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New York Times, Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Author:
Jesse Guzman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
54-Across : Outstanding effort ... or a feature of 16-, 21-, 34- and 46-Across?
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Jesse Guzman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Guzman. Tuesday freshness: 66%
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© 2025, The New York Times7/8/25 ( No. 27,636 )
Across
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Main idea : GIST
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Holders of squid ink : SACS
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Quickly put (together) : SLAP
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Even once : EVER
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Acerbic humor : EDGE
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Witch's incantation : SPELL
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Airport that Captain Sully departed from : LAGUARDIA
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Fusilli or fettuccine : PASTA
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Channel with a yellow rectangle logo, informally : NATGEO
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British celebrity restaurateur Gordon ___ : RAMSAY
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Animation studio behind "Scooby-Doo" : HANNABARBERA
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Speaker of Arabic or Hebrew : SEMITE
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One of many on a self-driving car : SENSOR
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What colors on opposite ends of the color wheel can do : CLASH
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Went fast : SPED
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Nine months, typically, for a human pregnancy : TERM
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"___ me anything" : ASK
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Crave : ACHEFOR
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By way of : VIA
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Insects whose queens are fed royal jelly : BEES
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His and ___ : HERS
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Fails to mention : OMITS
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Long looks : STARES
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Cheddar, dough, bacon or cabbage : MOOLAH
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What a pleasure-seeker seeks : DOPAMINERUSH
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"La Traviata" and "La Bohème" : OPERAS
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Capital of Canada : OTTAWA
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Alums : GRADS
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Outstanding effort ... or a feature of 16-, 21-, 34- and 46-Across? : APLUSWORK
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Windows : Microsoft :: ___ : Apple : MACOS
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Place for a coin collection? : SOFA
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Body part covered by a cap : KNEE
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[Um, I can hear everything you're saying, you know] : AHEM
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Obedience class command : HEEL
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Obedience class command : STAY
Down
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Styling product : GEL
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Tennis great Lendl : IVAN
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Japanese video game giant : SEGA
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"To be honest ..." : TRUTHIS
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Unruffled : SERENE
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Supplementary part : ADDON
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Some video effects, in brief : CGI
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Blue expanse : SEA
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Generator of junk mail : SPAMBOT
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Better choice, given the options : LESSEREVIL
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Place for baptisms and wedding vows : ALTAR
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Beach, in Spanish : PLAYA
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Crosses swords : SPARS
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Mystery writer Christie : AGATHA
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No-name : RANDO
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Bad-mouth : ASPERSE
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Disagreements : BEEFS
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Part of the healing process : SCAB
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"What ___ can I say?" : ELSE
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Lets bygones be bygones : MAKESPEACE
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Lip gloss quality : SHEEN
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Pop singer Ora : RITA
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Turn to pulp : MASH
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Rock out on stage? : CHRIS
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Where hens rest in henhouses : ROOSTS
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Fame and fortune : STARDOM
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Spiky hairdos : MOHAWKS
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Build up : AMASS
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Going both ways : MUTUAL
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Set of tenets : DOGMA
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Celebrity who sometimes put gifts under her audience members' seats : OPRAH
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John who married Pocahontas : ROLFE
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"It ___ be long" : WONT
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Half of base x height, for a triangle : AREA
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Campfire residue : ASH
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"The Raven" poet : POE
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Mission-critical : KEY

Answer summary:
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