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New York Times, Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Author:
Adam Aaronson and Michael Garbus
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
*Little tuber used to make Spanish horchata
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Adam Aaronson
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17/1/20251
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1.56134%
Michael Garbus

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 44 Missing: {FJQXZ} Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Aaronson. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Garbus. Tuesday freshness: 66%
Jim Horne notes:
Michael Garbus, originally from Scottsdale, AZ, is a software developer currently based in Seattle, WA. Beyond his crosswords, he's ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times7/1/25 ( No. 27,629 )
Across
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Potato chip, to Brits : CRISP
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Boxing call, informally : TKO
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Award you can wear : MEDAL
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Tower of ___ (mathematical puzzle with disks) : HANOI
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Cash in Kyoto : YEN
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Deliver a TED talk, say : ORATE
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"Stop!," during roughhousing : UNCLE
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Something found in a plum, but not a pear : PIT
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Situated long-term : BASED
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*Most "wasabi" at sushi bars, in actuality : HORSERADISH
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*Fruit whose name is also a synonym for a grouch : CRABAPPLE
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Said "speaking of which," say : SEGUED
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Held office : SERVED
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Take a seat unceremoniously, with "down" : PLOP
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Hoagie : SUB
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Contest before a final, informally : SEMI
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Bathroom, to Brits : LOO
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Handle, as a tough piece of information : STOMACH
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Domain suffix that most civilians can't register : GOV
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"___ a free country" : ITS
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Omnivorous fish of the Amazon : PIRANHA
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Info from someone who's on the way : ETA
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Like Nickelodeon's Mutant Ninja Turtles : TEENAGE
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Widens, as a pupil : DILATES
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Make yawn, say : BORE
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Concluding part : CODA
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Electronically produced echo effect : REVERB
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"Fine, I guess" : OKSURE
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Ripped : TORE
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"Dead serious," in modern lingo : NOCAP
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___ of the valley : LILY
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Rapper ___ Sweatshirt : EARL
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Bring together : UNITE
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Pacify : TAME
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Counterpart of Dreyer's east of the Rockies : EDYS
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Actress Thompson of "Selma" and "Creed" : TESSA
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Powdered sugar, for a gingerbread house : SNOW
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"Crazy Rich Asians" director Jon M. ___ : CHU
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1985 Kurosawa epic that is a retelling of "King Lear" : RAN
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Creep (along) : INCH
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Beverage holder that's typically red : SOLOCUP
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Capital of South Dakota : PIERRE
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Characteristically laid-back : TYPEB
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Actress Knightley : KEIRA
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Dispensed from a keg : ONTAP
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Like some homes and phones : MOBILE
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Items on a blackboard tray : ERASERS
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Recipe smidgen, as of salt : DASH
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Supped : ATE
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Was ahead in a race : LED
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Down : SAD
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They result in two baseball outs, for short : DPS
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Divorce : SPLIT
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Mexican dish of corn on the cob with toppings : ELOTE
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*Fruit from a bush, much used in pies and jams : GOOSEBERRY
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Like the foods that answer the starred clues, despite how their names start : VEGETARIAN
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Be overdramatic : EMOTE
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High-maintenance stars : DIVAS
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Ticked off : SORE
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"Gattaca" co-star Thurman : UMA
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Word after wedding or rubber : BAND
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Tire on the back of a jeep : SPARE
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*Little tuber used to make Spanish horchata : TIGERNUT
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*Garbanzo, by another name : CHICKPEA
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Heavenly headwear : HALOS
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"Great Expectations" and "The Great Gatsby," for two : NOVELS
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Grown-ups : ADULTS
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There might be a fork in it : ROAD
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Barbecue discard : BONE
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"Overnight" breakfast option : OATS
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Muppet who posts on social media in the third person : ELMO
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Stand next to a club? : TEE
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Gender prefix : CIS
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Tree whose name sounds like a pronoun : YEW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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