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New York Times, Thursday, February 13, 2025

Author:
Jem Burch
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
"Mom and dad aren't gonna be pleased with us!"
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Jem Burch

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Burch. Thursday freshness: 59%
Jim Horne notes:

To make the theme answers work, you need to SCRAP METAL. Remove the GOLD, IRON, TIN, and LEAD from the answers to the clues with asterisks.

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© 2025, The New York Times2/13/25 ( No. 27,491 )
Across
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Does a prose pro's job : EDITS
6
Handled easily : ACED
10
Like some Olympic races : SWUM
14
Got a C, say : DIDOK
15
Snoot : NOSE
16
Blind blues singer Paul : PENA
17
*Emerge, as teeth : GROWINGOLD
19
Flower named for a deity : IRIS
20
Slippery figure in a simile : EEL
21
"I'm in trouble!" : HELP
22
Soon to appear : UPNEXT
24
Make passable, in a way : PAVE
25
Tons : SCADS
26
Heads of ancient Rome : CAPITA
29
*Plural personal pronoun : THEIRONY
32
Bait shop purchase : LURE
33
One of two official languages of Afghanistan : DARI
35
Ancient kingdom of Asia Minor : LYDIA
36
Singer Grande, to fans : ARI
37
*Country where the Plain of Jars is located : LATINOS
39
Flight fig. : ETD
40
Car brand named for a deity : MAZDA
42
Zero-sum game : WASH
43
Pickled ginger served with sushi : GARI
44
*Bell sound : PLEADEAL
46
Devilish sort : SLYDOG
48
Balloon material : MYLAR
49
Focus of some magnet schools : STEM
50
Virtual companion of the 2000s : NEOPET
52
Nursery sounds : COOS
53
Exposure spec. : SPF
56
Emmy-winning Sawai of "Shogun" : ANNA
57
Material in a junkyard pile … or a hint to answering this puzzle's four asterisked clues : SCRAPMETAL
60
Top-seed perks : BYES
61
Franchise with a signature A-frame roof : IHOP
62
What you have in mind? : IMAGE
63
Declares : SAYS
64
Punny reply to "What are you waiting for?" : TIPS
65
Partitioned, as land for development : ZONED
Down
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Advantage : EDGE
2
All but hopeless : DIRE
3
"Survivor" game-changer : IDOL
4
Drag along : TOW
5
Close-fitting headwear : SKIHAT
6
View : ANGLE
7
Henhouse : COOP
8
Night sch. offering : ESL
9
Figure out : DEDUCE
10
Laundry cycle : SPINDRY
11
"Mom and dad aren't gonna be pleased with us!" : WERESODEAD
12
Operating system developed by Bell Labs : UNIX
13
Crow's-nest location : MAST
18
State with the highest percentage of federal land : NEVADA
23
Sights on beaches and in barns : PAILS
24
___ chart : PIE
25
They may get splints : SHINS
26
C-shaped tool, maybe : CLAMP
27
Ear-related : AURAL
28
Winnings : PRIZEMONEY
29
Court event : TRIAL
30
Volatile demolition aid, for short : NITRO
31
"Got me?" : YADIG
34
In the midst of a conflict : ATWAR
37
Long-handled server : LADLE
38
"You're too much" : OHSTOP
41
Standard park purchase : DAYPASS
43
Press club? : GYM
45
Wipes out : EATSIT
47
Longest-running musical in London's West End, informally : LESMIZ
49
Things commonly found in bars : SOAPS
50
Catches red-handed : NABS
51
Singer with the birth name Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin : ENYA
52
Photoshop tool : CROP
53
Zealous supporter, in modern lingo : STAN
54
Knight's aide : PAGE
55
Left in a hurry : FLED
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Life force principle, in feng shui : CHI
59
Punk subculture : EMO

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

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