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Have It Both Ways

New York Times, Sunday, March 16, 2025

Author:
Paul Coulter
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
37-Across : Promoted boastfully
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Paul Coulter

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 80 Missing: {JQVX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Coulter. Grid flow: 19.8 Sunday freshness: 88%
Will Shortz notes:
Paul Coulter is a retired biology professor in Glassboro, N.J. He got into puzzles through cryptic crosswords, which he set for British audiences, eventually turning to American-style ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
I've colored the theme answers to make them easier to see. Blue Down answers are un-clued but "go both ways" to complete the attached Across answers. So, 1-Across is BLUE DENIM and ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times3/16/25 ( No. 27,522 )
Across
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Jeans material : BLUEDENIM
6
Some P.D. alerts : APBS
10
Leaves a relationship : PARTSCOMPANY
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14-line poem with only two rhymes across three stanzas : RONDEL
20
"The African Queen" scriptwriter : AGEE
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Per-hour cost to record music, say : STUDIOFEE
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Host of a 1990s late-night talk show that was briefly revived 20 years later : ARSENIOHALL
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Completely exclude : FREEZEOUT
25
Low-fat dairy desserts : ICEMILKS
26
Columbus's birthplace : GENOA
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L.L. Bean competitor : REI
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Dug through for digital analysis : DATAMINED
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Auto racer ___ Patrick : DANICA
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Subway commuters, informally : STRAPHANGERS
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Promoted boastfully : TOUTED
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Others, to Ovid : ALIA
40
Old-fashioned garnishes : ORANGEPEELS
47
M.L.B. V.I.P.s : GMS
48
Al Capone adversary who only ever met him once in person : ELIOTNESS
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Selling points? : RETAILERS
55
[Boo-hoo!] : SNIFF
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Hamlet or Laertes : DANE
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Longtime children's clothing store with a portmanteau name : GYMBOREE
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Dabbles in : PLAYSAT
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Loads : ATON
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Ratted : TOLD
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Make ready for new use : REFIT
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Exhibits brilliance : GLOWS
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Something one might need to look good in the morning : BEAUTYSLEEP
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Article of faith : TENET
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Not-so-joltin' joe? : DECAFCOFFEE
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___ group (chemistry classification) : AMINO
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Source of the "blood" in a meatless burger, maybe : BEETS
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Good lighting? : HALO
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Spill the tea : DISH
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Playground retort : DOESNOT
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Doses of a certain hallucinogen : ACIDTABS
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___ breve : ALLA
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Russian range : URALS
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Sounding as if the speaker has some swollen glands : ADENOIDAL
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Much high school gossip : TEENDRAMA
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Metaphor for Juliet, in Romeo's soliloquy : SUN
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Got up and at 'em : FACEDTHEDAY
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Official who reports to a president : DEAN
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Reddish-brown shade : SIENNA
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Secretly communicating in class : PASSINGNOTES
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Make out : DETECT
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Settings for telling some ghost stories : CAMPFIRES
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Superb, in slang : ACE
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In 2021 she became the first tennis player to light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony : OSAKA
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Fried fare often served with marinara : CALAMARI
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Discards from fuzzy fruits : PEACHPITS
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Blade runner? : SPEEDSKATER
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Reassurance after bandaging a boo-boo : ALLBETTER
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Till bills : TENS
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Actress Richards of "Starship Troopers" : DENISE
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Felt absolutely determined about : WASDEADSETON
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Betting site's quote : ODDS
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Like the typefaces Helvetica and Arial : SANSSERIF
Down
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Cornrow or challah feature : BRAID
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Playwright Federico García ___ : LORCA
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Like freshly poured concrete : UNSET
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Medical buildup of fluid : EDEMA
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- : DENIM
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Verbally reacts to in awe : AAHSAT
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Links letters : PGA
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Where Waterloo is : BELGIUM
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Picks : SELECTS
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- : STRAP
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Something you might get a break with? : CUE
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Composition of Catullus in ancient Rome : ODE
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"Les ___" : MIZ
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Creator of the mystery-solving C. Auguste Dupin : POE
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Prior to, old-style : AFORE
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German soccer legend Manuel who innovated the "sweeper-keeper" role : NEUER
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"Abominable" ones : YETIS
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Rap title? : LIL
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BART stop, for short : SFO
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Gave the go-ahead : OKD
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Scot's denial : NAE
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Eggy holiday drinks : NOGS
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Port city near Mount Carmel : HAIFA
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High up : ALOFT
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A persnickety person might pick it : NIT
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Frodo's enchanting friend : GANDALF
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What to do if someone makes a false accusation about you : DENYIT
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Alternative to .net : ORG
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King of Castile : REY
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Device whose keypad often has Braille on it : ATM
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Catch in the act : NAB
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Florentine artist known for frescoes : GIOTTO
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"The Jetsons" boy : ELROY
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- : PEELS
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It's one thing after another : LIST
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Have as food, formally : EATOF
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Former Maine senator Olympia with an apt name for her state : SNOWE
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Taste or touch : SENSE
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Light to stop at : RED
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Like the best bonds, perhaps : SAFEST
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Primps : PREENS
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Slow, musically : LENTO
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Brit's jolly cry of approval : GOODOH
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Lacking a knack for : BADAT
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Zola who wrote "J'Accuse …!" : EMILE
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Critic's common seating preference : AISLE
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Lets go of : UNHANDS
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Some green cars : TESLAS
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- : FACED
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Hawkeye's real first name in the "Avengers" movies : CLINT
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Smile : BEAM
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Bamboozled : HAD
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Boxer Roberto who fought Sugar Ray Leonard : DURAN
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Chimp's cousin : ORANG
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Attach, with "on" : TIE
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Attach, with "on" : ADD
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Cote quote? : BAA
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___ dog : SLY
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Author Rice : ANNE
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"Agnus ___" : DEI
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Hopes that one might : SEEKSTO
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Live, in a way : UNTAPED
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Girl who's "sweet as apple cider," per an old song : IDA
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Admission : ACCESS
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Tree with oblong yellow-green fruit : PAPAW
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What's on the fast track? : ACELA
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Navy group : SEALS
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- : NOTES
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Tiny bit : TAD
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Bars of soap : CAKES
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Appliance brand owned by Whirlpool : AMANA
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Morning in Monaco : MATIN
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Word with French or bench : PRESS
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- : FIRES
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Latvia, e.g., once: Abbr. : SSR
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Drug sold in 77-Across : LSD
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Compound found in marijuana, for short : CBD
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Start of a bray or conclusion of a giggle : HEE
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Sch. calendar abbr. : PTA
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"___ be a pleasure" : ITD
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Call off : END

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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