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New York Times, Friday, June 13, 2025

Author:
Evan Mulvihill
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
34-Across : Ultimately succeeds
TotalDebut
16/13/2025
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.50573%
Evan Mulvihill

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Mulvihill. Friday freshness: 38%
Evan Mulvihill notes:

See my constructor notes here.

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H
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O
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A
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N
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N
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D
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C
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D
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G
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B
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M
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D
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L
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A
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© 2025, The New York Times6/13/25 ( No. 27,611 )
Across
1
Short shorts : HOTPANTS
9
Walk with attitude : SASHAY
15
Light shower? : APERTURE
16
Product whose slogans have included "Say hello to the future" and "Welcome to the big screens" : IPHONE
17
Aquatic eater of shellfish : SEAOTTER
18
Requirement for a triple play : NOOUTS
19
They may be graphic : ARTS
20
Becomes pendulous, say : SAGS
22
Impersonate, with "as" : POSE
23
Shocker of sorts : TASER
25
Apple field : TECH
27
Most desirable candidates in the dating pool, slangily : TENS
29
Add some fluff to, as an essay : PAD
31
It's cut and dried : HAY
33
"Messenger" in biology class : RNA
34
Ultimately succeeds : COMESOUTAHEAD
38
Runs wild, in gamer-speak : GOESBEASTMODE
39
Cocktails that might make for poor nightcaps : WHITERUSSIANS
40
Sugar substitute? : HON
41
"Dear ___" : SIR
42
Soup served with sriracha, maybe : PHO
43
Nile nasties : ASPS
45
Mariner : SALT
48
Like many a security guard : ARMED
52
Fold (under) : TUCK
54
Labor away : TOIL
56
___ Bush, Black Lives Matter activist who served in Congress : CORI
57
Copy : MIRROR
59
Majorly successful business start-ups : UNICORNS
61
"Totally sick!" : INSANE
62
Where an airport traveler might seek assistance : INFODESK
63
Feature of a May-December romance : AGEGAP
64
Many of these begin with "E" : EYETESTS
Down
1
Goes after : HASAT
2
___ cake, dessert with layers of sponge, buttercream and ganache : OPERA
3
Milk sources : TEATS
4
Gertrude Stein, for one : PROSEPOET
5
One who might have an objection: Abbr. : ATT
6
"Drat!" : NUTS
7
Minister to : TREAT
8
Twill suit material : SERGE
9
"Some rise by ___, and some by virtue fall": "Measure for Measure" : SIN
10
Each : APOP
11
Relative of a stalk : SHOOT
12
Basic wine list offerings : HOUSEREDS
13
Feelers : ANTENNAE
14
"___, And?" (2024 Ariana Grande hit) : YES
21
Go on a run, perhaps : SCHUSS
24
Name of 11 pharaohs : RAMSES
26
Gesture of respect or recognition : HATTIP
28
Pitiful : SAD
30
Flotsam and jetsam : DEBRIS
32
Japanese businessman Torakusu with an internationally known company named after him : YAMAHA
34
What might be pinched for pennies : COINPURSE
35
Artist who made a lot of good points? : SEURAT
36
Western Hemisphere grp. : OAS
37
Set of standards at a military academy, e.g. : HONORCODE
38
Going dark on, as one's love interest, in modern parlance : GHOSTING
39
"Huh!?" : WHA
44
Scrawny sort : SCRAG
46
Emmy-winning Anderson : LOUIE
47
Making a certain metallic sound : TINNY
49
Practices : MORES
50
Physicist Mach after whom "Mach numbers" are named : ERNST
51
Plates, e.g. : DISKS
53
Big Island bean variety : KONA
55
"That's ___!" : LIFE
57
The Dolphins, on scoreboards : MIA
58
Image, informally : REP
60
Extra item that a hotel guest may request : COT

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

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