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New York Times, Thursday, February 6, 2025

Author:
Aidan Deshong and Jacob Reed
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Hiking?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
25/31/20242/6/20251
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0000110
ScrabDebutFresh
1.54871%
Aidan Deshong
TotalDebutCollabs
12/6/20251
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0000100
ScrabDebutFresh
1.61458%
Jacob Reed

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {BQVY} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Deshong. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Reed. Thursday freshness: 65%
Constructor notes:
Aidan Deshong: It's nice to be back on XWord Info, especially when it's Jacob's debut! We were hunting down theme entries from April to ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Interpret the first two letters of italicized clues as U.S. State abbreviations.

As of today, the FL Edge is still officially known as the Gulf of Mexico.

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P
2
A
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U
4
L
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I
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N
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E
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N
9
A
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P
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S
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D
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E
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W
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A
L
P
A
C
A
S
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O
L
U
O
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E
P
A
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R
U
S
S
E
T
P
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O
T
A
T
O
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M
I
X
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S
M
I
T
E
S
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P
A
R
R
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I
O
S
24
E
N
D
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W
I
L
M
I
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N
G
T
O
27
N
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D
I
E
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T
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J
U
N
O
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D
E
N
A
D
A
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O
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F
F
S
E
T
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R
O
P
E
S
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O
36
Z
A
R
K
S
37
P
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A
D
R
E
S
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E
R
O
D
E
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U
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N
E
A
S
E
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E
G
O
I
S
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M
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S
I
T
H
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D
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A
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T
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A
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K
A
M
E
H
A
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M
E
H
A
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D
R
S
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N
E
S
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N
O
R
A
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L
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L
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A
M
A
S
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R
I
D
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G
U
L
F
O
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F
M
E
X
I
C
O
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P
S
I
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R
A
T
E
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C
A
T
E
R
E
R
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M
T
N
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E
L
S
E
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C
O
O
L
E
S
T
© 2025, The New York Times2/6/25 ( No. 27,484 )
Across
1
Damsel in distress in Donkey Kong : PAULINE
8
Preschool timeouts : NAPS
12
Lawn covering : DEW
15
Sources of fine wool : ALPACAS
16
Ijeoma ___, author of 2018's "So You Want to Talk About Race" : OLUO
17
Air quality org. : EPA
18
Identity? : RUSSETPOTATO
20
Mingle : MIX
21
Strikes down : SMITES
22
Catherine ___, surviving wife of King Henry VIII : PARR
23
Platform that might update while you sleep : IOS
24
Closure : END
25
Deport? : WILMINGTON
28
Eschew carbs, maybe : DIET
30
NASA probe named for a Roman goddess : JUNO
31
"No problemo" : DENADA
32
Balance : OFFSET
34
Drags (in) : ROPES
35
Arrange? : OZARKS
37
Canine? : PADRES
39
Diminish, as trust : ERODE
40
Sense of foreboding : UNEASE
42
Self-obsession : EGOISM
44
Darth Sidious, e.g., in the "Star Wars" universe : SITH
45
Machine learning fodder : DATA
49
Hiking? : KAMEHAMEHA
51
Abraham Van Helsing and John Seward in "Dracula": Abbr. : DRS
52
Zelda console, in brief : NES
53
___ Lum a.k.a. Awkwafina : NORA
54
Sources of soft wool : LLAMAS
57
Purge : RID
58
Fledge? : GULFOFMEXICO
60
Tire inflation abbr. : PSI
61
Leave a review of, as an Airbnb : RATE
62
Banquet hiree : CATERER
63
Fuji, e.g.: Abbr. : MTN
64
"What ___?" : ELSE
65
Most hip : COOLEST
Down
1
Deconstructed, in a way : PARSED
2
Kamala Harris and Thurgood Marshall vis-à-vis Howard University : ALUMNI
3
Benefit : UPSIDE
4
Stick it out : LAST
5
Drink with a Frosted Lemonade variety : ICEE
6
Capital ball club, familiarly : NATS
7
Medium strength? : ESP
8
"What's cookin'?" response : NOTALOT
9
Clock radio feature : ALARM
10
Rotten-smelling : PUTRID
11
"Your point being …?" : SOO
12
Submission to a record executive : DEMOTAPE
13
Parts of a season : EPISODES
14
Become fuller, in a way : WAX
19
Serve hot takes : OPINE
23
Paid no heed to : IGNORED
25
Fail to do something out of fear, with "out" : WUSS
26
Wonks ... or a candy once owned by the Willy Wonka Candy Company : NERDS
27
"Street Dreams" rapper : NAS
29
Obsequious sorts : TOADIES
30
#35 : JFK
33
Smart-alecky : FRESH
35
Ballpark player not wearing a uniform : ORGANIST
36
Got a closer look : ZOOMEDIN
37
Org. that sells "Go Vegan and Nobody Gets Hurt" T-shirts : PETA
38
"Ni-i-ice!" : AAH
39
"Mice!" : EEK
40
Cost of doing business, maybe : USERFEE
41
Chinese "hello" : NIHAO
43
Rare type of rental car : MANUAL
46
___ from afar : ADMIRE
47
Remnants : TRACES
48
Classify : ASSORT
50
Comes out of one's skin : MOLTS
54
"OMG, I'm dying over here" : LMAO
55
Mother to Apollo and Artemis : LETO
56
One-footed jump : AXEL
57
Record player speed, for short : RPM
58
Test for an M.B.A. seeker : GRE
59
Air quality org.? : FCC

Answer summary:
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