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New York Times, Sunday, March 23, 2025

Author:
Andrew Colin Kirk
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
66-Down : Photo ___
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Andrew Colin Kirk

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 74 Missing: {JQ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Kirk. Grid flow: 36.9 Sunday freshness: 6%
Will Shortz notes:
Andrew Colin Kirk was born and raised on a cattle farm in Scott City, western Kansas. For 15 years he worked as a management consultant for federal agencies in D.C. Unfortunately, he was ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
It's not U, it's ME (or the other way around.) RESIST THE MERGE (from resist the urge) MEN SOLVED MYSTERIES (from unsolved mysteries) MENDER LINES (from underlines) FINEST ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times3/23/25 ( No. 27,529 )
Across
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Capital of Western Australia : PERTH
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Doomed Ethiopian princess : AIDA
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Do some basic math : ADD
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Heats to just below a boil, as milk : SCALDS
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Setting for 6-Across : OPERA
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Higher in rank? : SMELLIER
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"Here!" : TAKEIT
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Stay in one's lane? : RESISTTHEMERGE
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One place to redeem tickets : ARCADE
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One might be custom-printed : TEE
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Target : SHOOTAT
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Brings in : EARNS
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Vehicle in 2020's "Nomadland" : VAN
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Like bread more suitable for panzanella : STALER
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Canada's ___ Nova National Park : TERRA
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It follows Oktober : FEST
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CliffsNotes version of Holmes and Watson stories? : MENSOLVEDMYSTERIES
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Morales of the "Mission: Impossible" franchise : ESAI
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Wedding cake features : TIERS
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Knack : TALENT
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"When do you need this patched up?," "Do you have the missing button?," etc.? : MENDERLINES
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Hockey player who wears #1, traditionally : GOALIE
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___ milk : OAT
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Slightest amount : LEAST
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Pentagon div. : DOD
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Figure on a Wyoming license plate : COWBOY
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Straightens up : TIDIES
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Neptune, e.g. : SEAGOD
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Weapon/fashion accessory for animation's Sailor Moon : TIARA
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Apt name for a car salesman? : OTTO
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Best impression of a Springfield patriarch? : FINESTHOMER
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Start to wear : FRAY
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Where you might walk down the aisle : PLANE
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The "K" of 15-Down : KENNEL
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Support on a lease : COSIGN
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Temporarily banish, as a college roommate : SEXILE
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Planks can build them : ABS
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Wire holder : SPOOL
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Get along in years : AGE
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Vivid shade of yellow : CANARY
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Headline about a falsely incriminated person casting a ballot? : VOTERFRAMED
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Beautifully emotive : POETIC
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Exudes : OOZES
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"___ we forget ..." : LEST
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Delivered a nasty insult with perfect timing? : NAILEDTHEDISMOMENT
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Word after cash or read : ONLY
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Toiled on a longship, maybe : OARED
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"Lawrence of Arabia" star : OTOOLE
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Cut short : MOW
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Grain used in Italian cuisine : FARRO
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Turns inside out : INVERTS
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Bit of concert stage equipment : AMP
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Liqueur in a spritz : APEROL
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Classic breakup excuse ... or a phonetic hint to 23-, 36-, 47-, 67-, 86- and 93-Across : ITSNOTYOUITSME
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Claim in a courtroom : ALLEGE
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Dartmouth's colorful nickname : BIGGREEN
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2010 comedy inspired by "The Scarlet Letter" : EASYA
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"Too bad for me!" : MYLOSS
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Mo. known for political surprises : OCT
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Common conjunctions : ANDS
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Rule the ___ : ROOST
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Wine whose name is the first half of its country of origin : PORT
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Dueling weapons : EPEES
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Electric appliance button : RESET
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Arm muscle, informally : TRI
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Big pain : HASSLE
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Noted family of New York City's Gilded Age : ASTORS
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"If you ask me ...," to texters : IMHO
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Alternative to a citronella candle : DEET
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___ mater : ALMA
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Sign at a gas station : AIR
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Use a Clorox wipe on, say : DEGERM
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Gloomy : DREARY
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Laurel of Laurel and Hardy : STAN
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They fill up a lot : CARS
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Org. that awards the "Paw of Courage" for canine heroism : AKC
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Retain : LEAVEIN
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Told some jokes, say : DIDASET
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Surgical aids : STENTS
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Literature : LETTERS
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Before now : THEN
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One celebrating Ethiopian Christmas (Jan. 7) : RASTA
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In the thick of : AMID
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Mag staffers : EDS
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It might have "-GUEST" in its name : FREEWIFI
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Big name in elevators : OTIS
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Dryer detritus : LINT
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Victory symbol : VEE
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Soft mineral : TALC
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"Middlemarch" author : ELIOT
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___ pop (hybrid music genre) : EMO
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Birthplace of Starbucks : SEATTLE
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Skeptical of big government, say : ANTITAX
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Yalie : ELI
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Ecosystem for an estimated 25% of all marine species : REEF
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Corrective eye surgery : LASIK
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Kind of boot : GOGO
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"Hamilton" co-star Leslie ___ Jr. : ODOM
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"Matilda" author : DAHL
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Darts or billiards : BARGAME
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Ambrosia salad ingredients : ORANGES
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"Woo-hoo!" : YAY
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Suffice : DONICELY
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IDs that will never start 000 or 666: Abbr. : SSNS
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Summertime in Versailles : ETE
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Designer's specialty : DECOR
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Photo ___ : OPS
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Warm, in a sense : NEAR
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Disc jockey : deejay :: nonbinary : ___ : ENBY
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Feature of a yurt, but not a teepee : ROOF
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Thrill : ELATE
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Camera choice, in brief : SLR
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Oklahoma's "Wheat Capital" : ENID
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Red part of rhubarb : STEM
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Philippine currency : PESO
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Summer setting in Somerset, for short : EDT
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Jackson or Jackman : ACTOR
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Nullifying : VOIDING
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Parts of baby wts. : OZS
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Member of a choir : ALTO
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Impressive array : PANOPLY
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Crude cavity : OILWELL
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Pablo Neruda's "___ to My Socks" : ODE
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Polite "I'll pass" : NOMAAM
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Gummy candy company : HARIBO
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Like the Kama Sutra : EROTIC
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Dunderheads : MORONS
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Caesar's addressing? : ETTU
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More intrusive : NOSIER
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Dogie catcher : LASSO
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Angela Lansbury was nominated for 18 of them (winning none) : EMMYS
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Obscures : FOGS
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Some six-packs : ALES
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Director Ephron : NORA
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Powerful engine : VTEN
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Kept watch on : EYED
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Bog deposit : PEAT
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___ Speedwagon : REO
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Army rank above cpl. : SGT
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Principle behind yin and yang : TAO

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