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New York Times, Saturday, May 10, 2025

Author:
Shaun Phillips
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Shoved down the throat of
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Shaun Phillips

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 60, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Phillips. Saturday freshness: 89%
Jim Horne notes:

This unusual grid has more black squares than a typical Monday, but way more open squares than a typical Saturday. I like the kite shapes.

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© 2025, The New York Times5/10/25 ( No. 27,577 )
Across
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Budget : CHEAP
6
Unappetizing food : GLOP
10
Hard-to-define quality : CHARISMA
13
"For ___?" : REAL
14
Integrated, as an approach : HOLISTIC
15
Apt name for a NASCAR driver? : OTTO
16
Sad remark at a carnival ring toss booth : IMISSED
17
Pioneer in musical Impressionism, despite rejecting the term : DEBUSSY
20
Baby blue, perhaps : PEEPER
21
"I'm off!" : SOLONG
22
Ribs, e.g. : BONES
23
Didn't make it through the late show, say : NODDEDOFF
26
Was outstanding? : OWED
27
Wants, and then some : HUNGERSFOR
28
Massachusetts' Cape ___ : ANN
29
Some dragonflies : DARNERS
30
"I was stuck in traffic," perhaps : LIE
31
They might have a job for you : RECRUITERS
33
Where Ferrari is "RACE," in brief : NYSE
34
Sent up the wall : DROVENUTS
35
Deep defenses : MOATS
36
Comes out with : UTTERS
37
Demand : MARKET
38
Mediterranean plant named for its brightly colored flowers : SUNROSE
40
Committed in front of witnesses : SAIDIDO
41
Wine found in "tasting" : ASTI
42
Go into overdrive : TURNITON
43
Decide not to toss : KEEP
44
Museums, galleries, etc. : ARTSCENE
45
Trips : ERRS
46
Tops : BESTS
Down
1
Like American bacon, but not Canadian bacon : CRISPED
2
Acts like a scaredy-cat? : HISSES
3
Perfume compound : ESTER
4
In : AMID
5
Donor grp. : PAC
6
Bases : GROUNDS
7
"Mary Poppins" tune that begins "With tuppence for paper and strings / You can have your own set of wings" : LETSGOFLYAKITE
8
Rolled ___ : OATS
9
Devious scheme : PLOY
10
Manufactured wooden sheet : CHIPBOARD
11
Person who's entitled? : HOMEOWNER
12
First contact : ALIENENCOUNTER
17
Team for which Sandy Koufax pitched for all of his 12 M.L.B. seasons : DODGERS
18
Some pillars of the community : ELDERS
19
One side in an 1899-1902 war : BOERS
21
Some works of Wordsworth : SONNETS
23
Nature's alternative, in a classic debate : NURTURE
24
Shoved down the throat of : FOISTEDON
25
Fine-grained rock that can be easily cut in any direction : FREESTONE
27
George ___, voted "Coach of the Century" by the International Swimming Hall of Fame : HAINES
29
Because of : DUETO
32
Some camping excursions : RVTRIPS
33
Natives of Scandinavia : NORDICS
35
Center of town, on signs : MAINST
37
Convenience stores : MARTS
38
Benefit : SAKE
39
One with a login and password : USER
40
"Why not?!" : SURE
42
Someone will pay for this : TAB

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

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