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New York Times, Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Author:
Hanh Huynh
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
One of just two original Monopoly tokens still made today
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Hanh Huynh

This puzzle:

Rows: 14, Columns: 15 Words: 73, Blocks: 34 Missing: {GQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Huynh. Wednesday freshness: 28%
Jim Horne notes:
From the original lineup introduced by Parker Brothers in 1935, only two classic tokens are still part of the standard Monopoly set ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times8/6/25 ( No. 27,665 )
Across
1
Cursed look : EVILEYE
8
Kia sedan renamed the K5 in 2020 : OPTIMA
14
Typically the biggest players on a football team : LINEMEN
15
Major arteries : AORTAS
16
Convertible living room pieces : SOFABEDS
18
Dances to a Chubby Checker song, say : TWISTS
19
"You ready to do this?" : ALLSET
20
Display container : CASE
22
Bit of gear for an entomologist : NET
23
___ Lingus : AER
24
"Please turn up the thermostat!" : BRR
25
City at the center of "Moonraker," informally : RIO
27
Winners of Super Bowl III (and no other Super Bowls since then) : JETS
29
Paired number : DUET
30
Tally mark : NOTCH
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Team ___ : USA
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It may be struck for a camera : POSE
35
Part of the Disney logo : CASTLE
36
Gently touches : DABSAT
38
___ tide : NEAP
40
Green eggs go-with : HAM
41
Lubricate : OILUP
42
Provide backup for, as a weightlifter or gymnast : SPOT
43
Suckers : SAPS
44
December 31, notably : EVE
45
Chewie's "Star Wars" buddy : HAN
46
One of just two original Monopoly tokens still made today : HAT
47
"When I ___, you ___, we ___" (lyric from a Freak Nasty hit) : DIP
49
Some whiskeys : RYES
51
Stopped bringing up : LETDIE
54
Beethoven's Third : EROICA
56
Most terrifying : SCARIEST
58
Find in the dictionary : LOOKUP
59
Lose one's shirt, say : UNDRESS
60
Fjords and firths : INLETS
61
Regular fixed compensation : BASEPAY
Down
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"Frozen" queen : ELSA
2
Six-stringed instrument similar to a cello : VIOL
3
Item that has to be blown up before being filled with water : INFLATABLEPOOL
4
Occupancy agreements : LEASES
5
Smoldering remnant : EMBER
6
Hurl, in modern lingo : YEET
7
Conclude : END
8
Quaker ___ : OATS
9
Rejuvenating break : POWERNAP
10
Lead-in to -umvirate : TRI
11
"You're overthinking this" ... or what might be said about 3-, 9-, 17- and 34-Down? : ITSNOTTHATDEEP
12
Fellow Down Under : MATE
13
No. 2: Abbr. : ASST
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Quick throw in football : SCREENPASS
21
Class that may not have written tests : ART
24
Peter Pan transport : BUS
26
Apple mobile platform : IOS
27
Japanese martial art : JUDO
28
Actor Morales of "Ozark" : ESAI
29
It separates the dollars and cents : DOT
31
Applaud : CLAP
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Tailor's edges : HEMS
34
Minor office injury : PAPERCUT
35
Animal on a "Hang in there!" inspirational poster : CAT
37
Tahoe or Cherokee, in brief : SUV
39
Proterozoic, for one : EON
42
That woman : SHE
43
Biting piece : SATIRE
46
Cowboys' charges : HERDS
47
Sub location : DELI
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Original Monopoly token discontinued in 2013 : IRON
50
Goes on and on and on : YAPS
51
Singer Del Rey : LANA
52
Actress Rae of "American Fiction" : ISSA
53
Online seller of handcrafted items : ETSY
55
"I Like ___" : IKE
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Baby grizzly : CUB

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

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