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New York Times, Friday, January 10, 2025

Author:
Robert Logan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
M.L.B. team that was the first to trade a player for himself (Harry Chiti in 1962)
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Robert Logan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 39 Missing: {JQVXZ} Grid has double diagonal symmetry. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Logan. Grid flow: 41.4 Friday freshness: 97%
Jim Horne notes:

As odd as it sounds, four MLB players have been traded for themselves.

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© 2025, The New York Times1/10/25 ( No. 27,457 )
Across
1
Ducked (out) : SNUCK
6
High chairs? : STOOLS
12
Polo participants : PONIES
14
Sarcastic response to an obvious statement : WHOKNEW
15
GarageBand and iMovie, e.g. : IOSAPPS
17
"Don't wait up" occasion, perhaps : HOTDATE
18
"This is ___" : CNN
19
Makes fit : TAILORS
21
It might change your perspective : LSD
22
"No doubt in my mind" : YEAHIMSURE
24
Do some light work? : LASE
25
Brainstorm out loud : SPITBALL
26
Text with 114 suwar, in a classic spelling : KORAN
27
Walk in the park, maybe : STROLL
28
___ swear : PINKY
29
M.L.B. team that was the first to trade a player for himself (Harry Chiti in 1962) : METS
30
Group : GANG
31
Some court statements : PLEAS
33
Weight : BURDEN
35
Capital where the won is spent : SEOUL
36
"Be right there!" : WAITASEC
38
Org. for seniors : AARP
39
Insert in a tall glass, perhaps : BENDYSTRAW
41
Basic cable channel : USA
42
Component of many a trial : PLACEBO
43
Bear necessity? : FUR
44
Private watering hole? : CANTEEN
46
Speculate : SURMISE
48
Rivet : ENGROSS
49
They're set in rings : STONES
50
Rathskeller supply : STEINS
51
Growing pain? : ANGST
Down
1
Salacious : SPICY
2
Unclaimed : NOONES
3
Opens, as a onesie : UNSNAPS
4
Counterpart to Britain's MI6 : CIA
5
Didn't soft-pedal something, say : KEPTITREAL
6
Surf site : SHORE
7
Squirts : TOTS
8
Approved : OKD
9
For fun : ONALARK
10
Hypothetical starting point? : LETSSAY
11
2024 NATO inductee : SWEDEN
13
Sources of many unwelcome messages online : SPAMBOTS
14
It stands out in a print : WHORL
16
Natural rug fibers : SISALS
20
Quiet : LULL
23
"Feel free to reach out" : HITMEUP
24
Nile superlative : LONGEST
26
Not quite, informally : KINDASORTA
28
Rolling source of entertainment : PARTYBUS
30
They'll show you the way : GUIDES
31
___ poet (description of Robert Burns) : PEASANT
32
Grand Marnier ingredient avec un cognac : LORANGE
33
Court seat : BANC
34
Making weaker, in gamer jargon : NERFING
35
Sriracha and sambal : SAUCES
36
Ceases nursing : WEANS
37
Prompts : CAUSES
39
"God ___" : BLESS
40
Pull with force : WREST
42
Serf : PEON
45
Prefix with athlete : TRI
47
Start to work?: Abbr. : MON

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