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All Things Change

New York Times, Sunday, January 5, 2025

Author:
Kareem Ayas
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
57-Across : Reveals everything
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Kareem Ayas

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 78 Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Ayas. Sunday freshness: 46%
Will Shortz notes:
Kareem Ayas is a high school teacher of English Literature and Film Studies in Harlem. He grew up in Syria and Lebanon, moved to the U.S. in 2014, and started solving the Times crossword ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
In print, the three circles representing coins are colored to look like a dime, a penny, and a nickel. You turn on a dime to make HAIR EXTENSIONS You take one penny to get the ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times1/5/25 ( No. 27,452 )
Across
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Turmoil : STRIFE
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Protagonist of Arabian folk tales : ALIBABA
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/ : SLASH
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They might be sewn in at a beauty parlor : HAIREXTENSIONS
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Mustangs sometimes race with them : CAMAROS
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Many a Quentin Tarantino film role : CAMEO
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Classic Chevys : IMPALAS
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Vanity fare? : EGOTRIP
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Super-excited : HYPER
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Donkey Kong, e.g. : APE
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Some chords : TRIADS
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Trash : PAN
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Unhappy spectators : BOOERS
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Live interview shout-out : HIMOM
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Common sales promotion : BUYONEGETONEFREE
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End of fall? : SAFETYNET
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Increases : UPS
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Made less effective, in gamer slang : NERFED
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Like some picture frames : OVAL
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Part of a fishing line to which a hook is attached : SNELL
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Characters from Homer and Herodotus? : ETAS
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Goes higher, at an auction : REBIDS
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Part of a modern assembly line : ROBOTARM
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Some works of Pablo Neruda : ODES
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Landmark featured in "Roman Holiday" : TREVIFOUNTAIN
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Reveals everything : BARESITALL
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Biblical inspiration for Caleb, in Steinbeck's "East of Eden" : CAIN
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Landscaper's roll-out : SOD
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Jason of "Aquaman" : MOMOA
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Sign on a tray at a cash register … or a hint to entering 32-Across : TAKEAPENNYLEAVEAPENNY
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Like Sherlock Holmes's "game" : AFOOT
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Away from work, for short : OOO
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Bit of plankton : ALGA
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Place for some light rest? : TANNINGBED
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Band with the 2001 #1 hit "How You Remind Me" … or a hint to entering 54-Across : NICKELBACK
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Long-running tour title for Taylor Swift : ERAS
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Cultural meeting place : ARTSALON
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Washington airport, informally : SEATAC
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Smartphone precursors, for short : PDAS
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Typical features of locker rooms : ODORS
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European capital said to be the site of the first decorated Christmas tree : RIGA
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Gin or djinn, e.g. : SPIRIT
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Part of overalls : BIB
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Mercilessly harsh treatment, in an expression … or a hint to entering 117-Across : NOQUARTER
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Pivot without warning … or a hint to entering 19-Across : TURNONADIME
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Not straight, in a way : CURLY
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Pilot : AVIATE
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Questionable gift, for short? : ESP
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Musician once nicknamed "The Beale Street Blues Boy" : BBKING
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One of 10 on each end of a beer pong table : CUP
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Tough-guy title role : RAMBO
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"Nice going!" : ATTABOY
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Harsh "reading" : RIOTACT
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Part of a bridal gown : TRAIN
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¼ : PERCENT
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Registers : ENROLLS
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Some bank deposits : SILTS
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Mentee : PROTEGE
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Start to boil : GETMAD
Down
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Like most Iraqis : SHIA
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Pack (down) : TAMP
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Perfect for a salad, say : RIPE
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Something often rolled over, for short : IRA
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Was deeply affected by something : FELTIT
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No longer in service? : EXARMY
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Passed with flying colors : ACED
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Agonizing occurrences in online games : LAGS
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Bit of text pontification : IMO
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Baby in a cave : BATPUP
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Spreads : ARRAYS
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Sound of spring? : BOING
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Potentially lethal snake : ASP
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Some multi-masted ships : SCHOONERS
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"Quit hounding me!" : LAYOFF
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Current measure : AMPERE
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Start to boil : SEERED
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Mess (around) : HORSE
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Emotional strains : TENSIONS
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Last word of the New Testament : AMEN
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Second strings : BTEAMS
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Prefix with -centric : HELIO
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Onion or garlic : BULB
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2024 Shakira single "(___ Paréntesis)" : ENTRE
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Compartmentalize : SORT
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Swear : AVER
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Quintet of experts on "Queer Eye," familiarly : FABFIVE
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Late actress Garr : TERI
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Chaney of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" : LON
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Pointy part on a husky : EAR
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Italian motorcycle brand : DUCATI
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Insta alternative : SNAP
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Prominent instrument in Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" and Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe" : OBOE
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Revealing word : TADA
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Plains tribe : OTOE
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"Hot ___!" : DAMN
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North Carolina campus town : ELON
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Leave rolling in the aisles : SLAY
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Love all, essentially : TIE
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One of the Wilsons of Heart : ANN
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Skewer : IMPALE
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Thruway advisory : SLO
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___ Modern (London attraction) : TATE
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Way off : AFAR
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Coffee named for the district it's grown in : KONA
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Many, many moons : EONS
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Rejections : NOES
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Weird Al Yankovic's parody of the song "Lola" : YODA
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Little suck-up? : VAC
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Antlered animal : ELK
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Many moons : AGES
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Gordimer who wrote "The Conservationist" : NADINE
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Non ___ (unwelcome) : GRATA
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Major K-pop septet : BTS
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Nonverbal OK : NOD
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Privy to : INON
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The Flash's civilian identity ___ Allen : BARRY
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Bickering : ATIT
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Structure for a shark dive : CAGE
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1980s Chrysler debut : KCAR
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Brain piece : LOBE
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Oxygen atoms have eight of them : PROTONS
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Queen's realm : ROCK
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One working the knight shift? : SQUIRE
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Mena of the "American Pie" films : SUVARI
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Elemental : PRIMAL
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Pretty soon : INABIT
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Parisian eatery : BISTRO
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Effect : IMPACT
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Storing, as some ashes : URNING
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Vice president with a Nobel Peace Prize : ALGORE
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Fruit pastries : TARTS
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Put off : DETER
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Head shop purchase : BONG
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Memory unit : BYTE
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Pacify : CALM
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Sch. with the Daily Bruin newspaper : UCLA
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Vet's concern : PTSD
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TikTok, for one : APP
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"Busy" one : BEE
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Littl'un : TOT

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

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