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New York Times, Monday, February 10, 2025

Author:
Emily Rourke
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
"Great to know!"
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312/6/20212/10/2025
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Emily Rourke

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Rourke. Monday freshness: 56%
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© 2025, The New York Times2/10/25 ( No. 27,488 )
Across
1
Wood for a model airplane : BALSA
6
Jedi's foe in "Star Wars" films : SITH
10
Items in an Easter hunt : EGGS
14
Seal the deal : ICEIT
15
The "T" of T/F : TRUE
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Meh : BLAH
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Redhead introduced in 1918 : RAGGEDYANN
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Crimson Tide school, informally : BAMA
20
Consternation : DISMAY
21
Companion ship of the Pinta and Santa Maria : NINA
23
Morning droplets : DEW
24
18-inch figure introduced in 1986 : AMERICANGIRL
27
"___ Doubtfire" : MRS
30
One-named singer with the 2014 hit "Chandelier" : SIA
31
Shelley's "___ Skylark" : TOA
32
Debtor's note : IOU
33
Long-running police drama : NCIS
36
"Who's there?" reply : ITSME
39
Adoptable playmate introduced in 1982 : CABBAGEPATCHKID
43
Knight's protection : ARMOR
44
Input for an A.I. model : DATA
45
Where Z is in the alphabet : END
46
Quantity: Abbr. : AMT
47
Chicago high rails : ELS
49
Home project inits. : DIY
50
Fashionable pair introduced in 1959 and 1961, respectively : BARBIEANDKEN
56
Kimono sash : OBI
57
Light beige : ECRU
58
Low introductory rate, e.g. : TEASER
62
PlayStation maker : SONY
64
Classic Broadway musical about an N.Y.C. matchmaker ... or how one might respond to the introductions of 17-, 24-, 39- and 50-Across : HELLODOLLY
66
"Your turn," on a walkie-talkie : OVER
67
The first "O" of YOLO : ONLY
68
Author Zola : EMILE
69
Cleanup target : MESS
70
Bratty attitude : SASS
71
Coins with F.D.R.'s face on the head : DIMES
Down
1
Tweety, Woodstock or Woody Woodpecker : BIRD
2
Berry often used in smoothies : ACAI
3
Storks have long ones : LEGS
4
Summation symbol, in math : SIGMA
5
First-stringers : ATEAMS
6
Pig's digs : STY
7
Tehran resident : IRANI
8
Ancient Greek garment : TUNIC
9
Reddish-brown coloring : HENNA
10
Recede, as the tide : EBB
11
"Great to know!" : GLADIASKED
12
PlayStation pro, e.g. : GAMER
13
Garment wrapped around the shoulders : SHAWL
18
Coloring, as the hair : DYEING
22
Shenanigan : ANTIC
25
Competed in a marathon, say : RACED
26
One favoring a black wardrobe : GOTH
27
Mineral with thin sheets : MICA
28
Rowdy crowd sound : ROAR
29
Footlong sandwiches : SUBMARINES
34
Hoppy brew, in brief : IPA
35
Fully contented : SATED
37
iPod or iPad variety : MINI
38
Little whirlpool : EDDY
40
Fail spectacularly, as on Broadway : BOMB
41
Bandleader Shaw : ARTIE
42
Communicate with : TALKTO
48
Like some watermelons and tournament entrants : SEEDED
50
___ buddy : BOSOM
51
Atop : ABOVE
52
Amazon smart speakers : ECHOS
53
Big concert venue : ARENA
54
Makes void : NULLS
55
Supermodel Campbell : NAOMI
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Unlikely, as odds : SLIM
60
Palindromic Parisian periodical : ELLE
61
Some whiskeys : RYES
63
Calendar spans: Abbr. : YRS
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Fleur-de-___ : LYS

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