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New York Times, Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Author:
Desirée Penner and Jeff Sinnock
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
20-Across : Number with 12 zeros in the U.S. but 18 zeros in other parts of the world
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
411/6/20237/9/20254
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0301000
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.551616%
Desirée Penner
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
411/6/20237/9/20254
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0301000
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.551616%
Jeff Sinnock

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQWXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Penner. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Sinnock. Wednesday freshness: 23%
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© 2025, The New York Times7/9/25 ( No. 27,637 )
Across
1
Top dog? : MUTT
5
Top hat? : LID
8
Top gun? : PISTOL
14
Olympic event in which athletes wear masks : EPEE
15
Balmy time in Bordeaux : ETE
16
Squids' kin : OCTOPI
17
Marilyn Monroe used eyeliner to darken the one on her cheek : MOLE
18
Late actor Kilmer : VAL
19
Be off the mark : MISAIM
20
Number with 12 zeros in the U.S. but 18 zeros in other parts of the world : ONETRILLION
23
Cotillion V.I.P. : DEB
24
Top 10 song : HIT
25
Auntie ___ (food court chain) : ANNES
27
Who, What or I Don't Know, to Abbott and Costello : BASEMAN
31
Popular digital wallet service : CASHAPP
35
Non-Rx : OTC
36
Dance instruction : STEP
38
Jason of "How I Met Your Mother" : SEGEL
39
One wearing a djellaba robe, typically : ARAB
41
Outer boundaries, as where this puzzle's theme answers are located : EDGES
44
Hospital fluids : SERA
45
Pat ___, three-time N.B.A. Coach of the Year : RILEY
47
Bit of litter by a theater : STUB
49
It may be picked by the picky : NIT
50
Kind of Emmy : DAYTIME
53
Last Supper guest : APOSTLE
55
One end of a battery : ANODE
57
State animal of Utah : ELK
58
Ryder Cup org. : PGA
61
Famous misquote of a James Cagney line from the 1932 film "Taxi!" : YOUDIRTYRAT
66
Beyond belief : UNREAL
68
Hunk : GOB
69
___ land : LALA
70
Repeated sounds in "Hey Jude" : NANANA
71
From ___ Z : ATO
72
Many moons : AGES
73
Bottom feeder? : TROUGH
74
Bottom line? : RAY
75
Bottom dollar? : BUCK
Down
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Side note? : MEMO
2
Agreed-___ : UPON
3
Prefix with communication : TELE
4
Grow choppers : TEETHE
5
Get off the ground? : LEVITATE
6
Stressed type: Abbr. : ITAL
7
Singer Reese : DELLA
8
California college where the writer David Foster Wallace taught English : POMONA
9
Unfriendly quality : ICINESS
10
Ave. crossers : STS
11
Lowly sort : TOAD
12
Redheaded boy of 1960s TV : OPIE
13
Side arm? : LIMB
21
Parts of eyeglass frames : RIMS
22
First magazine to feature Steve Jobs on its cover (October 1981) : INC
26
Elvis's "___ Not You" : SHES
27
Side plank? : BOARD
28
Parts of hearts : ATRIA
29
Like snakes : SCALY
30
Mustachioed "Simpsons" character : NED
32
007, for one : AGENT
33
Jeopardy : PERIL
34
Side dish? : PLATE
37
Family-friendly ratings : PGS
40
Onetime alternative to VHS : BETA
42
Gate info : ETA
43
Comic book hero whose secret identity is Conner Kent : SUPERBOY
46
Symbol of contrasting principles : YINYANG
48
Get out of the starting gate fast : BOLT
51
Bread : MOOLAH
52
End of a professor's address : EDU
54
1970s space station : SKYLAB
56
"J. ___" (2011 Clint Eastwood biopic) : EDGAR
58
Side kick? : PUNT
59
Growl : GNAR
60
River under the Ponte Vecchio : ARNO
62
Itty bit : IOTA
63
Prego rival : RAGU
64
Guinness of "Star Wars" : ALEC
65
Side job? : TASK
67
French 101 word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet : EAU

Answer summary:
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