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New York Times, Friday, January 31, 2025

Author:
Adrian Johnson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
39-Across : Permit to pass
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
104/7/20211/31/20251
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1.585877%
Adrian Johnson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FJKQX} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Johnson. Friday freshness: 64%
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© 2025, The New York Times1/31/25 ( No. 27,478 )
Across
1
Many job fair attendees: Abbr. : SRS
4
"We're done, folks!" : THATSAWRAP
14
Draws from : TAPS
16
One with sound judgment? : AUDIOPHILE
17
God for whom Wednesday is named : ODIN
18
Capsules that can track health info : SMARTPILLS
19
Number of countries whose names both start and end with "A" : NINE
20
"Truth is …" : TOBEHONEST
21
Alpine crooner : YODELER
23
"Ich bin ___ Berliner" : EIN
24
Went out for a bit : DOZED
25
Animal resting place : BARNYARD
30
Like a basketball court's three-point line : ARCED
31
Short-distance driver : VALET
32
Scolding word : BAD
33
Tells on, with "out" : RATS
34
Useful acquaintances : INS
35
Big acronym in purifying filters : HEPA
36
"Yo te ___" : AMO
37
Hinduism's "king of fruits" : MANGO
39
Permit to pass : LETBY
40
Pool and darts, often : BARGAMES
42
Cruz known as the "Queen of Salsa" : CELIA
43
Emmy-winning actress Edebiri of "The Bear" : AYO
44
1940s Chinese revolutionaries : MAOISTS
46
He's taken! : MARRIEDMAN
51
Way : PATH
52
"Seems fishy to me" : IDONTBUYIT
53
Qualified : ABLE
54
Focus group? : CAMERACREW
55
A buck or two : DEER
56
Listless look : EMPTYSTARE
57
Wanders around a terminal, for short? : TSA
Down
1
Insensitive to human feeling : STONY
2
Air play? : RADIODRAMA
3
Public relations pro, informally : SPINDOCTOR
4
Tried a bit of : TASTED
5
"The most engaging cowardice," per Robert Frost : HUMOR
6
Not much hair cream : ADAB
7
It goes bald over time : TIRE
8
"Deal with it!" : SOTHERE
9
Select : APPOINT
10
Stable call : WHINNY
11
Rankle, with "up" : RILE
12
Tell-___ (exposing accounts) : ALLS
13
Persistent interrupter, say : PEST
15
Some causes for blessings : SNEEZES
22
Was second to none : LED
25
Hairstyle for Violet in "Peanuts" : BANGS
26
It's followed by an extra point : ALSO
27
"You lost! Pay up!" : ABETISABET
28
Wars of words? : RAPBATTLES
29
Time for action : DDAY
30
Palestinian, e.g. : ARAB
31
Bougainvillea, for one : VINE
35
Feature of many hospital roofs : HELIPAD
37
Request following some failed attempts : MAYITRY
38
Tiny shape-shifters : AMOEBAS
39
Passionate, domineering sort, it's said : LEO
41
Deep red : GARNET
42
"What's stopping us?" : CANTWE
44
Hermann ___, champion skier known as "The Herminator" : MAIER
45
Princess twin of He-Man : SHERA
46
Cat's scan? : MICE
47
Actor DeVine of "Pitch Perfect" : ADAM
48
Easy win : ROMP
49
One might be full of tears : DUCT
50
Woman's name that becomes another woman's name if you interchange its second and fourth letters : MYRA

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