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New York Times, Monday, April 21, 2025

Author:
Thomas van Geel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Not quite a sure thing
TotalDebutLatest
21/28/20194/21/2025
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ScrabDebutFresh
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Thomas van Geel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FQX} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. van Geel. Monday freshness: 76%
Jim Horne notes:

These quips are nothing to sneeze at.

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© 2025, The New York Times4/21/25 ( No. 27,558 )
Across
1
Manage, as a bar : TEND
5
Boneheaded : DUMB
9
Petri dish gel : AGAR
13
Protected from the wind : ALEE
14
It's always the top story : ATTIC
16
Only nonrigid weapon in Clue : ROPE
17
Coming-of-age ceremony : BARMITZVAH
19
Club in a classic Barry Manilow song, informally : COPA
20
"Let's go!" in Mexico : ANDALE
21
One of the fam : SIS
23
Big mo. for retailers : DEC
24
Reek : STINK
25
Place "rocked" in a Clash song : THECASBAH
28
Street ___ (reputation) : CRED
29
Atmosphere : MOOD
30
Actress Witherspoon : REESE
31
Trireme propellers : OARS
32
___ Arbor, Mich. : ANN
33
Faced the pitcher : BATTED
34
Animal that can go 0-60 in three seconds : CHEETAH
36
Highest U.S. mountain : DENALI
40
12-mo. periods : YRS
41
Many govt. prosecutors : ADAS
45
"La Bohème," for one : OPERA
46
Garfield's frenemy in the comics : ODIE
47
Opposite of starboard : PORT
48
Famed shoe designer : JIMMYCHOO
50
Molten rock : MAGMA
51
Had dinner : ATE
52
Lumberjack's tool : SAW
53
Pie chart piece : SECTOR
54
Price : COST
56
Polite response to the ends of 17-, 25-, 34- and 48-Across : GESUNDHEIT
59
Ugandan despot Idi ___ : AMIN
60
Justice Kagan : ELENA
61
___ Grey tea : EARL
62
Word before tube or drive : TEST
63
Jump : LEAP
64
Captain Hook's sidekick : SMEE
Down
1
Mexican state that shares its name with a hot sauce : TABASCO
2
Hyundai compact : ELANTRA
3
More brainy in an uncool way : NERDIER
4
Orders : DEMANDS
5
Go out with : DATE
6
Chip brand with a little-girl logo : UTZ
7
"Beavis and Butt-Head" airer : MTV
8
Slanted : BIASED
9
Lob's path : ARC
10
Not quite a sure thing : GOODBET
11
Mollify : APPEASE
12
Got to : REACHED
15
En vogue : CHIC
18
Type : ILK
22
Comedian Silverman : SARAH
25
Recorded message prompt : TONE
26
Cute name for a spouse's task list : HONEYDO
27
"Game, ___, match" : SET
29
When doubled, a Hawaiian fish : MAHI
33
One of four on a diamond : BASE
34
Potters' options : CLAYS
35
Rock's Emerson, Lake & Palmer, for one : TRIO
36
"Paint the Town Red" rapper : DOJACAT
37
Textbook example : EPITOME
38
Moby Dick, to Ahab : NEMESIS
39
Contents of a sleeve : ARM
41
Military choppers : APACHES
42
Sled pullers in the Arctic : DOGTEAM
43
Wardrobe : ARMOIRE
44
Surprise : STARTLE
46
"So it goes" : OHWELL
49
Shark diver's protection : CAGE
50
Size between small and large: Abbr. : MED
53
Partner of Crackle and Pop : SNAP
55
Explosive stuff : TNT
57
Observe : SEE
58
Spanish article : UNA

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

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