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New York Times, Friday, June 27, 2025

Author:
Carolyn Davies Lynch
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
19-Across : Motto of the United Farm Workers of America
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Carolyn Davies Lynch

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 38 Missing: {BJQX} This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Lynch. Friday freshness: 18%
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© 2025, The New York Times6/27/25 ( No. 27,625 )
Across
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Toy that's often quadrilateral with symmetry across its diagonal : KITE
5
Measured by walking : PACED
10
Title akin to Mme. : SRA
13
Nails : ACES
14
Unwanted ones may linger : ODORS
15
Lee with 50+ cameos : STAN
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Something fans have : TEAMSPIRIT
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One making the first move? : PAWN
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Motto of the United Farm Workers of America : SISEPUEDE
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Language mutually intelligible with Hindi : URDU
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Big 12 athlete : UTE
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A real piece of work? : OPUS
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Rooibos, by another name : REDTEA
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Patterns for criminologists, in brief : MOS
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Big ___ : SUR
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Hypocorism for Harold : HAL
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Works that might include maps of fictional lands : FANTASYNOVELS
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Bossy bosses : MICROMANAGERS
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Scene-setting words : SOTHEREWEWERE
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What had a real boom in development in the early 20th century? : TNT
35
Warren or Warnock: Abbr. : SEN
36
Whichever : ANY
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Some customer service workers : AGENTS
39
R&B star with a hyphen in his name : NEYO
41
___ caterpillar, southern U.S. insect known for its toxic sting : ASP
44
Connection point : NODE
45
First nation to restore its independence from the Soviet Union : LITHUANIA
47
Places to bear witness? : ZOOS
48
"So it goes" : SUCHISLIFE
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Electronics giant listed on Taiwan's stock exchange : ASUS
50
Bothered no end : ATEAT
51
Many A.E.D. users : EMTS
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Gelled : SET
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Seaside divers : TERNS
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"Get off my ___!" : CASE
Down
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Chicken ___ (breaded Japanese entree) : KATSU
2
Clinch a victory : ICEIT
3
Ride : TEASE
4
Teenage Salinger heroine : ESME
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Shops for a short time? : POPUPSTORES
6
One of seven farewells in "So Long, Farewell" : ADIEU
7
Ribbed pants, informally : CORDS
8
Lake that's home to South Bass Island : ERIE
9
It's not observed in Hawaii: Abbr. : DST
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"This is the beginning" : STARTHERE
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Tough breaks : RAWDEALS
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Some flowers or magazine issues : ANNUALS
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Food with eyes, informally : SPUD
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Ladle cradle : SPOONREST
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Sudden, huge successes : RUNAWAYHITS
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Kind of zone : EROGENOUS
25
Scientist whose "number" is a dimensionless ratio : MACH
26
Word meaning "since" in a seasonal song : SYNE
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All geared up : FITTEDOUT
29
Mass reply? : AMEN
30
Feature of many a deluxe Swiss Army knife : SAW
31
So : VERY
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, for one : MONGOOSE
33
"America the Beautiful" has four of them : STANZAS
38
Ending with adept or alert : NESS
39
More agreeable : NICER
40
Actor Hawke of "Boyhood" : ETHAN
41
Half of a Jungian syzygy : ANIMA
42
Rummages (through) : SIFTS
43
Bel ___ (Italian cheese) : PAESE
45
Sitar, e.g. : LUTE
46
Smart guy? : ALEC
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Found a parking spot : SAT

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

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