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New York Times, Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Author:
Parker Higgins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
11-Down : Got on first?
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Parker Higgins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Higgins. Wednesday freshness: 48%
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© 2025, The New York Times1/15/25 ( No. 27,462 )
Across
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Went by quickly : FLEW
5
"___ knew?" : WHO
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What to do "if you've heard this before" : STOPME
14
Energy, of a sort : AURA
15
Possessed : HAD
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Illinois city whose name serves as shorthand for mainstream taste : PEORIA
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Look for trouble : STINKEYE
19
Parthenon's place : ATHENS
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Offers, as a resignation : TENDERS
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Good for nothing : FREEBIE
22
Espy : SEE
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Mass transit vehicle : BUS
24
Stock market index, in brief : DOW
25
"Nova" airer : PBS
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Put a name to : LABELED
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"Oh, I see it now!" : AHA
33
West Coast gas brand : ARCO
35
Gig makeup? : MEGS
36
Went wrong : ERRED
38
With 40-Across, open for business : DEARSIR
40
See 38-Across : ORMADAM
42
One who parties hearty : RAVER
43
Performer who thinks inside the box? : MIME
45
Brand of cooler : YETI
46
Scrape (by) : EKE
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Scholar : STUDENT
50
"Spring forward" result: Abbr. : DST
51
Show where the term "Debbie Downer" originated, in brief : SNL
53
Media clutter : ADS
54
Winter coat : FUR
56
Fit for a king : REGALIA
58
Triangular pastries : SAMOSAS
62
Fashion photographer Richard : AVEDON
63
Run for the hills : SKISLOPE
64
Popular wine from Bordeaux : MERLOT
65
See 63-Down : HER
66
Leave behind : LOSE
67
Spots for Hawaii and Alaska, often : INSETS
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Source of Roquefort cheese : EWE
69
Stanch : STEM
Down
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Partner of loose : FAST
2
Instrument depicted in Caravaggio's "The Musicians" : LUTE
3
Sportscaster Andrews : ERIN
4
Suit in a tarot deck : WANDS
5
Question from someone who's lost : WHEREAMI
6
Does some baling : HAYS
7
Shelley's "___ to the West Wind" : ODE
8
Not densely packed : SPARSE
9
___-à-___ : TETE
10
Expressed some abject admiration : OOHED
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Got on first? : PREBOARDED
12
Kellogg's cereal with a "Frosted" variety : MINIWHEATS
13
Move gently : EASE
18
Boat bottom : KEEL
21
Overly abundant : FULSOME
23
Plead : BEG
25
San Diego pro : PADRE
26
Digs out of a hole, maybe : BREAKSEVEN
27
Hyenas and raccoons, for two : SCAVENGERS
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Vertex of an infamous triangle : BERMUDA
30
Alternative to Rep. or Ind. : DEM
32
Allow : ADMIT
34
Mine find : ORE
37
Beam from a sci-fi shooter : RAY
39
Many SAT takers: Abbr. : SRS
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Where you might dress up for a court appearance, informally? : RENFAIRE
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Checks the age of : IDS
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Spoils : TAINTS
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Antacid brand : TUMS
52
Mess kitchen implement : LADLE
55
Parker House products : ROLLS
56
"Mr. Robot" actor Malek : RAMI
57
Spoils : LOOT
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Twist, as data : SKEW
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Flue symptom? : SOOT
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Church recess : APSE
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Appear : SEEM
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With 65-Across, common pronoun pair : SHE

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

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