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New York Times, Thursday, January 9, 2025

Author:
David P. Williams
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Notable site of enlightenment
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David P. Williams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {KM} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Williams. Grid flow: 28.4 Thursday freshness: 61%
Jim Horne notes:

The NATO alphabet indicates the first letter of each theme answer. "Charlie horse" means "horse that begins with C." Etc.

1
B
2
I
3
T
4
E
5
I
6
T
7
E
8
T
9
A
10
J
11
A
12
I
13
L
14
B
R
O
N
C
O
15
V
E
X
16
J
E
D
I
17
C
L
Y
D
E
S
18
D
A
L
E
19
W
O
E
S
20
A
R
S
E
N
E
21
P
A
N
D
A
22
S
23
E
N
A
T
E
24
P
25
H
A
T
26
S
E
R
G
I
O
27
T
H
I
R
T
28
E
29
E
30
N
31
O
L
S
E
N
32
B
U
O
Y
S
33
U
P
I
34
F
E
A
R
35
C
O
T
T
A
36
A
N
O
N
37
T
N
T
38
N
O
D
T
O
39
S
L
I
C
E
40
G
A
Z
41
P
A
C
H
O
42
W
E
L
C
H
S
43
A
T
O
I
44
D
A
V
I
E
S
45
Q
46
U
47
I
T
O
48
T
49
A
U
T
E
N
50
U
R
G
E
51
A
R
T
H
U
R
A
52
S
53
H
54
E
55
I
S
O
N
56
L
E
O
57
S
A
L
A
R
Y
58
P
A
R
T
59
P
E
Z
60
I
L
L
S
E
E
© 2025, The New York Times1/9/25 ( No. 27,456 )
Across
1
Eat dirt, say : BITEIT
7
Info at JFK or LAX : ETA
10
One image on a Monopoly board : JAIL
14
Longtime Ford S.U.V. : BRONCO
15
Bring trouble to : VEX
16
Knight of film : JEDI
17
Charlie horse : CLYDESDALE
19
"To suffer ___ which Hope thinks infinite": Shelley : WOES
20
Fictional thief Lupin : ARSENE
21
Papa bear : PANDA
22
Body with many pages : SENATE
24
Awesome, in 1990s slang : PHAT
26
Sierra Leone : SERGIO
27
Tango number : THIRTEEN
31
Twin actress Mary-Kate or Ashley : OLSEN
32
Harbor markers : BUOYS
33
Longtime wire service inits. : UPI
34
Haunted house feeling : FEAR
35
Italian for "baked" : COTTA
36
Mystery writer, in brief? : ANON
37
Danger in a Wile E. Coyote cartoon : TNT
38
Point at, in a way : NODTO
39
Pizzeria purchase : SLICE
40
Golf course : GAZPACHO
42
Whiskey soda : WELCHS
43
Yours, in French : ATOI
44
Dave or Ray of the Kinks : DAVIES
45
Quebec city : QUITO
48
Cut some slack? : TAUTEN
50
Strong push : URGE
51
Alpha male (double) : ARTHURASHE
55
Stands at first, say : ISON
56
Vivacious, theatrical and passionate type, it's said : LEO
57
Info in a job posting : SALARY
58
Casting director's offering : PART
59
Candy in plastic dispensers : PEZ
60
"Maybe. Give me time to think" : ILLSEE
Down
1
"Fleabag" airer : BBC
2
Off-line, to those online : IRL
3
Plaything : TOY
4
Put at risk : ENDANGER
5
Cold-weather driving hazard : ICERAIN
6
Lob in the direction of : TOSSTO
7
Film writer/director Goldberg : EVAN
8
Kind of lens for long-distance shots : TELEPHOTO
9
Bit of medieval weaponry : AXE
10
Three-time N.F.L. Defensive Player of the Year (2012, 2014 and 2015) : JJWATT
11
Long, long time : AEON
12
Pointed the finger at : IDED
13
TV journalist Ling : LISA
18
Poor mark : DEE
21
Links figures : PARS
22
Singer Gomez : SELENA
23
Fake : ERSATZ
25
Casual greeting : HIYA
26
Leader of Germany? : SOFTG
27
Entire, in Italian : TUTTO
28
___ Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics : EUNICE
29
Time periods : EPOCHS
30
To the ___ (with style) : NINES
32
Notable site of enlightenment : BODHITREE
35
Pixar film set in the fictional town of Santa Cecilia : COCO
36
At the end of the day : ALLINALL
38
Grp. whose alphabet is used eight times in this puzzle : NATO
39
More than a few : SEVERAL
41
One of 3,000+ annually for IBM : PATENT
42
1960s dance craze : WATUSI
44
"Obviously!" : DUH
45
Groucho Marx specialty : QUIP
46
___ Major : URSA
47
Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
49
The whole shebang : ATOZ
51
Challenge for a skier : ALP
52
One of the founding airlines of Star Alliance : SAS
53
Realm of Charlemagne, for short : HRE
54
Fashion designer's asset : EYE

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