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New York Times, Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Author:
Kiran Pandey
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
3-Down : Starchy food item named for a food it resembles
TotalDebutLatest
54/18/20232/5/2025
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0111200
CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.642136%
Kiran Pandey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Pandey. Wednesday freshness: 89%
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B
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© 2025, The New York Times2/5/25 ( No. 27,483 )
Across
1
Distance traversed by an arrow : BOWSHOT
8
Cocksure : BRASH
13
Not the same : UNALIKE
14
"You got me there!" : TOUCHE
15
Obstacle in achieving one's goal? : DEFENSE
16
Something acquired in a salon bed, perhaps : BASETAN
17
Added fuel to : FED
18
Opens, as a menu ... or a description of this puzzle's circled letters? : DROPSDOWN
20
Bang the drum for : TALKUP
23
Iridescent stone : OPAL
24
Cellular messenger : RNA
25
Verb often abbreviated to a letter : ARE
26
Oz., e.g. : AMT
28
Brief bit of time : SEC
30
Analytical thinker? : LEFTBRAIN
34
Old standard of tape : VHS
36
Doesn't really matter : CARRIESNOWEIGHT
40
Himalayan ox : YAK
41
Steamed beverage with spices from the Indian subcontinent : CHAILATTE
42
Up to now : YET
44
One trained in CPR : EMT
45
Educational support grp. : PTA
46
Notes or Messages : APP
49
Place for a cooling pie : SILL
51
Is out : SLEEPS
54
Common assignment for editorial assistants ... or a description of this puzzle's circled letters? : SLUSHPILE
57
Judger of pitches : UMP
58
Furry wetlands growth : CATTAIL
59
Console device with triggers and thumbsticks : GAMEPAD
63
Summer hire, perhaps : INTERN
64
Tennis period since 1968 : OPENERA
65
Common reply to "Who's there?" : ITSME
66
Appendage for a morning glory : TENDRIL
Down
1
Pardner : BUD
2
Four quarters : ONE
3
Starchy food item named for a food it resembles : WAFFLEFRY
4
Smooth and glossy : SLEEK
5
One who practices bhakti and puja : HINDU
6
Gives the thumbs up : OKS
7
Up for a drive? : TEED
8
Climax in many a video game : BOSSLEVEL
9
Regretted : RUED
10
Hawke or Crowe : ACTOR
11
William ___, longtime editor of The New Yorker : SHAWN
12
Dye in some body art : HENNA
14
Chopitos and croquetas, e.g. : TAPAS
16
Knock on the noggin : BOP
19
"Damn you!" : ROTINHELL
20
Soft rock : TALC
21
Vicinity : AREA
22
Trim (down) : PARE
27
Like the French words for every weekday and month: Abbr. : MASC
29
Kind of seed : CHIA
31
Base for some lunches : TRAY
32
Modern transport service : BIKESHARE
33
Linguist Chomsky : NOAM
35
Fictional bandleader of the 1960s : SGTPEPPER
37
Good things to have about you : WITS
38
URL starter : HTTP
39
Oolong and rooibos, for two : TEAS
43
Easy basket : TIPIN
46
Character set for electronic communication : ASCII
47
Audience member who might be in on the trick : PLANT
48
Gentle strokes : PUTTS
50
Qualifier for many a rapper : LIL
52
Measure of brightness : LUMEN
53
Fix, as text : EMEND
55
Academic acronym : STEM
56
Showbiz quartet : EGOT
60
Central figure in a classic sci-fi series : APE
61
Filmmaker Aster : ARI
62
Indian lentil dish : DAL

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

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