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New York Times, Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Author:
Per Bykodorov
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
51-Across : Dum-dum
TotalDebut
14/15/2025
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0010000
CircleScrabDebutFlowFresh
11.61426.737%
Per Bykodorov

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QVZ} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Bykodorov. Grid flow: 26.7 Tuesday freshness: 68%
Jim Horne notes:

The circled letters in each theme answer almost spell CIGAR. It's close!

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S
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L
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A
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N
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G
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F
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R
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A
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T
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M
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U
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M
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G
I
J
O
E
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L
U
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S
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T
R
A
G
I
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C
O
M
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C
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W
R
E
N
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S
A
X
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S
H
O
O
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B
O
A
R
S
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C
H
E
R
R
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Y
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G
A
R
C
I
A
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A
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P
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P
E
A
R
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E
A
S
E
L
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B
O
H
O
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M
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U
S
T
I
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E
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P
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A
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C
L
O
S
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E
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B
U
T
N
O
C
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I
G
A
R
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S
E
T
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N
A
R
C
O
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C
R
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T
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O
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D
O
R
S
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L
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A
B
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S
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M
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A
G
I
C
R
E
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A
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L
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M
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A
L
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P
H
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L
U
N
K
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S
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A
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C
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M
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N
I
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C
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R
A
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G
S
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L
I
S
T
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A
K
I
N
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B
O
R
G
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O
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L
E
R
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S
E
C
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D
E
M
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F
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A
L
© 2025, The New York Times4/15/25 ( No. 27,552 )
Across
1
"Snow job" or "rainmaker," e.g. : SLANG
6
Beer pong locale : FRAT
10
Tight-lipped : MUM
13
Figure once marketed as "America's movable fighting man" : GIJOE
14
Tempt : LURE
15
___ for sore eyes (www.optometrists.com?) : SITE
16
Like a film that's both sad and funny : TRAGICOMIC
18
Cactus ___ (Arizona's state bird) : WREN
19
Lisa Simpson's musical instrument : SAX
20
"Go on now, git!" : SHOO
21
Wild pigs : BOARS
22
Ben & Jerry's flavor honoring a jam band legend : CHERRYGARCIA
25
Seem : APPEAR
28
Potter : wheel :: painter : ___ : EASEL
29
___ chic (fashion style) : BOHO
30
"Can't you get someone else?" : MUSTI
32
Water-testing org. : EPA
35
Not quite right ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters : CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR
39
Moviemaking backdrop : SET
40
D.E.A. agent, informally : NARCO
41
Lit ___ : CRIT
42
Smells : ODORS
44
Herculean tasks : LABORS
46
Genre for Gabriel García Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" : MAGICREALISM
50
Start of the Hebrew alphabet : ALEPH
51
Dum-dum : LUNK
52
Anatomical pouch : SAC
55
Skirt with a high hemline : MINI
56
Online marketplace with a "barter" category : CRAIGSLIST
59
Similar (to) : AKIN
60
Six-time French Open champ Björn : BORG
61
Fuel ship : OILER
62
"Just a ___!" : SEC
63
Moore of "The Substance" : DEMI
64
Prenatal : FETAL
Down
1
March V.I.P.s?: Abbr. : SGTS
2
Old Italian money : LIRA
3
Cleaning product with a mythical name : AJAX
4
Yuletide drink : NOG
5
Performer at ozashiki parties : GEISHA
6
Lower limit : FLOOR
7
Something heard through the grapevine : RUMOR
8
News anchor Melber : ARI
9
Private eye, in old crime novels : TEC
10
Big name in fertilizers : MIRACLEGRO
11
Wombs : UTERI
12
High-I.Q. society : MENSA
15
Said "%$#@!" : SWORE
17
The so-called "Goddess of Pop" : CHER
21
Fundamental : BASIC
22
Co. heads : CEOS
23
Like the questions asked in Guess Who? : YESNO
24
Feline, to Felipe : GATO
25
Fundamentals : ABCS
26
Fire station fixture : POLE
27
Camera-friendly : PHOTOGENIC
30
Container for keys, wallet, razor, etc., in a modern portmanteau : MURSE
31
World clock std. : UTC
33
Unexciting holding in poker : PAIR
34
Lincoln Center focus : ARTS
36
Son of Cain : ENOCH
37
Former attorney general Bill : BARR
38
Warhead weapon, in brief : ICBM
43
Take out a small part of one's savings, say : DIPIN
44
Suffix with duck or suck : LING
45
Requests from : ASKSOF
46
Some bedtime story readers : MAMAS
47
The same : ALIKE
48
Worry greatly : ALARM
49
Video game character in a green hat : LUIGI
52
River residue : SILT
53
Not on firm ground? : ASEA
54
___+C ("copy" on a PC) : CTRL
56
Ingredient in some trendy gummies, for short : CBD
57
Fish eggs : ROE
58
"It's not you, it's me," often : LIE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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