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Tossing and Turning

New York Times, Sunday, June 15, 2025

Author:
Adam Wagner and Rebecca Goldstein
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
109-Across : Cry while covering one's ears, maybe
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This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 74 Missing: {FQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Wagner. This is puzzle # 22 for Ms. Goldstein. Grid flow: 43.2 Sunday freshness: 69%
Will Shortz notes:
Adam Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., is a creative lead at Patreon, a monetization platform for content creators. Rebecca Goldstein, of Albany, Calif., is a research scientist at Merck, ... read more
Constructor notes:
If you assumed that we came up with the revealer or title of this puzzle first and aptly worked our way backwards from there to land on the theme... you would be wrong. No, this puzzle ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times6/15/25 ( No. 27,613 )
Across
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"Oh, fiddlesticks!" : AWDARN
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Peace symbol : VSIGN
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What a flipping tool! : SPATULA
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Big, important people, informally : HEAVIES
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Listless malaise : ENNUI
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National flowers of India, Vietnam and Egypt : LOTUSES
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Device used to clear out nasal passages / Final part of a radio countdown : NETIPOT
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Perez of "White Men Can't Jump" : ROSIE
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Brunch entrees / Figure with an eponymous fire : OMELETS
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Paper views? : OPEDS
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Laughing hysterically : INSTITCHES
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Cooling systems, for short : ACS
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___ Dems (U.K. party, informally) : LIB
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Product branded as the "coldest drink in town" : ICEE
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Belafonte hit featured in the movie "Beetlejuice" : DAYO
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Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan "Vishy" ___ : ANAND
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Genetic repositories / Reel Big Fish or Sublime : DNABANKS
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Eau zone? : MER
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Takes advantage of / Decoration painted on many a W.W. II aircraft : TRADESON
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It's a sin : GREED
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Vince Guaraldi ___, jazz group featured in "A Charlie Brown Christmas" : TRIO
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Note at work : MEMO
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Abbr. in lieu of an ellipsis : ETC
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Figure who might leave you heart-stricken? : EROS
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Taipei-based tech company : ASUS
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Thawb-wearing leaders : EMIRS
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Hit 1981 German-language film / "What a shame!" : DASBOOT
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___ bene : NOTA
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Women abroad / Wrapped garments : SIGNORAS
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Conference opponent of a Sun Devil : UTE
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Concocts : BREWS
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Record label founded by Clive Davis : ARISTA
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Moist : DAMP
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Father figure? : PADRE
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"Love that for you" : HOWNICE
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Actress Sink of "Stranger Things" : SADIE
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Introduction to a conclusion : ERGO
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Headed for disaster : DOOMED
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No man's land, maybe? : ISLET
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Stumble ___ (punny bar name) : INN
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Offerings from Healthline / Roasting on an open fire, maybe : DIETTIPS
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Up to it : ABLE
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Pioneer in Modernist poetry / Throne : TSELIOT
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Justice Sotomayor : SONIA
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Head-butts : RAMS
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Weapon used for touching : EPEE
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Gate inits. : ETD
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Turn away : DENY
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Ragamuffins and Pixie-bobs, for two : CATS
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Besides, with "from" : APART
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Portmanteau drinking hangouts / Marine crustacean : BARCADES
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Film studio with a tower logo that beeped out "V for Victory" during W.W. II : RKO
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Like some bikes / Sunken, as the eyes : TENSPEED
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In all honesty : TRULY
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Burst forth : SPEW
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Mud : JAVA
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Issa of "American Fiction" : RAE
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Cry while covering one's ears, maybe : TMI
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Was without peer : STOODALONE
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Social grace : CLASS
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Comparatively upper-crust, in a way / Wood cutter : WASPIER
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One addressed as "lord" : BARON
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Component of a Caesar salad / Captivate : ROMAINE
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Dessert with a cookie crust : OREOPIE
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Person I used to be : OLDME
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Bankroll : SPONSOR
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Trait of many healthy dogs : WETNOSE
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Positive feedback? : YESES
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How the U.S. has existed since its inception : INDEBT
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"The Governator" : AHNOLD
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Reaction to a tearjerker : WEEPING
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Hand-held snack with dried fruit : DATEBAR
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Rah-rah : AVID
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Copies, as from a disc : RIPS
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Prefix with Confucianism : NEO
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Chapter component : VERSE
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Little twerp : SNOT
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How a shirt might be put on in a rush ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : INSIDEOUTANDBACKWARDS
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One of at least 35 smashed in 1967 alone by the Who's Pete Townshend : GUITAR
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Actress Nash of "Never Have I Ever" : NIECY
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Bluish-black berry : SLOE
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Small, fuzzy dogs, informally : POMS
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Took the cake? : ATE
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University whose name sounds like a kind of highway : TULANE
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Scenario for a software developer : USECASE
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"Guys, we're better than this!" : LETSNOT
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Donkey : ASS
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Become established over time, so to speak : STICK
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Make one's home in the woods, say : NEST
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Complete disasters : HOTMESSES
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Like some pets and pools : INDOOR
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Zhuzh up : ADORN
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Donkey grp. : DNC
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English channel, with "the" : BEEB
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Life form that requires oxygen : AEROBE
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Japanese paste imparting umami : MISO
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Send, as money : REMIT
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Guadalajara girlfriend : AMIGA
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Bad return policy? : RANSOM
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Business address abbr. : STE
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Wrapped garment : SARI
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Drink from a fountain : SODA
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Got good : DUPED
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Company whose logo was designed to resemble the game Pong : ATARI
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Grasslike marsh plant : SEDGE
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Pie chart dividers : RADII
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___ acid : AMINO
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Totally beat : SPENT
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Question of authority : WHOSAYSSO
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Most in need of salt, say : ICIEST
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Goes bad : ROTS
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Fray : WEAR
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Gets in hot water? : STEEPS
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Chowed down (on) : DINED
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Share one's take : OPINE
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Smartphone alternative to Wi-Fi : LTE
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El país de Palma : ESPANA
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Program that debuted a little before "The Tonight Show," appropriately : TODAY
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"u crack me up" : LMAO
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Gap in logic : LEAP
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Inits. on a food assistance card : EBT
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Served raw : TARTARE
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Kit with cymbals : DRUMSET
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Comics legend Lee : STAN
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Daring poker action : RERAISE
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Someone who might find Darjeeling appealing : TEASNOB
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Like some ties : CLIPON
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Colorful selection at an Irish pub : REDALE
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Civil rights activist Medgar : EVERS
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Parched place : DESERT
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New Orleans food specialty : POBOY
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Craving : JONES
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Twice tres : SEIS
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One of many on Antarctica over 280 million years ago, scientists have discovered : TREE
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Togo's capital : LOME
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"Gimme a break!" : CMON
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Succeed, as a joke : LAND
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"There are no words" : WOW
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Corp. debut : IPO
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Nail polish brand with a "Wicked"-inspired collection : OPI

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

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