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New York Times, Friday, July 11, 2025

Author:
James McCarron
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
33-Across : What might come with a twist or two
TotalDebut
17/11/2025
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.57655%
James McCarron

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQUXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. McCarron. Friday freshness: 16%
James McCarron notes:
Happy to be making my New York Times debut! I first became interested in crossword construction around 3 years ago, after my ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times7/11/25 ( No. 27,639 )
Across
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Armies : HOSTS
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Big-eyed, in a way : OWLY
10
Accouterment for a queen : SASH
14
Acquirer of GeoCities and Broadcast.com during the dot-com bubble : YAHOO
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Butter in South Asian cooking : GHEE
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Prayer, essentially : PLEA
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Examines something in more depth : DRILLSDOWN
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Prefix with directional : OMNI
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Outpace the syllabus, say : READAHEAD
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Laughfest : HOOT
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They might pop up from time to time : ADS
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Bolted : RAN
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Submit : HANDIN
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Supermodel Alek : WEK
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Katy Perry song with the lyric "Louder, louder than a lion 'cause I am the champion" : ROAR
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"Don't Worry Kyoko" singer : ONO
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One on the fast track? : RACECARDRIVER
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What might come with a twist or two : BALLOONANIMAL
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"You're warm" : GETTINGCLOSER
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Hookups : INS
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"Poppycock!" : PISH
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Peppery : HOT
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First-rate : FINEST
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Phanerozoic, for one : EON
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Isaac Asimov novel "Murder at the ___" : ABA
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"Please, take this off my hands" : HERE
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Tales are related about them : CAMPFIRES
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Org. with the pioneering Artemis program : NASA
49
Features of many documentaries : VOICEOVERS
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Colonial group : ANTS
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Tiptop : ACME
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Actress Rapp of "Mean Girls" : RENEE
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Fundamental unit in logarithmic equations : BASE
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It may drip in the winter : NOSE
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Cries of annoyance : DRATS
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Sea serpent of myth : HYDRA
2
Four-___ (like some shells) : OARED
3
Most Iranians : SHIAS
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Ordered : TOLD
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Event requiring special specs : SOLARECLIPSE
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Nash who wrote "The cow is of the bovine ilk; / One end is moo, the other, milk" : OGDEN
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"Hold on there, cowboy!" : WHOA
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Dirty : LEWD
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Kind of coin that features a Buddhist temple on one side : YEN
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Cuddle, in a way : SPOON
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Pedro ___, Oscar-winning screenwriter for "Talk to Her" : ALMODOVAR
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One with a watch : SENTINEL
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Japanese accord? : HAI
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Seal the deal : SHAKEONIT
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Film star whose name consists of two presidents : HARRISONFORD
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Was destined to fail : HADNOHOPE
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1952 Olympics locale: Abbr. : NOR
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"Breaking Bad" antihero : WALT
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Alternative to French : RANCH
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Kind of cavity : ORAL
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Sties, say : RATSNESTS
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Machine workers? : COGS
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"How ___ Your Mother" : IMET
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Restaurant chain where chefs make onion volcanoes : BENIHANA
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Animated internet pic : GIF
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Make vanish : ERASE
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One making introductions : EMCEE
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Play ground? : ARENA
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Military topper : BERET
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Fools : ASSES
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2017 animated film set in the Land of the Dead : COCO
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Directs : AIMS
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Indie folk's Bon ___ : IVER
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Collar : NAB
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Car pool transport : VAN

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

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