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New York Times, Friday, July 18, 2025

Author:
Kelly Morenus
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
4-Down : The Brickyard 400 or Southern 500, e.g.
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Kelly Morenus

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 33 Missing: {QVZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Morenus. Friday freshness: 64%
Jim Horne notes:
In grammar, an antecedent is the noun or noun phrase that a pronoun refers back to. The clue "Explicit subject for her?" uses ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times7/18/25 ( No. 27,646 )
Across
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Makes good : ATONES
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Down : INGEST
13
"Psycho" screenwriter Joseph ___ : STEFANO
14
Uncertain : NOTSURE
16
"Well, tough!" : THATSJUSTTOOBAD
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Hi-___ : RES
19
Humdingers : CORKERS
20
Certain fraternity guy, informally : SIG
21
"Les Misérables" number with a number in its name : ONEDAYMORE
23
Instrument with a deep, rounded back : LUTE
24
Cutting tool : PARER
25
"My Old ___" (2024 coming-of-age film) : ASS
26
Staff notes : MEMOS
27
Recent, as a memory : FRESH
29
Winter athlete : LUGER
30
"___ is the most convenient time to tax rich people": David Lloyd George : DEATH
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Verbal flourishes : TADAS
32
Between then and now : SINCE
33
Shepherd's warning : GROWL
34
Olympian Owens : JESSE
35
Receiving end? : GEE
36
Works one's way up : RISES
40
Place to put a pin : AXLE
41
Explicit subject for her? : ANTECEDENT
43
Figure skater Midori : ITO
44
Concocts : CREATES
45
Farm cry : MAA
46
Going overboard with the praise : LAYINGITONTHICK
49
"We don't need to know all the details" : SPAREUS
50
Mixing board : PALETTE
51
Lifts up : ELATES
52
Theater class assignments : SCENES
Down
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Deity who helped Hercules through his sixth labor : ATHENA
2
Short preview : TEASER
3
Poetic adverb : OFT
4
The Brickyard 400 or Southern 500, e.g. : NASCARRACE
5
Find pleasure in : ENJOY
6
Whiskey distiller's mixture : SOURMASH
7
Buries : INTERS
8
French possessive : NOTRE
9
Classic hot rods : GTOS
10
That, in Mexico : ESO
11
Absorbs : SUBSUMES
12
Quisling, e.g. : TRAITOR
13
Blade sharpener : STROP
15
They might be rough or perforated : EDGES
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Tiny bit : SKOSH
22
Part of a trial : DEFENSE
23
Driver's license, e.g. : LEGALID
26
Fight dirty? : MUDWRESTLE
28
Dijon season : ETE
29
Luang Prabang native : LAO
30
Like a 12-Down : DISLOYAL
31
They glisten in a classic Irving Berlin tune : TREETOPS
32
Congressional record? : SEXTAPE
33
Imply : GETAT
34
Where Mandela and Nehru worked on their autobiographies : JAILS
35
Rock with bands : GNEISS
37
Akkadian or Phoenician : SEMITE
38
Passes : ENACTS
39
Sight in a tomato patch : STAKE
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Contest : ARGUE
42
Comedian Wyatt : CENAC
44
Tech news site : CNET
47
___ the Jairite, biblical minister to King David : IRA
48
Maternal figure : HEN

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

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