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New York Times, Monday, February 3, 2025

Author:
Jack Scherban
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
56-Down : One of three in an ellipsis
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25/20/20242/3/2025
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Jack Scherban

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQVZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Scherban. Monday freshness: 100%
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© 2025, The New York Times2/3/25 ( No. 27,481 )
Across
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Make reference to : CITE
5
Person with a twisted mind : SICKO
10
Uncomfortable health class subject, for short : STDS
14
Onetime "Jeopardy!" host Trebek : ALEX
15
Stared creepily : OGLED
16
Dorito, e.g. : CHIP
17
Obsolescent classroom wall fixture : BLACKBOARD
19
Give a makeover : REDO
20
Gone up : RISEN
21
Drink of choice for Captain Jack Sparrow : RUM
22
Martial art that uses bamboo swords : KENDO
23
Chilly treat : ICEPOP
25
Hopscotch locale : SIDEWALK
27
Slimeball : DIRTBAG
29
Rather warm, as a firelit room : TOASTY
30
U.F.O. crew : ETS
31
Mouse's bigger cousin : RAT
33
Burden : ONUS
34
Achieved, as a victory ... or how you might describe 17-, 25-, 47 and 55-Across : CHALKEDUP
37
Stadium chants : OLES
38
"Wise" bird : OWL
39
Brand of motor oil : STP
42
Frog sounds : CROAKS
44
Name on dictionaries : WEBSTER
47
Need for playing pool : CUESTICK
49
Overthrow : DEPOSE
50
Slender instruments : OBOES
51
Female name that's a body part spelled backward : RAE
53
Strategically taps the ball into the infield : BUNTS
54
Slimming surgery, for short : LIPO
55
Recreational rock climbers : BOULDERERS
57
"Q ___ queen" : ASIN
58
"Remember the ___!" : ALAMO
59
"___ dat" : TRUE
60
Captain Hook's right-hand man : SMEE
61
Poet whose first two initials stand for "Thomas" and "Stearns" : ELIOT
62
IDs written on applications, for short : SSNS
Down
1
Trip in a taxi : CABRIDE
2
Not allowed : ILLICIT
3
Enticing ad promotions : TEASERS
4
Besides : EXCEPT
5
Weep loudly : SOB
6
Lab assistant often depicted with a hunched back : IGOR
7
Name on a mailbox at the North Pole : CLAUS
8
___ the Frog : KERMIT
9
Abnormal : ODD
10
Makes an oopsie : SCREWSUP
11
Washington's M.L.B. team, informally : THENATS
12
___-squat (a whole lot of nothing) : DIDDLY
13
Give the heebie-jeebies : SPOOK
18
Door opener : KNOB
22
Reeves of "The Matrix" : KEANU
24
Go down the slopes with a chute : PARASKI
26
Drew funny little pictures : DOODLED
28
Lass : GAL
32
One end to a boxing match, for short : TKO
34
"Phew!" : CLOSEONE
35
Warms up : HEATS
36
"Gro-o-oss!" : EWW
37
Black-and-white dessert that's sliced : OREOPIE
39
Pot smokers : STONERS
40
Experimental effort : TESTRUN
41
Pushes down, as with the thumb : PRESSES
42
Style for Picasso : CUBISM
43
Use TikTok, say : SCROLL
45
Spanish newborn : BEBE
46
Small gushes : SPURTS
47
Coke and Pepsi, but not Sprite : COLAS
48
Oahu neighbor : KAUAI
52
Tickle Me ___ : ELMO
55
Sweetie : BAE
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One of three in an ellipsis : DOT

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