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New York Times, Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Author:
Ginny Too
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
5-Down : Hunky-dory
TotalDebutLatest
26/30/20245/27/2025
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1010000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.652045%
Ginny Too

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Too. Tuesday freshness: 44%
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T
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O
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S
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C
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A
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C
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L
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A
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M
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P
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B
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E
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D
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O
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H
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N
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A
X
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W
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L
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Y
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D
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D
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B
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E
R
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G
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F
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T
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R
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O
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C
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P
A
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H
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Y
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C
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E
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S
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B
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L
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D
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A
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L
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M
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C
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B
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E
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A
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A
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C
H
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C
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H
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I
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V
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L
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R
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B
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C
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H
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H
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T
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M
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S
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© 2025, The New York Times5/27/25 ( No. 27,594 )
Across
1
Puccini heroine who "lived for art, lived for love" : TOSCA
6
C-shaped shop item : CLAMP
11
One "B" of B&B : BED
14
Like the base-8 number system : OCTAL
15
Thus : HENCE
16
Tool for Paul Bunyan : AXE
17
Like a subsidiary with only one parent : WHOLLYOWNED
19
One making her entrance into society, in brief : DEB
20
Roaring Twenties or Swinging Sixties : ERA
21
Glam rocks? : GEODES
22
Go without food : FAST
23
Changes, as factory equipment : RETOOLS
25
No. crunchers : CPAS
27
Swiss and Jarlsberg : HOLEYCHEESES
32
Duck-hunting hangout : BLIND
35
Region : AREA
36
Before, in poetry : ERE
37
Caaaaaaar, you might say : LIMO
38
Happen : OCCUR
40
Gooey spread : BRIE
41
DDT banner : EPA
42
Part of a foot or a viaduct : ARCH
43
Showing more false bashfulness : COYER
44
Colorful Hindu celebration : HOLIFESTIVAL
48
Unhinged : LOCO
49
Much mail : LETTERS
53
Couple's first home? : EDEN
55
Lines of communication : CABLES
58
Zoo staffer : VET
59
U.K. : MI6 :: U.S. : ___ : CIA
60
Central Christian belief … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 27- and 44-Across : HOLYTRINITY
62
The H in H.M.S., for much of the 20th century : HER
63
Throw one's hat in the ring : ENTER
64
Sum : TOTAL
65
Extra periods, in brief : OTS
66
Like some desks and divorces : MESSY
67
Old West transport : STAGE
Down
1
Word after bell or cell : TOWER
2
Earthy pigment : OCHRE
3
Animal with chestnut-and-white fur : STOAT
4
Food label abbr. : CAL
5
Hunky-dory : ALLGOOD
6
Pick a side, say : CHOOSE
7
Apt rhyme for "rude" : LEWD
8
Last monarch of the House of Stuart : ANNE
9
"Hand With Reflecting Sphere" artist : MCESCHER
10
Xing user : PED
11
Acts that are tough, rebellious and cool, in slang : BADASSERY
12
Past partners : EXES
13
Red state? : DEBT
18
Holler : YELL
22
Winged species of folklore : FAE
24
"Heavens!" : OHNO
26
Small hailstone size : PEA
28
Big boat : YACHT
29
Grade of wine : CRU
30
Lake ___, body of water about 120 miles south of London : ERIE
31
Crystal gazer : SEER
32
"Ick!" : BLEH
33
Poet written about in the Books of Tang : LIPO
34
"Tell me" : IMALLEARS
38
Frozen, black-and-white Nabisco treat : OREOCONE
39
Adds to an email : CCS
40
Eat quickly, with "down" : BOLT
42
Home of the Bills and Patriots, for short : AFC
43
Helps out a friend, purr-haps? : CATSITS
45
Solar wind particle : ION
46
"Count on me to do my best" : ILLTRY
47
Suddenly change course : VEER
50
Madonna title role : EVITA
51
Adjust the price on : RETAG
52
Strunk & White's "The Elements of ___" : STYLE
53
Zoom meeting annoyance : ECHO
54
Fare : DIET
56
Mtn. range stats : ALTS
57
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen : BYES
60
Line on a skirt : HEM
61
"___ on your life!" : NOT

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