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New York Times, Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Author:
Ben Zimmer and Zach Sherwin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Onomatopoetic breakfast trio
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Zach Sherwin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Zimmer. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Sherwin. Wednesday freshness: 88%
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© 2025, The New York Times6/25/25 ( No. 27,623 )
Across
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Besmirch : TAR
4
Sound of a bass drum : THUMP
9
"Challenge accepted!" : ITSON
14
TV newswoman Cabrera : ANA
15
Drive back : REPEL
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Like avaricious eyes : BEADY
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Historic agreement of 1215 : MAGNACARTA
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Wear on earth? : ERODE
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"Through the fog it came" in Part I of Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" : ALBATROSS
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Big name in Dadaism : ARP
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Lets borrow : LOANSTO
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"Dream a Little Dream of Me" singer of 1968, familiarly : MAMACASS
27
What silken tofu may replace in vegan recipes : EGG
28
Frog's friend in an easy-reader classic : TOAD
30
Ethnic group of Rwanda : HUTU
31
California ___ (abstaining from everything but cannabis, say) : SOBER
34
Formally forces out : EXILES
36
Onomatopoetic breakfast trio : SNAPCRACKLEPOP
39
Facility for outpatients : CLINIC
40
Yorkshire metropolis : LEEDS
41
Delay deciding, informally : PUNT
42
Olympic blade : EPEE
44
Olympic "blade" : OAR
47
907, for a high one : AREACODE
49
Bit of gear for Vermeer : PALETTE
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Bad bug : FLU
54
2008 romantic drama starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow : TWOLOVERS
56
Concern for an Allied ship : UBOAT
58
Incentive to stay indoors on a sweltering day, informally … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle : CENTRALAC
59
"Cheers" in Chiapas : SALUD
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Bird-related : AVIAN
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Simu ___, portrayer of Rival Ken in "Barbie" : LIU
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"Ergo …" : ANDSO
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Flashy fish : TETRA
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A person's soul mate, with "the" : ONE
Down
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Tex-Mex treat : TAMALE
2
Like a clock with hands : ANALOG
3
Miscellaneous collection : RAGBAG
4
Expansive parcels : TRACTS
5
Love, in emoji-speak : HEART
6
Tool for removing a tree stump : UPROOTER
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M.L.B. team that retired Strawberry's #18 : METS
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Substance in stars and neon signs : PLASMA
9
Flanged girder : IBEAM
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Healthful snack brand : TERRACHIPS
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Home to the Museum of the Portuguese Language : SAOPAULO
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"That's unexpected …" : ODD
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Bill promoting science education : NYE
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One of the Bobbsey twins, in children's literature : NAN
24
Top-selling musical artist of the 2010s : ADELE
25
Part of a dance : STEP
26
Questionable, in modern lingo : SUS
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Source of prophecy : ORACLE
31
Popular stocking stuffer? : SANTACLAUS
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Nail polish brand with a MillenniYUM shade : OPI
33
Quietly added to a thread : BCCED
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Marked, in a way : XED
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Legato notation, in music : SLUR
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Tripled, then tripled again : NINEFOLD
38
"Don't let up. You've got this!" : KEEPONIT
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Tax prep pro : CPA
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Acquisition that may solve a mouse problem : PETCAT
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Opera with a baritone Iago : OTELLO
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"Quickest way to Harlem," in song : ATRAIN
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Former stray, often : RESCUE
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Get the edge over : OUTDO
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Rite place at the rite time? : ALTAR
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___ Doone (cookie brand) : LORNA
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First lady of Italy? : EVA
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"___ got some difficult days ahead": Martin Luther King Jr. : WEVE
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Team for gymnasts Biles and Chiles : USA
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Blacklist : BAN

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

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