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New York Times, Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Author:
Joe Rodini
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Bring back from a furlough
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Joe Rodini

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQVWZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Rodini. Tuesday freshness: 65%
Jim Horne notes:

The theme here is original, but it reminds me of this food fight from 2022.

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© 2025, The New York Times5/13/25 ( No. 27,580 )
Across
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Gremlins and Pacers of old autodom : AMCS
5
Playful prank : CAPER
10
Includes on an email, in brief : CCS
13
Jamie of TV's "M*A*S*H" : FARR
14
Die down : ABATE
15
Guitarist Clapton : ERIC
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Ladled party drink : FRUITPUNCH
19
Dalai ___ : LAMA
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Use a scope : AIM
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Voting against : ANTI
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"You can stop explaining" : IGETIT
24
To-do pile's place : INBOX
26
The Midwest states, agriculturally speaking : CORNBELT
28
Came back from a deficit : RALLIED
31
Princess's torment in a classic fairy tale : PEA
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___ Speedwagon : REO
33
One of a salty septet : SEA
34
Blanket draping a mountain at dawn : MIST
36
Oscar winner Spacek : SISSY
38
Cafeteria shout that might provoke the moves at 17-, 26-, 54- and 64-Across? : FOODFIGHT
41
Proctor's cue : BEGIN
44
Roger Rabbit or Bugs Bunny, e.g. : TOON
45
Circle section : ARC
48
In the style of : ALA
49
Wall St. debut : IPO
51
Kind of family : NUCLEAR
54
Bone-in cut whose name became an endearment : LAMBCHOP
57
Many-headed monster of myth : HYDRA
58
Non-mono, say : STEREO
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"Superberry" of South America : ACAI
62
Voting against : CON
63
Personal shopper, e.g. : AIDE
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Bright yellow creature that moves about 6.5 inches per minute : BANANASLUG
67
Castle defense : MOAT
68
Like noble gases : INERT
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Carefree feeling : EASE
70
Co. behind the "Book Review" podcast : NYT
71
Bewilder : ADDLE
72
"Two pools of light, a mirror bright," in generative A.I. poetry : EYES
Down
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Shindig : AFFAIR
2
Sites for lots of yachts : MARINAS
3
Fall apart, as a cookie : CRUMBLE
4
___ Lanka : SRI
5
Skipper, informally : CAPN
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Lie next to : ABUT
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Cold sweat : PANIC
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Series-ending abbr. : ETC
9
Bring back from a furlough : REHIRE
10
Center of a paparazzi swarm : CELEB
11
Lunar landscape features : CRATERS
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"Fresh as a daisy" and "strong as an oak" : SIMILES
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Laser pointer or ball of yarn : CATTOY
18
Vehicle that's hailed : TAXI
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Grind, as one's teeth : GNASH
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King in Norway's Fairhair dynasty : OLAFI
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It's a choice : OPTION
29
Like Dashboard Confessional's music : EMO
30
Possible response to "Nuh-uh!" : DIDTOO
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West Coast air hub : SFO
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European country where the Renaissance started : ITALY
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How crab legs may be served : ONICE
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African animal with horns : GNU
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Aromatic fir : BALSAM
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Rapture : ELATION
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Time for a tailgate party : GAMEDAY
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Court surface at the French Open : REDCLAY
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Go on a pub crawl, say : CAROUSE
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What exposure therapy may treat : PHOBIA
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___ Pet : CHIA
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Stoves : RANGES
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George ___, M.L.B. player with batting titles in three different decades : BRETT
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Like windows : PANED
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Sagan of astronomy : CARL
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Feed the kitty : ANTE
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"Your point being?" : AND
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Get it : SEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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