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New York Times, Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Author:
Jasin Cekinmez
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
People you do not want to mess with
TotalDebut
17/16/2025
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.44475%
Jasin Cekinmez

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Cekinmez. Wednesday freshness: 97%
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© 2025, The New York Times7/16/25 ( No. 27,644 )
Across
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Courtroom entry : PLEA
5
Broke bread : ATE
8
See 11-Down : ONBASE
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Lead-in to an implied "go there" or "think about it" : DONTEVEN
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Rouse (oneself) : BESTIR
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Sub category : FOOTLONG
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Grave : SOMBER
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Investment firm T. ___ Price : ROWE
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"That's keen!" : NEATO
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"Something bothering you?" : WHATSTHEMATTER
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One translation of "aloha" : PEACE
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Calm : SEDATE
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Like Detroit vis-à-vis 29-Across : EAST
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Home of the Wolverines in college sports : ANNARBOR
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Actress Longoria : EVA
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Cat breed with a distinct rear : BOBTAIL
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Reddit Q&A : AMA
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Festival with jousts, informally : RENFAIRE
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Caramel-topped dessert : FLAN
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Do-nothings : IDLERS
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Quaint contradiction : TISNT
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2003 period film starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe : THELASTSAMURAI
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Snake eyes and boxcars, e.g. : ROLLS
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Rapper Lil Uzi ___ : VERT
50
Div. for the Astros and Angels : ALWEST
52
Worker's timeout in Westminster … or something tucked between this puzzle's shaded squares? : TEABREAK
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Tectonic drifters : PLATES
57
Camper's recreation : CANOEING
58
Insists : SAYSSO
59
Denver setting: Abbr. : MST
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Tips : ENDS
Down
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Many an email attachment : PDF
2
W.C. : LOO
3
Brian who composed four pioneering albums of ambient music : ENO
4
Draw : ATTRACT
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Boldly attests : AVOWS
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Core principles : TENETS
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Part of E.S.L.: Abbr. : ENG
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Delivery docs : OBS
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Just after birth : NEONATAL
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Detector of absurdity, in slang : BSMETER
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Chance to get 8-Across : ATBAT
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Cuatro + tres : SIETE
13
404 Not Found, e.g. : ERROR
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Chargrilled corn-on-the-cob dish in Mexico : ELOTE
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Thread pattern : WEAVE
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Comedian Minhaj : HASAN
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They radiate warmth : HEATERS
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"The Simpsons" teacher Krabappel : EDNA
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Spa treatment, for short : MANI
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Colleague : PEER
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Wood for a kite : BALSA
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Native of Muscat : OMANI
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Many a one-star Yelp review : RANT
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People you do not want to mess with : BADASSES
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Olive and palm products : OILS
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___ Easton Ellis, author of "American Psycho" : BRET
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Cuts of fish : FILLETS
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It might get decorated at Christmas : FIRTREE
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File menu option : SAVEAS
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Extra-powerful, as an engine : TURBO
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Drives into a corner : TRAPS
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Shout, colloquially : HOLLA
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Broncos QB who won back-to-back Super Bowls : ELWAY
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Intended : MEANT
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General on a menu : TSO
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Channel showing vintage films : TCM
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German article : EIN
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By ___ by : AND
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Metric wts. : KGS

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