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New York Times, Monday, June 2, 2025

Author:
Anthony V. Grubb
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
45-Down : Snacks (on)
TotalDebutLatest
26/24/20246/2/2025
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1.65327%
Anthony V. Grubb

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Grubb. Monday freshness: 73%
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© 2025, The New York Times6/2/25 ( No. 27,600 )
Across
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"Don't love it, don't hate it" : MEH
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"It's just one of ___ days" : THOSE
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Prickly plants : CACTI
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"Without further ___ …" : ADO
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Crossed one's fingers : HOPED
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Constellation with a belt : ORION
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Grab a chair : SIT
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"Go fly a kite!" : EATMYSHORTS
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Skewered meat dish : KEBAB
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"Nature of a ___" (1991 Queen Latifah album) : SISTA
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One pouncing at a laser pointer, perhaps : CAT
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Thick noodle in Japanese soups : UDON
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Grandma, in Guatemala : ABUELA
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"Pipe down!" : PUTASOCKINIT
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Like the name Parker, for a valet : APT
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Thyme piece : SPRIG
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They might be sold à la carte at a Mexican restaurant : TACOS
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[Gone … like magic!] : POOF
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Some English noblemen : EARLS
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Possess : HAVE
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Per ___ (yearly) : ANNUM
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"Explosive" expletive : FBOMB
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Scratch or stain, e.g. : MAR
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"No skin off my nose!" : SUITYOURSELF
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Move upward : ASCEND
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Hook, line and sinker, for an angler : GEAR
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Neither here ___ there : NOR
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Word before act or action : CLASS
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Gunslinger Earp : WYATT
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Where duds are draped to dry … or a literal description of 18-, 28- and 49-Across? : CLOTHESLINE
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"___ sells seashells by the seashore" : SHE
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Actor Ethan whose surname sounds like a bird : HAWKE
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"The ___ Express" (kid-lit classic) : POLAR
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Alternative to a trowel for an archaeologist : HOE
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It's nearly impossible to split their creme equally, per M.I.T. : OREOS
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Poker-faced : STONY
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"Dee-lish!" : YUM
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Part of a Halloween costume : MASK
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"The Sopranos" actress Falco : EDIE
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Emotionally charged, as an issue : HOTBUTTON
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Bruce Springsteen, to fans : THEBOSS
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Rule-making grp. for a residential community : HOA
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Goes (for) : OPTS
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18-wheeler : SEMI
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Ice cream brand known as Dreyer's on the West Coast : EDYS
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Live together : COHABIT
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Preferring platonic relationships, informally : ARO
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Greek sorceress who took the phrase "men are pigs" literally : CIRCE
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Smash to smithereens : TOTAL
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Social media app with Reels and Stories, familiarly : INSTA
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Superfan, in slang : STAN
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Accessibility law inits. : ADA
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"Negatory" : NOPE
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Only U.S. state whose capital has a three-word name : UTAH
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Bear with a hard bed and hot porridge : PAPA
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"Once ___ a midnight dreary …" : UPON
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Make by hand : CRAFT
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Pink Nintendo character from Planet Popstar : KIRBY
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Home on the "I" page of many ABC books : IGLOO
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Out of the picture, maybe? : CAMERASHY
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Actual shape of the Crab Nebula, disappointingly : OVAL
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Feudal underling : SERF
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"Short" thing for someone with a temper : FUSE
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High-and-mighty : SMUG
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Snacks (on) : MUNCHES
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Beermaking establishment : BREWERY
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Lollygag : IDLE
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"Here's a thought …" : SAY
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Dried chili in Mexican cuisine : ANCHO
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Kind of power using rooftop panels : SOLAR
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Actor Russell whose surname sounds like a bird : CROWE
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Vile Nile reptiles : ASPS
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Piggy bank opening : SLOT
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Sight along a farm country road : SILO
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"O Brother, Where Art ___?" (2000 Coen brothers film) : THOU
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Abound : TEEM
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Ring result, in brief : TKO
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Grandma, in Glasgow : NAN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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