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New York Times, Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Author:
Paul Coulter
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
17-Across : Emoji that means "I'm crazy about you!"
TotalDebutLatest
66/5/20172/11/2025
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1131000
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.591931%
Paul Coulter

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Coulter. Tuesday freshness: 66%
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© 2025, The New York Times2/11/25 ( No. 27,489 )
Across
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Best-selling pop group that includes the members V, RM and Suga : BTS
4
Legend-ary book? : ATLAS
9
"Saturday Night Fever" music : DISCO
14
"What a relief!" : AHH
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Tranquility : PEACE
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Oscar winner Tatum : ONEAL
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Emoji that means "I'm crazy about you!" : HEARTEYES
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Egg-shaped : OVATE
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Chronicles : ANNALS
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Language of Sri Lanka : TAMIL
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Like many breath fresheners : MINTY
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Design detail : SPEC
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Garr of "Mr. Mom" : TERI
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Natural balm : ALOE
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Harmonica : MOUTHORGAN
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Mayday plea : SENDHELP
34
Assignments : POSTS
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Like some harmony … or a hint to 17-, 30-, 47- and 59-Across : TWOPART
38
2007 quadruple-platinum Alicia Keys album : ASIAM
42
Freezes, as a winter window : ICESOVER
47
Obsessive bodybuilder : MUSCLEHEAD
50
Betting setting : RENO
51
Tower town : PISA
52
Asunción assent : SISI
53
Film producer Ponti : CARLO
54
Go with the flow : ADAPT
56
Fragrant fir : BALSAM
57
Kitchen cutter : PARER
59
Returns, as graded papers : HANDSBACK
62
Best effort : AGAME
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Bring to bear : EXERT
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Average grade : CEE
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"I'm outta here!" : SEEYA
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Units of paper : REAMS
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Joseph of ice cream fame : EDY
Down
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Nassau's nation : BAHAMAS
2
Title setting for a Christie mystery : THENILE
3
Ireland's longest river : SHANNON
4
In a fitting way : APTLY
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Some souvenirs : TEES
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Ballad : LAY
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Star pitcher : ACE
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Six-line poem : SESTET
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Dire fate : DOOM
10
Kind of fertilization : INVITRO
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Good standing for a sailor? : SEALEGS
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Purring pet : CAT
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Cheer from the stands : OLE
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Like movies, by reviewers : RATED
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"___ du lieber!" : ACH
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Alone : SOLO
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Some littermates : PUPPIES
27
Backstabber : RAT
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Connections : INS
30
Sound from a litter box : MEW
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Decides : OPTS
33
Web page code : HTML
36
Berry in bowls : ACAI
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Like cabernet, but not chardonnay : RED
38
Band aid : AMP
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___ generis : SUI
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Player of one of the Barbies in "Barbie" : ISSARAE
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Many a military school : ACADEMY
43
Toothbrush brand : ORALB
44
Big name in fashion : VERSACE
45
Intertwined : ENLACED
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Hotel clerk's handout : ROOMKEY
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Disputed ability, for short : ESP
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Come-___ look : HITHER
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Flings : CASTS
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Carpet measurement : AREA
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Real estate ad abbr. : BDRM
57
Father figures : PAS
58
Add years to one's life : AGE
60
Can : AXE
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Largest union in the U.S., for short : NEA

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

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