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New York Times, Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Author:
Aidan Deshong and Oren Hartstein
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Three-star review of the Friday before Easter?
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Aidan Deshong
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14/9/20251
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1.54449.049%
Oren Hartstein

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 81, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Deshong. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Hartstein. Grid flow: 49.0 Wednesday freshness: 77%
Constructor notes:
Oren: Hey there! I'm Oren, a freshman at Columbia University studying physics. This is my first-ever puzzle, and I'm thrilled to see it ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Oren joins Aidan on the Teenage Constructors page.

The NYT self-own at 61-Down is lovely.

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© 2025, The New York Times4/9/25 ( No. 27,546 )
Across
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Septet with the #1 albums "Be" and "Map of the Soul: 7" : BTS
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Sorghum relative : MILLET
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Dried chili pepper : ANCHO
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Like a limbo bar, after a few rounds : LOW
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"Seinfeld" role for Julia Louis-Dreyfus : ELAINE
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Seating option at a diner : BOOTH
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Magritte's "Ceci n'est pas ___ pipe" : UNE
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Three-star review of a cocktail shaker? : MIXEDRESULTS
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"Toodle-oo!" : SEEYOU
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Thurman of "Kill Bill" : UMA
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Sell/buy-back agreement, for short : REPO
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Three-star review of Battleship? : HITORMISS
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Diamond stat : RBI
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Shipshape : TIDY
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Spike of cinema : LEE
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Tax-related : FISCAL
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A good one is bright : IDEA
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Sea ___ : COW
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Pens : AUTHORS
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Piece of bread dipped in gravy : SOP
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Three-star review of a no-stress class? : PASSABLE
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Actress Vardalos : NIA
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Apt rhyme for "fiddle" : TWIDDLE
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Clear, as dishes : BUS
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Like a step in the right direction? : EAST
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Sign that there's no turning back : ONEWAY
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Sign on a park bench, maybe : WET
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S.F. commuter train system : BART
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AOL, e.g., in brief : ISP
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Three-star review of Tulsa? : ITSJUSTOK
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Subject line abbr. : ATTN
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Drop down : SAG
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Source of smoke for a model volcano : DRYICE
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Three-star review of the Friday before Easter? : GOODNOTGREAT
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Title in Spain: Abbr. : SRA
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Opposite of forward? : REPLY
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Starbucks drink made with olive oil : OLEATO
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M&M color replaced in 1995 : TAN
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___ manager : ASSET
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Spiff up : NEATEN
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Nickname that drops -art : STU
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React to flirtation, say : BLUSH
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"You're getting too excited" : TONEITDOWN
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Sugar : SWEETIEPIE
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"No man has a good enough ___ to be a successful liar": Lincoln : MEMORY
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Pelvis bone : ILIUM
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Hardly strict : LAX
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Bluff, e.g. : LIE
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Ultimate purpose : ENDUSE
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Length for a pregnancy or presidency : TERM
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They might be made of steel, hyperbolically : ABS
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Cultivate : NOURISH
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Actor Sprouse of "Riverdale" : COLE
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Address opener : HTTP
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Extremely : OHSO
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Talking-tos : EARFULS
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Sage-colored sage : YODA
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Words of defeat : ILOSE
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Puts on a patch, say : SEWS
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"Fine, I'll ___" : BITE
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Ones getting good marks? : CONARTISTS
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Stereotypical monocle wearer : ARISTOCRAT
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Hurdle for a future "Esq." : LSAT
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That ___ say : ISTO
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Odysseus' captor : CALYPSO
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Touches : ABUTS
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Smartphone predecessors, in brief : PDAS
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Perform a felonious favor for : ABET
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Fall off : DWINDLE
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Very doable : EASY
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Squirm : WIGGLE
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LeVar who hosted TV's "Reading Rainbow" for 23 years : BURTON
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Where Jewish singles might mingle : JDATE
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Reeves of "Point Break" : KEANU
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City seen in Instagram? : AGRA
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"Piggies" : TOES
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At most : TOPS
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Gobs : ATON
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Pub. that predicted it would take one to 10 million years to invent a flying machine, two months before the first airplane flight : NYT
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Stephen of "The Crying Game" : REA
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Urging at the start of a meal : EAT

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

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