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New York Times, Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Author:
Evan Park and Jeffrey Martinovic
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
What might keep you up at night?
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Jeffrey Martinovic

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 39 Grid has diagonal symmetry. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Park. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Martinovic. Grid flow: 22.7 Wednesday freshness: 29%
Constructor notes:
EVAN: I'm thrilled to have my debut puzzle published in The New York Times! I'm not your typical constructor. I've solved fewer ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

STAR starts small (a single rebus square), and then each further group of circles spells STAR in increasingly wider spaces.

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© 2025, The New York Times3/19/25 ( No. 27,525 )
Across
1
Big acronym in insurance : AFLAC
6
Symbols of wisdom : OWLS
10
___-devil : SHE
13
Internet instigator : TROLL
14
___ guard : SHIN
15
Redding of R&B : OTIS
16
Place to take a break : RESTAREA
17
Thoroughly enjoyed oneself : HADABLAST
19
Hairy cousin of TV and film : ITT
20
Lasting reminder : SCAR
22
Equals : PEERS
23
Credit for a hockey player : ASSIST
25
Place to sift crime evidence, for short : FBILAB
27
"That really stinks!" : DARN
29
Trespass : INTRUDE
32
"What a pity!" : OHME
35
Coxswain's nightmare : LEAK
37
Country whose flag has two green stars in the middle : SYRIA
38
Smallest : LEAST
40
"You sure about that?" : ISIT
42
Toy train, e.g. : SET
43
Biblical vessel : ARK
44
Kind of skate : INLINE
46
Dough dispensers : ATMS
47
Most populous inland city of California : FRESNO
49
Showed, as a program : AIRED
51
Doohickeys : ITEMS
53
Winds its way (through) : SNAKES
57
Common eye ailment : STRAIN
58
What might keep you up at night? : BEDSLAT
59
Astronomical event depicted visually in this puzzle : SUPERNOVA
61
Fake : STAGE
62
Sound of a raindrop : PLOP
63
Pitchers' stats : ERAS
64
Boast from a winner : IRULE
65
"Sho' nuff" : YUP
66
Make a lasting impression : ETCH
67
Stun gun : TASER
Down
1
Courtyards : ATRIA
2
Broods : FRETS
3
Skills of the past : LOSTARTS
4
Schooner filler : ALE
5
The best of the best : CLASSA
6
Org. concerned with plants : OSHA
7
Place to load and unload : WHARF
8
Article of headgear, informally : LID
9
Secure, as a onesie fastener : SNAPIN
10
Chewy fruit-flavored candy ... or a description of what's depicted visually in this puzzle : STARBURST
11
What teakettles do : HISS
12
Toronto winter hrs. : EST
15
Entrepreneur Kevin of "Shark Tank" : OLEARY
18
Karate awards : BELTS
21
Part of many keyboard shortcuts : CTRL
24
Fateful day in ancient Rome : IDES
26
Poolside garb : BIKINI
28
Astrophysicist ___ deGrasse Tyson : NEIL
30
Day, in ancient Rome : DIEM
31
Uber ___ : EATS
32
Disney snowman : OLAF
33
German term of address : HERR
34
Give something that extra oomph : MAKEITPOP
36
Where most of Turkey is : ASIA
39
Unfortunate trait for an aspiring composer : TINEAR
41
Short-spoken : TERSE
45
Awards show attendee : NOMINEE
46
2019 sci-fi film whose name means "to the stars" : ADASTRA
48
Throat ailment : STREP
50
Puts the game away, so to speak : ENDSIT
52
Haughty sound : SNORT
54
Brother in the Lemony Snicket books : KLAUS
55
Good golf score : EAGLE
56
Have the helm : STEER
57
"Star Trek" character who was named for a sea in the Philippines : SULU
58
Big gala : BASH
59
Invasive plant? : SPY
60
A little cleaner? : VAC

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

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