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New York Times, Thursday, July 24, 2025

Author:
Ginny Too
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
15-Across : Square
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Ginny Too

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQXY} This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Too. Thursday freshness: 30%
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© 2025, The New York Times7/24/25 ( No. 27,652 )
Across
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Beat at chess : MATED
6
Speech therapists' targets : LISPS
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Adds to the chain, in a way : CCS
14
† symbols, on manuscripts : OBELI
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Square : UNHIP
16
It may be brown or blonde : ALE
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"Nice of you to show up" : COMMONSNIPE
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Something to play by : EAR
20
Marching syllable : HUP
21
Utter nonsense : ROT
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Vocal flourish used by Lady Gaga in "Shallow" and "Bad Romance" : MELISMA
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Tries, tries again : ITERATES
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Univision article : UNA
28
"Hey, England, happy Fourth of July!" : AMERICANCROW
33
Cow or cobra, in yoga : ASANA
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Do it! : TASK
37
Suffix with Sudan or Bhutan : ESE
38
With 41-Across, a hint to this puzzle's theme : BIRD
39
Stereotypical attire for tech bros : VESTS
41
See 38-Across : CALL
42
Head into? : RAM
43
Speak hoarsely : RASP
44
___ blanc (type of white grape) : PINOT
45
"Say 'goodnight' Alexa." "Goodnight Alexa" : AMAZONPARROT
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Trash : DIS
50
Relative of a votive candle : TEALIGHT
54
Attire for an acrobat : UNITARD
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Era in which daylight saving was introduced as a way to conserve energy, in brief : WWI
59
Lion in ancient Rome : LEO
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"omg, u r too much" : LOL
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"Bottom-of-the-barrel barrel prices! Buy today!" : COOPERSHAWK
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Love, at Wimbledon : NIL
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Softened : EASED
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"___: The Origins of Our Discontents," Isabel Wilkerson best seller : CASTE
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Like one who might prefer platonic relationships, informally : ARO
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Fathers' last words? : AMENS
69
"Challenge accepted!" : ITSON
Down
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Japanese rice cake : MOCHI
2
Approximately : ABOUT
3
Home for the Sun Devils : TEMPE
4
___ City (nickname for New Haven, Conn.) : ELM
5
Many a Joseph Cornell artwork : DIORAMA
6
Shine : LUSTER
7
Tavern : INN
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A matchbook, for a wobbly table, say : SHIM
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"___ down!" ("Shut up!") : PIPE
10
Explore a cave : SPELUNK
11
Like the Roman Empire around 48 B.C. : CAESAREAN
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One might be cooked "casino"-style : CLAM
13
Will be, in Spanish : SERA
18
Musical building block : NOTE
23
Company name ender : INC
25
South African currency : RAND
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Doesn't get hit, say : SITSPAT
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Hard animal to herd : CAT
30
Bad ending? : ASS
31
Site of a Nobel Prize award ceremony every December 10 : OSLO
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Lasting lash effect : WELT
33
"East of Eden" girl : ABRA
34
Setting for "The King and I" : SIAM
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Mammal that can roll up into a ball : ARMADILLO
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One might help you move : VAN
40
Medium capacity? : ESP
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___ Field (M.L.B. venue since 2009) : CITI
43
Skin condition that causes facial flushing : ROSACEA
44
Major that might require International Relations and U.S. Government classes, informally : POLISCI
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Pimple : ZIT
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Ties another knot, so to speak : REWEDS
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Comical growl : RAWR
51
Word with cut or shot : GLASS
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Observe closely, as orders : HEWTO
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Symbol : TOKEN
54
Forearm bone : ULNA
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Genre for "Double Indemnity" : NOIR
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Last word in the first line of "Home on the Range" : ROAM
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One tablespoon, maybe : DOSE
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Write : PEN
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Porkpie, e.g. : HAT

Answer summary:
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