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New York Times, Monday, January 13, 2025

Author:
Adam Levav
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
36-Down : Minuscule picture used in spycraft
TotalDebut
11/13/2025
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Adam Levav

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQVWZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Levav. Monday freshness: 74%
Jim Horne notes:
MIDDLE ENGLISH was spoken and written between the Old and Early Modern English periods — roughly 1100 to 1500. Shakespeare's plays and ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times1/13/25 ( No. 27,460 )
Across
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Place for gladiatorial combat : ARENA
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___ and seek : HIDE
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"Money, Money, Money" group : ABBA
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Some jazz instruments, informally : SAXES
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Restaurant that offers a Mexican Tres Leches stack : IHOP
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"Dagnabbit!" : DRAT
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Quality of a statement that feels plausible : TRUTHINESS
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Lead-in to Worth, Wayne or Lauderdale : FORT
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Purges (of) : RIDS
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Holding hands outside, e.g., for short : PDA
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Shelf on a cliff : LEDGE
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Chewed and swallowed : ATE
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High school or college seniors, usually : FOURTHYEARS
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Disinfectant brand with the tagline "Healthing" : LYSOL
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Sweetheart, slangily : BAE
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Tit for ___ : TAT
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Strings along : LEADSON
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Visibly supports, as a university or sports team : REPS
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Tongue of Chaucer ... or what's literally shown in the shaded squares? : MIDDLEENGLISH
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Queue : LINE
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Tightens one's ice skates, e.g. : LACESUP
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German "Phooey!" : ACH
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Give in to gravity : SAG
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Gave up, as territory : CEDED
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Feel relief from anxiety : BREATHEEASY
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Do a whoopsie : ERR
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"Rick and ___" (adult animated sitcom) : MORTY
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Card that can have the highest or lowest value : ACE
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Leave roaring with laughter : SLAY
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"Beware the ___ of March" : IDES
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Aid in preventing a shipwreck : LIGHTHOUSE
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Edible ice cream holder : CONE
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Competent : ABLE
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More than willing : EAGER
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"At Last" singer James : ETTA
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Sent a private text, for short : DMED
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Journalism : PRESS
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Word before plane or projection : ASTRAL
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Uncommon thing : RARITY
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Oozes, as charm : EXUDES
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Basketball goals : NETS
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Cigarette byproduct : ASH
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Holi celebrant : HINDU
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"Rumor has it …" : IHEAR
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Uno x 2 : DOS
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Mini-albums, for short : EPS
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Cost for a commercial : ADFEE
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Hangout events for two guy friends : BRODATES
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Common chart for comparing data : BARGRAPH
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Swears (to) : ATTESTS
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Stock market debut, for short : IPO
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Caustic drain cleaner : LYE
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Made a quick retreat : FLED
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Kind of steak named after a letter of the alphabet : TBONE
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Chillaxes with friends : HANGS
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Ye ___ Shoppe : OLDE
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Arabic for God : ALLAH
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Digitally make to look younger : DEAGE
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Brief moment : SEC
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Ready to eat, as fruit : RIPE
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Minuscule picture used in spycraft : MICRODOT
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Essential to the character of something : INHERENT
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Football holder in "Peanuts" : LUCY
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Cheese-loving test subjects : LABMICE
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Pigpen : STY
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Downpour : DELUGE
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Wipes out : ERASES
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Spinners in laundromats : DRYERS
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On the ocean : ATSEA
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Sharp-eyed bird : EAGLE
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Felt sore : ACHED
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"Quiet on the ___!" : SET
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Fly high : SOAR
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Young feller : LAD
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Company nicknamed "Big Blue" : IBM
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With it, in last-century slang : HEP

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