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New York Times, Thursday, May 8, 2025

Author:
Dan Caprera
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
39-Across : "Mind your own business!" ... or a hint to the four sides of this puzzle
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Dan Caprera

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JWXYZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Caprera. Thursday freshness: 59%
Jim Horne notes:
Once again, each word before and after the letter additions is a legit crossword answer. Not only do the outside letters spell BUTT ... read more
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O
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P
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P
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K
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© 2025, The New York Times5/8/25 ( No. 27,575 )
Across
1
2022 Jordan Peele horror/sci-fi film : NOPE
5
San ___ Bay (estuary near San Francisco) : PABLO
10
Noted silver-tongued Olympic gold medalist : ALI
13
Coin toss call : TAILS
14
Supply : EQUIP
15
Generals and such : BRASS
16
Quickly put (together) : SLAP
17
Tres + tres + tres : NUEVE
18
Single ___ (tourney type) : ELIM
19
Clarifying words : ASIN
20
Kierkegaard, for one : DANE
21
Cattle steerers : PRODS
22
Worn-down part : NUB
24
Fail to understand : NOTSEE
26
Section of a curriculum : UNIT
28
Broadway star Hagen : UTA
30
Musical pitch interval : HALFTONE
34
Mayo to mayo, say : ANO
35
Writer honored by Oz Park in Chicago : BAUM
37
"My Neighbor ___," 1988 Hayao Miyazaki film : TOTORO
38
One not getting enough sleep in Apr., perhaps : CPA
39
"Mind your own business!" ... or a hint to the four sides of this puzzle : BUTTOUT
41
Prefix with meter : ODO
42
As a ___ : RESULT
44
Prefix with phobia : ACRO
45
"I'm Just ___" (2023 Oscar-nominated song) : KEN
46
Halting speakers? : SENTRIES
48
"Inside Politics" airer : CNN
49
Field : AREA
50
Like many flowers and prizes : ANNUAL
52
Down in the dumps : SAD
54
Tasty pastry spread : ICING
57
Main ingredient in the Japanese liqueur umeshu : PLUM
59
Hats, informally : LIDS
62
Nice chunk of dough : THOU
63
Garden tool : SPADE
64
Kind of arch that resembles the shape of a Hershey's Kiss : OGEE
65
Qualifying races : HEATS
66
This might come in a saucer : ALIEN
67
Side to take into consideration : FACET
68
Actress Goth of 2022's "X" : MIA
69
Supervises : TENDS
70
Mustang feature, once : TTOP
Down
1
Org. with probes : NASA
2
Muddies, as water : ROILS
3
Ascetic breakfast selection : PLAINTOAST
4
Channel for watching college games : ESPNU
5
Turn topsy-turvy : UPEND
6
One doing some deep-sea exploration : AQUANAUT
7
"Muy ___!" : BUENO
8
Resides a long time ago? : LIVETH
9
Be down in the dumps : MOPE
10
Singer Guthrie : ARLO
11
Crisscross pattern : PLAID
12
Credos : ISMS
15
Lacking, with "of" : BEREFT
21
Bike and Bike+, e.g. : PELOTONS
23
Like a witch's cauldron : BUBBLING
25
God honored by gladiatorial fights : SATURN
26
Mother-of-pearl : NACRE
27
How to sign a check : INPEN
29
Draw tight : TAUTEN
31
Criticized : TOOKADIGAT
32
Primate, for humans : ORDER
33
Who "can get in the way of what I'm feelin'," in an Alicia Keys hit : NOONE
36
Letters on an N.Y.C. fare card : MTA
40
Obstructed, as an opening : OCCLUDED
43
God who begat the Titans : URANUS
47
Lissome : SUPPLE
51
Author ___-René Lesage : ALAIN
53
Overhead : ALOFT
54
Thing on a docket : ITEM
55
Something a waiter may pull out : CHAIR
56
I, to Socrates : IOTA
58
Sharp set? : MENS
60
Interior design : DECOR
61
Permeate : SEEP
63
Fill fully : SATE

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

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