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New York Times, Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Author:
Laura Dershewitz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
5-Down : Catch in a sting
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Laura Dershewitz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Dershewitz. Wednesday freshness: 87%
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F
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R
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O
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Z
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E
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S
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O
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B
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A
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W
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H
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O
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M
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R
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T
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O
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M
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P
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M
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C
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M
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A
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A
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T
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C
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E
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U
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N
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C
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P
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E
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M
O
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A
L
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P
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L
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B
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K
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B
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© 2025, The New York Times1/8/25 ( No. 27,455 )
Across
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Suddenly stopped moving : FROZE
6
Japanese noodle : SOBA
10
Pronoun that's falling into disuse : WHOM
14
Japanese noodle soup : RAMEN
15
Chicago paper, familiarly, with "the" : TRIB
16
Virtue signal? : HALO
17
In plain sight : OVERT
18
The devil's workshop, it's said : IDLEHANDS
20
Hiccup : MINORPROBLEM
22
Like tres and cuatro relative to uno and dos : MAS
23
Shade of black : COAL
24
Pasture sound : MAA
27
Casserole topped with guacamole or sour cream : TACOPIE
31
They elevate a choir's performance : RISERS
33
www addresses : URLS
34
Comedian's stage performance : STANDUPACT
37
Talk excessively : PRATE
39
State leader? : TRI
40
Relating to form : MODAL
41
Burst of energy : POWERSURGE
44
Actress Skye of "Say Anything …" : IONE
45
Hole near a sole : EYELET
46
Corridor : HALLWAY
48
Surveyor's measure : ROD
49
Home plate is the "fourth" one : BASE
52
Michelle Obama, to Craig Robinson, for short : SIS
53
Common volleyball combo … or 20-, 34- and 41-Across together : BUMPSETSPIKE
58
Most tacky : CHEESIEST
61
Wrinkle remover : BOTOX
62
Dad humor, perhaps : CORN
63
Bread in a tandoor : NAAN
64
Papal vestment : ORALE
65
Sacrifice a fly? : SWAT
66
Younger Stark daughter on "Game of Thrones" : ARYA
67
Book often shelved on its side : ATLAS
Down
1
Word on a gift tag : FROM
2
Shankar who performed at Woodstock : RAVI
3
Black cat, maybe : OMEN
4
"Fiddler on the Roof" star : ZEROMOSTEL
5
Catch in a sting : ENTRAP
6
Soup recipe instruction : STIR
7
Surgeon, informally : ORDOC
8
Shire resident : BILBO
9
Héloise's lover : ABELARD
10
"Kapow!" : WHAM
11
Ancient Chinese dynasty : HAN
12
Word with style or fashioned : OLD
13
Sept. and Oct. : MOS
19
Element named after the Greek word for "sun" : HELIUM
21
Pitchfork-shaped letters : PSIS
24
Place to pick daisies : MEADOW
25
Mysterious knowledge : ARCANA
26
Rick of Rickrolling fame : ASTLEY
27
Earl of food storage fame : TUPPER
28
Southwestern gully : ARROYO
29
Attacked, as by a tiger : CLAWED
30
Shakespearean dying words : ETTU
32
Party pooper : SPOILSPORT
35
Flight board posting: Abbr. : ARR
36
Near : NIGH
38
Personification of darkness, in Greek myth : EREBUS
42
Cross-country runner's asset : STAMINA
43
Big ___ (Seton Hall's conference) : EAST
47
Portugal's capital, in Portugal : LISBOA
50
Warrior's weapon : SPEAR
51
Assignment often graded with a red pen : ESSAY
53
Not quite broken, say : BENT
54
Mountain above Vulcan's forge : ETNA
55
Right-leaning type?: Abbr. : ITAL
56
Nut that's a source of caffeine : KOLA
57
Noneternal flames? : EXES
58
Loops in, in a way : CCS
59
It's not one of the five W's : HOW
60
The "E" of B.C.E. : ERA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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