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New York Times, Thursday, June 12, 2025

Author:
Daniel Bodily
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Play ground?
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Daniel Bodily

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 75, Blocks: 42 Spans: 1 Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Bodily. Grid flow: 12.6 Thursday freshness: 44%
Jim Horne notes:

This puzzle should be featured on ACCESS HOLLYWOOD.

Other options include GREEN GODDESS DRESSING, TENNESSEE VALLEY, and CHATTANOOGA CHOOCHOO.

cf.: Previous quadruple double.

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© 2025, The New York Times6/12/25 ( No. 27,610 )
Across
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Actress Green of "Casino Royale" : EVA
4
Play ground? : STAGE
9
Edible part of okra : POD
12
Word before or after "open" : WIDE
14
"Weeping" giant : WILLOW
15
Tick off : PEEVE
16
Condition that Simone Biles has described as giving her a "superpower," in brief : ADHD
17
Ticked off : IRATE
18
___ Wister, the so-called "father of western fiction" : OWEN
19
Like some "On Air" signs : NEON
20
They draw people : MECCAS
21
Guarded : LEERY
22
"Principle of parsimony" philosopher : OCCAM
24
Pick up : GET
25
___ white (lightbulb specification) : SOFT
26
Sixth word in the Gettysburg Address : AGO
27
Exemplar of excellence : CLASSACT
30
Cries of wonder : OOHS
32
She was named the U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year five years in a row : HAMM
33
Adds power to, as an engine : SOUPSUP
34
Writer Capote, to friends : TRU
35
Correspondants, fréquemment : AMIS
37
Stone used in ancient Greek jewelry : AGATE
38
Orchestra tuner : OBOE
39
Mini-brawl : SETTO
40
Owned (up) : FESSED
41
"___ are like sausages. It is better not to see them being made" (quote attributed to Otto von Bismarck) : LAWS
42
Visionaries : SEERS
44
Dining places : HALLS
45
Some hot spots : TUBS
48
Phys. or chem. : SUBJ
50
Major basketball feat ... or a feature shared by 3-, 6- and 9-Down : QUADRUPLEDOUBLE
57
Sephora competitor : ULTA
58
Handle, as questions : FIELD
59
"Hold your horses!" : WAIT
60
Breaking a tie, informally : INOT
61
Article about a photo? : FRAME
62
Rainbow, to some : OMEN
63
P, in the NATO alphabet : PAPA
64
The Titanic disaster partly inspired its invention : SONAR
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Org. that developed the "pumpkin suit" : NASA
Down
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McGregor who played Obi-Wan Kenobi : EWAN
2
Output from Blizzard Entertainment : VIDEOGAMES
3
Temporarily established panel : ADHOCCOMMITTEE
4
Do laps, say : SWIM
5
Low pressure indicator : TIREGAUGE
6
You can go anywhere with one of these : ALLACCESSPASS
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Briefly experienced, with "of" : GOTATASTE
8
She-eep : EWES
9
Gridiron game for young tykes : PEEWEEFOOTBALL
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Risks an interception, say : OVERTHROWS
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Just say "no" to : DENY
13
Pulitzer winner Ferber : EDNA
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What you have to pony up to play? : POLO
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Oscars V.I.P.s : MCS
25
Motor oil brand : STP
26
Epiphanic moments : AHAS
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Have one's feet up, maybe : LOAF
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Told "You're on!," for example : CUED
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Brings an action against : SUES
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Excel function : SORTDATA
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N.B.A. great Hakeem who is one of only four players ever to achieve a 50-Across (1990) : OLAJUWON
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Big thing in California? : SUR
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___ Max : HBO
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Fans : BUFFS
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___ Agnew, vice president who resigned in 1973 : SPIRO
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City that's an anagram of SALEM : SELMA
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Farmer's squeeze? : UDDER
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Pithy remark : QUIP
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Leg : fibula :: arm : ___ : ULNA
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Crowning : ATOP
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Cut and trim : LEAN
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Tuscaloosa's Tide, to fans : BAMA
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They may be white or naked : LIES
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High point of a trip to Italy? : ETNA

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