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New York Times, Thursday, June 25, 2026

Author:
Tarun Krishnamurthy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Removes a curse?
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Tarun Krishnamurthy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Krishnamurthy. Grid flow: 28.5 Thursday freshness: 35%
Tarun Krishnamurthy notes:
Hey everyone! This is my fourth daily crossword for the Times, but first on a palindromic date! Funnily enough, I constructed this ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Shaded letters INSIDE across answers need to be TRADED around to match clues.

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© 2026, The New York Times6/25/26 ( No. 27,988 )
Across
1
Some terminals : ANODES
7
Gamer's state of invincibility enabled by a cheat code : GODMODE
14
Listens to, as a radio station : TUNESIN
16
Achieves success for the first time : ARRIVES
17
*They may result in people wrongly being sent to jail : BADRAPS
18
*Bonny young girl : WEELASS
19
Spanner of 11 time zones : ASIA
20
Klondike territory : YUKON
22
Copacabana locale : RIO
23
*Exercise experts : TRAINERS
26
Bit of improv : SKIT
28
One end of a playground "telephone" : TINCAN
30
Wish for a romantic pairing between, in modern lingo : SHIP
33
"Thor: Ragnarok" actress Thompson : TESSA
35
*Advocate of women's equality : FEMINIST
38
Tower in the water : TUG
39
Hi-fi spinners : LPS
41
Ewe said it! : BAA
42
School org. : NEA
43
*"Let's pick up the pace!" : STEPONIT
46
Preschooler's wheels : TRIKE
48
Trivia contest venues : PUBS
49
Restaurant icon McDonald : RONALD
51
Breakfast that may be prepared overnight : OATS
54
*Some online courses : WEBINARS
58
"The Matrix" character : NEO
60
N.C.A.A. basketball powerhouse, informally : UCONN
62
Cantina freebie : AGUA
63
With 65-Across, market no-no ... or a hint to entering the answers to the starred clues : INSIDER
65
See 63-Across : TRADING
68
Simply taboo : NOTDONE
69
Melted adhesive : HOTGLUE
70
Categorizes : ASSORTS
71
Removes a curse? : BLEEPS
Down
1
Up : ATBAT
2
Front-line hero during the 2020 pandemic : NURSE
3
"We're live!" studio sign : ONAIR
4
Goes : DEPARTS
5
Spanish pronoun : ESA
6
The Science Kid, in children's television : SID
7
Get an eyeful : GAWK
8
Some McFlurry ingredients : OREOS
9
Knocked back a few : DRANK
10
Bad start? : MIS
11
Analyze excessively : OVERTHINK
12
Slicer's place : DELI
13
ExxonMobil brand : ESSO
15
"Bye Bye Bye" boy band : NSYNC
21
Falcons' grp. : USAF
24
Congressional divide : AISLE
25
Like purchases made while playing freemium games : INAPP
27
Distinctive doctrine : ISM
29
Point of writing : NIB
31
"So that's how it is" : ISEE
32
Organizer of an after-school event, in brief : PTA
33
You might go on tiptoe in this : TUTU
34
Consequences of compliments : EGOBOOSTS
36
Sharansky who wrote the memoir "Fear No Evil" : NATAN
37
Country rocker Steve with the album "Exit 0" : EARLE
38
Medicinal amt. : TSP
40
Paul McCartney, for one : SIR
44
Org. that hires cryptanalysts : NSA
45
Minor municipality : TOWN
47
Conventioneer's passport : IDBADGE
50
First grade of high school, typically : NINTH
52
Old royal house : TUDOR
53
Lilac, e.g. : SCENT
55
Twinkle-toed : AGILE
56
Preceding time : RUNUP
57
Solomonic figures : SAGES
58
1492 caravel : NINA
59
Grandson of Eve : ENOS
61
Get a lode of these! : ORES
64
Words sealed with a kiss : IDO
66
___ blind : ROB
67
W.N.B.A.'s Dream, on scoreboards : ATL

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