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New York Times, Thursday, April 3, 2025

Author:
Hanh Huynh
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1980s arcade game with a cube-jumping character
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Hanh Huynh

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Huynh. Thursday freshness: 83%
Jim Horne notes:
Read the rebus squares as STAR going Across, and an asterisk going Down, as in *NSYNC, Q*BERT, M*A*S*H, and E*TRADE. Hanh Huynh ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times4/3/25 ( No. 27,540 )
Across
1
Wane : EBB
4
"First Blood" tough guy : RAMBO
9
One sharing the credits? : COSTAR
12
Soft drink rival of Mug : BARQS
15
Brand of beverage sourced from the Alps : EVIAN
16
Fifth-century invader of Europe : HUN
17
Big attraction at MoMA : THESTARRYNIGHT
19
Xenomorphs in "Alien vs. Predator," e.g. : ETS
20
Solution to a computer problem, often : REBOOT
21
Majestic : STATELY
23
Foggy state : DAZE
24
"Er ... well ... gee …" : UMM
26
Lead-in to many a side thought, informally : PAREN
27
Where an angler may show off a great catch : PIER
28
Stop at the side of the road : RESTAREA
31
Coll. military program : ROTC
32
App with "Reels," informally : INSTA
34
Hounds with fine, silky hair : AFGHANS
36
Idea that's dead on arrival : NONSTARTER
39
Tight-fitting caps : BEANIES
42
Heavyweight athletes : SUMOS
47
Egg tart filling : CUSTARD
48
Using cursive and writing thank you notes, e.g. : LOSTARTS
51
A few : SOME
52
Lofty space : ATTIC
54
Triple jump component : HOP
55
"___ beaucoup d'amour" : AVEC
56
Went off the path : STRAYED
59
Broadway's Lin-___ Miranda : MANUEL
61
Org. established by Congress in 2001 : TSA
62
Ill-fated ... or a hint to six squares in this puzzle : STARCROSSED
65
Cover : LID
66
Country singer Tucker : TANYA
67
Cook in a wok, perhaps : SAUTE
68
Dallas-to-Nashville dir. : ENE
69
Unpleasant forecast : SLEET
70
#23 of 24 : PSI
Down
1
Market checkout option, for short : EBT
2
Country ruled by the al-Khalifa royal family since 1783 : BAHRAIN
3
Summer refreshers : BREEZES
4
Words on a U-Haul storage container : RENTME
5
Prefix with fauna : AVI
6
Certain "Top Gun" jets : MIGS
7
Bangkok bank deposit : BAHT
8
Ready to pour : ONTAP
9
Vocally encourage : CHEERON
10
Places for prongs : OUTLETS
11
Band with the 2000 11x platinum album "No Strings Attached" : *NSYNC
13
1980s arcade game with a cube-jumping character : Q*BERT
14
Full house letters : SRO
18
"___ honor" : YOUR
22
Olympic skater Lipinski : TARA
23
Printer resolution spec : DPI
25
Show with the most-watched episode in scripted TV history : M*A*S*H
29
Young newt : EFT
30
Get on : AGE
33
Andy's toy sibling : ANN
35
Smash hits: Abbr. : HRS
37
Painting material : OIL
38
Agent Smith's foe in "The Matrix" : NEO
39
Sticks one's nose where it doesn't belong : BUTTSIN
40
Online investment firm founded in 1991 : E*TRADE
41
1998 Sarah McLachlan hit : ADIA
43
Patriotic chant : USAUSA
44
Gets promoted : MOVESUP
45
Brunch fare : OMELETS
46
Brief moment : SEC
47
Corner piece : CASTLE
49
Certain "Top Gun" jet : TOMCAT
50
Practice taekwondo, say : SPAR
53
Fluid-filled sacs : CYSTS
57
List abbr. : ETAL
58
Great ___ : DANE
60
Contacts info: Abbr. : NOS
63
Ingredient in an old-fashioned : RYE
64
Agnus ___ : DEI

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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