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New York Times, Sunday, May 11, 2025

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
"Whoever did this has it coming!"
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 128, Blocks: 54 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 194 for Mr. Quigley. Sunday freshness: 100%
Will Shortz notes:
Brendan Emmett Quigley is a full-time crossword constructor in Brookline, Mass. He creates a Sunday puzzle every other week for The Boston Globe and, since 2008, a couple puzzles a week ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

A rare themeless Sunday from a rare full-time constructor. This crossword has only 54 black squares — a new record for a 21x21 grid.

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© 2025, The New York Times5/11/25 ( No. 27,578 )
Across
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Cartridge from the 1980s : ATARIGAME
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Source of the words "galore" and "smithereens" : IRISH
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"Nice!" : SWEET
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Drag-racing venue : MOTORPLEX
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Nature personified : MOTHEREARTH
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"Pinky-swear?" : PROMISEME
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Step on a scale? : MUSICALNOTE
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The Beatles' "White Album" has four of them : SIDES
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Sphere of influence : ORBIT
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1957 Isaac Asimov novel, with "The" : NAKEDSUN
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Command that might be represented by a curved arrow pointing left : UNDO
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Outer layer of the brain : CORTEX
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Inveigle : ENTICE
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Package drop-off sites: Abbr. : POS
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"Council," in Russian : SOVIET
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"Flower Myth" painter Paul : KLEE
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Takes a bit off the top : TRIMS
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Showed off on an instrument : SOLOED
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Follow closely : HEED
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Note-to-self medium, perhaps : POSTIT
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Beers from Bremen, informally : STPAULIS
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Zingy flavor : TANG
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Way off in the distance : FAR
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Agreeable words : IDO
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Defeated decisively : WHIPPED
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Fish that passes the "mirror test" of self-recognition : MANTARAY
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Salon sound : SNIP
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Poker declaration : IRAISE
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"I've Been Everywhere" singer in the Country Music Hall of Fame : HANKSNOW
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Mass agreements : AMENS
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"Whoever did this has it coming!" : SOMEONEISGETTINGFIRED
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Lynn ___, Super Bowl X M.V.P. : SWANN
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At the end of the day : AFTERALL
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Recently : OFLATE
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"Phooey!" : RATS
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Right of way, say : PRIORITY
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Cornmeal dish at a trattoria : POLENTA
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"I ___ you!" : OWE
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Eternity : EON
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Partner of 74-Across : DINE
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Acted diplomatically : MEDIATED
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Organ above the trachea : LARYNX
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Comic Ali : WONG
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Black out : REDACT
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Big name in the cleaning aisle : LYSOL
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Partner of 67-Across : WINE
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Embody something proudly : WEARIT
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___ Fring, "Breaking Bad" antagonist : GUS
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Spots for lavalier mics : LAPELS
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Hebrew greeting : SHALOM
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Turn to pulp : MASH
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1999 Maeve Binchy novel : TARAROAD
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Young salmon : SMOLT
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Unit of magnetic flux density : GAMMA
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Spirit with a citrus flavor : ORANGEVODKA
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Head cheese : MISTERBIG
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Minor crime : MISDEMEANOR
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Adding up (to) : AMOUNTING
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Joy on TV : BEHAR
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Button on many appliances : START
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"Network" co-star, 1976 : NEDBEATTY
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Invigorates : AMPSUP
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Home of the Italian soccer club Juventus : TORINO
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Fighting (with) : ATODDS
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Fictional character who says "Here's to my love! O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick" : ROMEO
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Mechanism that controls a camera's aperture : IRIS
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Dashboard device, in brief : GPS
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Tavern offering : ALE
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High school reunion topic : MEMORIES
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Spent : EXERTED
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Amalgamate : IMMIX
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Uninteresting game, perhaps : ROUT
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Word with a commonly misapplied apostrophe : ITS
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Climbed, as a rope : SHINNED
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Greek goddess depicted holding torches and snakes : HECATE
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Person on a nominating committee, say : SELECTOR
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Goes nowhere in particular : WANDERS
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Psyche's partner : EROS
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Accusatory words : ETTU
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"Well ___" : THEN
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Twice-distilled Turkish beverage : RAKI
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Item in a hedge : BET
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Lass : COLLEEN
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Semicircular? : OVOID
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With style : ELEGANTLY
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"Let's eat!" : SOUPSON
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School whose sports teams are known as the Golden Flashes : KENTSTATE
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Traveling from place to place : ITINERANT
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Shopgirl in a Paris boutique : MIDINETTE
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Freezes : STOPSDEAD
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Homo ___ neanderthalensis : SAPIENS
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Strong urge : HANKERING
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Cough up : PAY
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Cake with a distinctive swirl : SWISSROLL
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Casual and not meant to be taken seriously, as a remark : THROWAWAY
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Spinal cord membranes : PIAMATERS
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Shade akin to pumpkin : TANGERINE
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Court favor in a cringey fashion : FAWN
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Beasts with enormous tusks : MASTODONS
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Shake up : ROIL
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Show warmth to : SMILEAT
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Like recording studio equipment : HIFI
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Plague : AFFLICT
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Take in : EARN
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Archer's gift : GOODAIM
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Old curse word : POX
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Actor Pascal of "Gladiator II" : PEDRO
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What provides the big picture? : ENLARGER
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Noon or 6:00 p.m., for some : MEALTIME
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Reality TV star Hadid : YOLANDA
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Something sown, per an idiom : WILDOAT
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Macho stereotype : REALMAN
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Goes in and out : WEAVES
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Word before knows or cares : WHO
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Chess opening : GAMBIT
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Dime store? : USMINT
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In need of a haircut, say : SHAGGY
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Limerick, e.g. : POEM
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Tricked out with the latest technology, say : SMART
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One-named Brazilian soccer star who is a six-time FIFA World Player of the Year : MARTA
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Body building? : TOMB
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___ Crown Theater (downtown Chicago landmark) : ARIE
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Acting without thinking : RASH
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Candy brand with a crown in its logo : SKOR
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See 89-Down : GENE
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87-Down makeup : DNA
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It may be rolled out in the backyard : SOD
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Setting for Jacques-Louis David's painting "The Death of Marat" : TUB

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 7 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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