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New York Times, Thursday, January 23, 2025

Author:
Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Land whose name meant "between two rivers"
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Natan Last

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 41 for Mr. Last. Grid flow: 35.8 Thursday freshness: 73%
Jim Horne notes:

The POTs are empty HOLEs in the vertical roads.

This is the 20th NYT crossword for JASA.

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B
2
A
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R
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F
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L
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Y
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C
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O
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B
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W
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E
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B
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D
E
L
O
U
S
E
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E
R
O
I
C
A
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S
E
E
S
POT
R
U
N
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N
E
POT
I
S
M
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O
N
G
O
A
L
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A
S
S
U
M
E
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F
O
E
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D
O
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T
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A
G
E
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L
O
G
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S
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A
V
E
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C
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N
A
V
E
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P
E
T
A
L
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S
O
S
O
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G
R
E
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E
V
E
R
Y
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M
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E
S
O
POT
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A
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M
I
A
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R
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I
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S
E
S
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N
S
A
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R
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O
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S
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S
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A
C
T
U
P
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Y
U
A
N
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D
U
C
K
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D
E
R
N
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T
E
E
P
E
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E
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T
R
I
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C
E
D
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A
R
S
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A
T
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M
F
E
E
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M
A
POT
O
F
U
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P
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O
T
H
O
L
E
S
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E
V
E
N
T
S
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D
R
E
A
M
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N
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D
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S
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F
O
R
N
O
W
© 2025, The New York Times1/23/25 ( No. 27,470 )
Across
1
Tavern regular : BARFLY
7
Bit of haunted house décor : COBWEB
13
Remove some bugs from : DELOUSE
14
Beethoven work initially dedicated to Napoleon : EROICA
15
Classic line from the Dick and Jane series : SEESPOTRUN
16
Hiring practice at a family business, say : NEPOTISM
17
Like many shots in soccer : ONGOAL
18
Suppose : ASSUME
19
One might be worthy or formidable : FOE
20
Years of decline : DOTAGE
23
Pilots' chronicles : LOGS
25
"___ plaisir!" : AVEC
27
Where people amass for Mass : NAVE
28
Bee-dazzler? : PETAL
29
Adequate : SOSO
30
Hurdle for a future Ph.D. : GRE
31
E, in a musical mnemonic : EVERY
32
Land whose name meant "between two rivers" : MESOPOTAMIA
36
Gets up : RISES
39
Grp. with a lot of intelligence : NSA
40
Painter Bob who said "We don't make mistakes. We have happy accidents" : ROSS
44
Advocacy org. that gained prominence in 1980s New York City : ACTUP
45
Eastern currency : YUAN
46
Word repeated in a children's game : DUCK
47
Laura of "Jurassic Park" : DERN
48
Structure with smoke flaps : TEEPEE
50
Prefix with color and county : TRI
51
"Snow Falling on ___," 1994 mystery novel set in Washington State : CEDARS
53
Bank assessment : ATMFEE
55
Sichuan bean curd dish : MAPOTOFU
56
Obstacles for a driver ... or what this puzzle's circled squares represent : POTHOLES
58
"When in the course of human ___ ..." (start of the Declaration of Independence) : EVENTS
59
"You're kidding yourself!" : DREAMON
60
Hate : DETEST
61
In the interim : FORNOW
Down
1
Singers who co-starred in the 1978 film "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" : BEEGEES
2
Too : ALSO
3
Either of two diverging in a Robert Frost poem : ROAD
4
Horse-racing measurements : FURLONGS
5
Football powerhouse in the S.E.C. : LSU
6
Eastern currency : YEN
7
Perfume ecclesiastically : CENSE
8
Unrefined metal sources : ORES
9
Sunset in the West? : BOULEVARD
10
Motion-sensing gaming device : WIIMOTE
11
Popeye's creator : ECSEGAR
12
"Kapow!" : BAM
13
All over again : DENOVO
15
Lounges, e.g. : SOFAS
18
Bit of biographical data : AGE
21
___ chips, snack from Hawaii : TARO
22
Way : AVENUE
24
Vulpine : SLY
26
Fall apart mentally : COMEUNDONE
28
Canadian province where "Anne of Green Gables" is set: Abbr. : PEI
33
Special reading ability, for short : ESP
34
"And make it snappy!" : ASAP
35
Hall & Oates hit with the opening lyric "She'll only come out at night" : MANEATER
36
Beyond cool : RAD
37
Geologic formation from glacial melting : ICECAVE
38
Word with clothes or cleaner : STREET
41
Discharge of water, e.g. : OUTFLOW
42
Filter : SCREEN
43
Heavens : SKIES
45
"You rang?" : YES
48
Arrangement for an heir, perhaps : TRUST
49
Literary husband of Zeena Frome : ETHAN
52
Early p.m. times, in brief : AFTS
54
Steamed dumpling in Tibetan cuisine : MOMO
55
___ school : MED
56
Common download : PDF
57
Metal para una medalla olímpica : ORO

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

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