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New York Times, Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Author:
Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
27-Across : Throwing a ball and grasping a pencil, e.g.
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37/6/20226/11/20253
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Sam Koperwas
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1637/5/20106/11/2025115
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441217293711121
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
11441.6294854%
Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {CJQXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Koperwas. This is puzzle # 162 for Mr. Chen. Wednesday freshness: 38%
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© 2025, The New York Times6/11/25 ( No. 27,609 )
Across
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Obstinate fool : ASS
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Co. badges, e.g. : IDS
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Keeps burning, say : STOKES
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Apt name for a fretful fellow : STU
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Yogi's accessory : MAT
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Goes off track : DERAILS
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Jabber : YAP
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Chang or Eng Bunker, notably : SIAMESETWIN
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Just managed, with "out" : EKED
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Mix up : STIR
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Recoils suddenly : SHIES
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___ Haute, Ind. : TERRE
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On its way : SENT
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Throwing a ball and grasping a pencil, e.g. : MOTORSKILLS
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Grammy-nominated poet Nikki ___ : GIOVANNI
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Percolated : SEEPED
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Balm additive : ALOE
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Observes Ramadan, say : FASTS
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Stretchiness : GIVE
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National park that's home to the Pretty Rocks Landslide : DENALI
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Like pumpkin spice latte and peppermint mocha : SEASONAL
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Provider of crucial testimony : STARWITNESS
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Unbuckled seatbelt alert : BEEP
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Zigzag : WEAVE
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Solomonic figures : SAGES
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Craft drafts, for short : IPAS
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Sporty auto feature : TTOP
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Copyright wrongs : PLAGIARISMS
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Sounds heard during a cuteness overload : AWS
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Took to the sky : AVIATED
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Young 'un : PUP
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Soccer star Messi, familiarly : LEO
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Approach : MANNER
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Spot for wallowing : STY
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One of four featured on the Yale Nature Walk : ELM
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To date : ASYET
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Sticking point for a gardener? : STAKE
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Celestial phenomena observed at perigees : SUPERMOONS
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Some online exchanges, in brief : IMS
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Speaker's spot : DAIS
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Walks or runs : STAT
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French possessive : SES
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Bridge support : TRESTLE
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Swearword : OATH
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Aussie's neighbor : KIWI
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Nobel laureate Wiesel : ELIE
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Figs. with two dashes : SSNS
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Jeter in Cooperstown : DEREK
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Natural dividing line on a U.S. map, as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters : MISSISSIPPI
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Strongly suggested : DROVEAT
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Fig. at a train station : ETA
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Titan maker : NISSAN
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Really killing it, so to speak : ONFIRE
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Strand in a cell : RNA
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The World Map is the largest one to date, with 11,695 pieces : LEGOSET
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Does some creative accounting? : SPINSATALE
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Meander (about) : GAD
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Saint Martin, par exemple : ILE
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Actress Mendes : EVA
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Torre ___ Greco, Italy : DEL
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Celebration whose full name translates as "festival of the first day" : TET
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Menlo Park, N.J., famously : LABSITE
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Hem, but not haw : SEW
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Screwy : WEIRD
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I, for one : VOWEL
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Surrey town known for its salt : EPSOM
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Most bulk email : SPAM
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Thomas ___ Edison : ALVA
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Appreciation : GAIN
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Pulitzer-winning author Jennifer : EGAN
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Certain vipers : ASPS
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X-rated material : SMUT
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___ Lingus : AER
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Stratego piece : SPY

Answer summary:
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