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New York Times, Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
36-Across : Certain Nov. 11 honoree
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 75, Blocks: 44 Missing: {Q} Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 121 for Mr. Collins. Wednesday freshness: 82%
Peter A. Collins notes:
After coming up with the SUNRISE/SUNSET gimmick, I tinkered with the grid on and off for a few months. When I realized I could ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times5/28/25 ( No. 27,595 )
Across
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Small foresail : JIB
4
Maritime : NAVAL
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Holed up : HID
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Rare blood type, in brief : ANEG
14
Cognizant : AWARE
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Pixar character who has trouble saying "anemone" : NEMO
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Philosopher known for paradoxes : ZENO
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Looked stunned, say : GAPED
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Decrease? : IRON
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"Sharp Dressed Man" band : ZZTOP
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Understanding : KEN
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Special ___ : AGENT
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Two tablets, e.g. : DOSE
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Sholem ___, author of "Children of Abraham" : ASCH
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Cause of low vitality : ANEMIA
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Something to get the ball rolling : PUTTER
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New Jersey city with a bridge to Staten Island : BAYONNE
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Certain Nov. 11 honoree : ARMYVET
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Turned aside : AVERTED
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Like many a Swiftie : TEENAGE
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___ a soul : NARY
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Part of Caesar's boast : VENI
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Rice-A-___ : RONI
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Eur. alliance : GSIX
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Anthem that ends "We stand on guard for thee" : OCANADA
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One attending orientation : NEWHIRE
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Sounded like a brook : GURGLED
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Left off : OMITTED
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New Haven collegian : ELI
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Musical featuring the song depicted by this puzzle's circled letters, familiarly : FIDDLER
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"One card left" : UNO
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Backstabber : RAT
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41-Down's "Top Hat" co-star : ASTAIRE
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It means little in Paris : PEU
64
Majorcan Mrs. : SRA
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Troopers, on a CB radio : SMOKEYS
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Concorde, e.g., for short : SST
Down
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Genre for Count Basie or Charlie Parker : JAZZ
2
Name akin to Agnes : INEZ
3
Proclivity : BENT
4
Keep after, say : NAG
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Out of the arms of Morpheus, so to speak : AWAKE
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Puff on an e-cig : VAPE
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Kind of rock : ARENA
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Spearheaded : LED
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Question while pointing : HERE
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"That's my cue!" : IMON
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Terse admonition : DONT
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First words of the day, perhaps : GOODMORNING
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Last words of the day, perhaps : NIGHTYNIGHT
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Starting place : POINTA
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Astuteness : ACUMEN
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More sound : SANER
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Buying binge : SPREE
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Legal org. : ABA
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___ system (GPS device) : NAV
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Symbol on the back of a dollar bill : EYE
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F.D.R. program : TVA
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Hosp. diagnostic : EEG
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Waze suggestion: Abbr. : RTE
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Big name in the freezer aisle : EDY
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Off-roader, in brief : ATV
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62-Across's "Top Hat" co-star : ROGERS
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Related to vision : OCULAR
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International airport serving Tokyo : NARITA
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Some gym reps : SITUPS
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Actresses Dunne and Ryan : IRENES
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Crossed off : XEDOUT
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Some sporty wheels, informally : ALFAS
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Benjamin Franklin's faith : DEISM
51
Complement : ADDTO
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"I swear!" : NOLIE
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Mani-pedi material : EMERY
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Does some electrical work on : WIRES
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___ Terr., area from 1861 to 1889 : DAK

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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