNAP
44
C-worthy : SOSO
46
Young fellow : LAD
47
Purim or Rosh Hashanah : JEWISHHOLIDAY
50
Mononymous Irish singer : ENYA
51
Pop : SODA
52
The ___ of Avon : BARD
55
Doesn't keep : ROTS
57
Sgt. or cpl. : NCO
60
Bowl over : AWE
61
Old TV series featuring the creepy main character Barnabas Collins : DARKSHADOWS
65
Drag accessory : BOA
66
Et ___ (and others) : ALII
67
Place for a lace : EYELET
68
With 69-Across, courtroom directive … or, homophonically, what the starts of 17-, 28-, 47-and 61-Across are : ALL
69
See 68-Across : RISE
70
Tranquil : SERENE
Down
1
T.S.A. requirements : IDS
2
Nostradamus, for one : SEER
3
Cookie with its name on it : OREO
4
Item on a fire truck : LADDER
5
Stop running : DIE
6
In one's golden years : ELDERLY
7
App customer : USER
8
Venus, but not Serena : PLANET
9
Many a tartan cap : TAM
10
Photo ___ : OPS
11
List of options : MENU
12
Surrounded by : AMID
13
Trick : DUPE
18
"Honor Thy Father" author : TALESE
22
Prefix with -logical : NEURO
24
Choose not to participate : ABSTAIN
26
"Feels so good!" : AAH
27
Olympics no-no : STEROID
28
Nicki with the 2014 hit "Anaconda" : MINAJ
29
Make ___ of (jot down) : ANOTE
30
Secret store : STASH
31
Virus first discovered in 1976 : EBOLA
32
Skewered Indonesian dish : SATAY
33
F1 neighbor : ESC
36
It's taken to start a trip : LSD
38
Like bachelors : UNWED
40
Fowl poles? : ROOSTS
43
Therapist's maj. : PSY
45
Walks through water : SLOSHES
48
2024 campaign name : HARRIS
49
It's up when you're angry : DANDER
52
___ ghanouj : BABA
53
Way off base? : AWOL
54
Bona fide : REAL
56
Steinbeck's Tom Joad, e.g. : OKIE
58
___ slaw : COLE
59
Clive of "Inside Man" : OWEN
61
___ es Salaam, Tanzania : DAR
62
"Beef" star Wong : ALI
63
House vote : AYE
64
French holy title: Abbr. : STE

Answer summary:
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