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New York Times, Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Author:
Danna Rosenberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
48-Across : Homing devices?
TotalDebut
16/4/2025
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Danna Rosenberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 77, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QWXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Rosenberg. Wednesday freshness: 86%
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© 2025, The New York Times6/4/25 ( No. 27,602 )
Across
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Going ___ : ATIT
5
Clarifying words : THATIS
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Student's concern, in brief : GPA
14
Girl in Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" : ALICE
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Use a Sharpie on, perhaps : REDACT
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Undefeated boxer Laila : ALI
17
Platinum-selling singer who co-starred in the films "Moonlight" and "Hidden Figures" : JANELLEMONAE
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Family transport : VAN
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Certain chain movie theaters : AMCS
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Egyptian snake : ASP
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Proof (or disproof) of paternity : DNATEST
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Corkscrew-shaped pasta : ROTINI
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Lion's home : DETROIT
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"Creature" that might "attack" a small child : TICKLEMONSTER
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Shed tears : SOB
34
Like snow leopards and giant pandas : ASIAN
35
King of Norway and Sweden from 1844 to 1859 : OSCARI
36
Only known warm-blooded fish : OPAH
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Not much : ATAD
40
Like fine wine and cheese : AGED
41
The aughts, e.g. : DECADE
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"Für ___" (Beethoven dedication) : ELISE
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Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality," e.g. : ODE
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Homing devices? : ANKLEMONITORS
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Done without much care, informally : HALFASS
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Something not to quit, they say : DAYJOB
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Excels at school : GETSANA
57
Year in Rio : ANO
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Cool, in slang : DOPE
60
Bit of light : RAY
61
What to do when life gives you the proverbial items hidden in 17-, 27- and 48-Across : MAKELEMONADE
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Experiencing little to no amorous attraction, informally : ARO
65
List ender : ETALII
66
Kind of sax : TENOR
67
A/C measure : BTU
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"Not so!," e.g. : DENIAL
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Line up, in a way : SYNC
Down
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Unforgettable place? : ALAMO
2
Bit of color : TINCT
3
Seals the deal, informally : ICESIT
4
Business card abbr. : TEL
5
"Chic" modifier : TRES
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Rope fiber : HEMP
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Fuss : ADO
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Partners often work in this : TANDEM
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"Oh yeah? Watch me!" : ICANTOO
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The "S" of T.S. Eliot : STEARNS
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Tried something new, perhaps : GAVEITAGO
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Drunk out of one's mind : PLASTERED
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Is not, informally : AINT
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Cracked, as a door : AJAR
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Pastor's flock : LAICS
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Puccini opera : TOSCA
25
Actress Vardalos : NIA
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North American peak named by the Koyukon Athabascans : DENALI
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Rio maker : KIA
29
Gets darker, say : LATENS
30
Carousel, e.g. : RIDE
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Drink with a straw : SODA
32
Kind of surgery : OPENHEART
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Remark that may immediately follow an insult or a compliment : BACKATYOU
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They might be decked in December : HALLS
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Morse bit : DIT
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Maligned : DEFAMED
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Send off : EMANATE
45
Twin city in the Bible : SODOM
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Notable time period : ERA
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Resident of Japan's third-largest city : OSAKAN
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Host of the 2000 Olympics : SYDNEY
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Two-syllable woman's name that becomes a one-syllable woman's name if you drop the last letter : JOANN
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Film portmanteau, informally : OPDOC
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"Divine medicine," per the Greek physician Paracelsus : BEER
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Snatch : GRAB
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Actress Shawkat of "Arrested Development" : ALIA
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Astrophysicist ___ deGrasse Tyson : NEIL
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Certain Ivy Leaguer : ELI
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Tense parts of sports matches, for short : OTS

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

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