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New York Times, Monday, May 12, 2025

Author:
Christina Iverson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Scottish archipelago west of Norway
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Christina Iverson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJKQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 33 for Ms. Iverson. Grid flow: 29.0 Monday freshness: 13%
Jim Horne notes:

Each theme answer contains AND twice.

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© 2025, The New York Times5/12/25 ( No. 27,579 )
Across
1
Cowboy's rope : LASSO
6
Relative of a milkshake : MALT
10
NaCl : SALT
14
Take place : OCCUR
15
Director Kazan who helped popularize Method acting : ELIA
16
Falco of "The Sopranos" : EDIE
17
Dessert cocktail with crème de cacao : BRANDYALEXANDER
20
"Ready, ___, go!" : SET
21
Serpentine swimmers : EELS
22
Common destination for a field trip : MUSEUM
23
Funeral vessel : URN
24
Contacted using a beeper : PAGED
25
Created, as yarn or a spider web : SPUN
28
10-12-year-old : TWEEN
31
___ Francisco : SAN
34
Classic board game with the Peppermint Forest and Lollipop Lane : CANDYLAND
36
Dig (out) : GOUGE
38
"Goodie" on classic radio : OLDIE
39
Food label inits. : RDA
40
"Inside Out" emotion who says "We should lock the door and scream that curse word we know. It's a good one!" : ANGER
41
Oboe accessories that are often carved by the oboist : REEDS
42
Move from an acrobat or breakdancer : HANDSTAND
44
Negative conjunction : NOR
45
Montana is the only U.S. state with one in Spanish : MOTTO
46
Defense Against the Dark ___ ("Harry Potter" class) : ARTS
47
What a baby's bib might protect a onesie from : DROOL
50
Standout athlete, for short : MVP
52
Free items that come with drinks : STRAWS
54
Black-and-white cookie : OREO
56
What some people confuse with a monkey : APE
59
Scottish archipelago west of Norway : SHETLANDISLANDS
62
What spectacles perch on : NOSE
63
"Oh, uh-huh, sure" : IBET
64
Magicians' cries : TADAS
65
Figure (out) : SUSS
66
Social worker's assignment : CASE
67
Parental authority : SAYSO
Down
1
Arcing tennis shots : LOBS
2
Farmland unit : ACRE
3
Jazz singer's improvised syllables : SCAT
4
What the circle on the Japanese flag represents : SUN
5
"Can I take your ___?" (server's question) : ORDER
6
Brunch or lunch : MEAL
7
"___ well that ends well!" : ALLS
8
Word that would be more grammatical in the title "Lay, Lady, Lay" : LIE
9
Beatles song with the lyric "Should five percent appear too small, be thankful I don't take it all" : TAXMAN
10
Touch or taste : SENSE
11
Source of extra sweetness : ADDEDSUGAR
12
Stead : LIEU
13
Four years, for a president : TERM
18
1983 musical starring Barbra Streisand : YENTL
19
Sept. preceder : AUG
23
Loosened, as a knot : UNDID
24
Nitpicker : PEDANT
25
Contempt : SCORN
26
Kind of diet inspired by hunters and gatherers : PALEO
27
Show up to a gala in a T-shirt, say : UNDERDRESS
29
Noted painter of soup cans : WARHOL
30
Go until : ENDAT
32
Who might help an author get a book deal : AGENT
33
Stereotypical bookworms : NERDS
35
"Affirmative" : YES
36
What you might "fill 'er up" with : GAS
37
Alternative to bottled : ONTAP
43
Mosque toppers : DOMES
45
Art with tiles in fancy styles (that might produce smiles) : MOSAIC
48
Gives stars to, say : RATES
49
"Wise" bird : OWL
51
Hybrid Chevys : VOLTS
52
Strings with the pattern XXX-XX-XXXX, in brief : SSNS
53
"___ shalt not ..." : THOU
54
Poetic tributes : ODES
55
Formal ceremony : RITE
56
Boy's name ... or how you might describe 17-, 34-, 42- or 59-Across? : ANDY
57
Smartphone predecessors, in brief : PDAS
58
Competitor of Petro-Canada : ESSO
60
Org. with the Knicks and Clippers : NBA
61
Battery for some small toys : AAA

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