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New York Times, Thursday, May 15, 2025

Author:
Simeon Seigel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Simeon Seigel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Seigel. Grid flow: 40.3 Thursday freshness: 20%
Jim Horne notes:

Two wrongs don't make a right, but in this puzzle, two NO's (a DOUBLE NEGATIVE) make a YES for the Across answers.

Eve's Diary by Mark Twain.

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S
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H
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O
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P
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D
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A
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C
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M
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A
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© 2025, The New York Times5/15/25 ( No. 27,582 )
Across
1
Workplace that often has sawdust : SHOP
5
Offered up gossip : DISHED
11
Close one, for short : BFF
14
Part of a house that might shade part of a patio : EAVE
15
African creature whose name is one letter away from what its horns might do : IMPALA
16
Constitutional change long endorsed by NOW : ERA
17
Some colorful apparel : TIEDYESHIRTS
19
Bagel-and-schmear go-with : LOX
20
Longtime deodorant brand : ARRID
21
Crazy about : INTO
22
Number on a clothing tag : SIZE
23
Unnatural sight, in brief : ESP
24
Outperforms : TOPS
26
Certain grain source : RYESEED
28
What might bring down the house? : ARSON
30
Male film character played by a female terrier named Terry : TOTO
31
Brother Felipe, Matty or Jesus of baseball : ALOU
32
Accessory for a guitar neck : CAPO
35
Thingamajigs : ITEMS
39
Statements that can be seen as positive ... or a hint to interpreting 17-, 26-, 49- and 62-Across : DOUBLENEGATIVES
42
"In conclusion ..." : ANDSO
43
Darn it! : TEAR
44
Tilt : LEAN
45
Chimney part : FLUE
47
Secret rendezvous : TRYST
49
Old-fashioned homemade cleaner : LYESOAP
52
Call for delivery? : PUSH
54
Org. concerned with nationwide traffic : DEA
56
Scent : ODOR
57
Spoils : LOOT
59
Hoops great ___ Thomas : ISIAH
61
Cow's chew : CUD
62
Des Moines's domain : HAWKEYESTATE
64
Word after tell or catch : ALL
65
Directs : STEERS
66
Sphere ... or 4πr2, for the surface of a sphere : AREA
67
Shortest among the top 25 most common U.S. surnames : LEE
68
Scottish cryptid, informally : NESSIE
69
Any member in the group with the 1965 hit "Turn! Turn! Turn!" : BYRD
Down
1
Small, clingy bristles on a gecko's foot : SETAE
2
Establishment where things are cut and dried? : HAIRSALON
3
Self-satisfied and then some : OVERPROUD
4
Spa service, for short : PEDI
5
Exhibit in a natural history museum, informally : DINO
6
Cool cat's "Roger that" : IMHIP
7
Dizzy feeling, with "the" : SPINS
8
Eponym of the N.H.L.'s M.V.P. award : HART
9
Charger in una corrida : ELTORO
10
Chargers in courts, for short : DAS
11
Prove untrue : BELIE
12
Suddenly went still : FROZE
13
Like some documents in the pre-internet age : FAXED
18
Acknowledge nonverbally : NODTO
22
With an air of haughtiness : SNOOTILY
25
In days past : ONCE
27
Shout in a game of tag : NOTIT
29
Replaces : SUBSFOR
30
Caesar wrap? : TOGA
31
___ Lovelace, mathematician and daughter of Lord Byron : ADA
33
Lead-in to chamber : ANTE
34
Letter before cue : PEE
36
Mark Twain tale narrated in the first person by a noted first woman : EVESDIARY
37
Carnivore : MEATEATER
38
Fig. written in boxes on a W-9 : SSN
40
Woman's name spelled out in a 1970 hit : LOLA
41
Liberal ___ : ARTS
46
Burning the midnight oil, say : UPLATE
48
Beast with a horn : RHINO
49
In the neighborhood : LOCAL
50
Small bump : NODULE
51
Word after wet, pool or chicken : NOODLE
52
Slow sorts, in slang : POKES
53
Baby carriers : UTERI
55
In the lead : AHEAD
58
Is behind : OWES
60
Shot in the dark : STAB
62
Sister channel of QVC : HSN
63
Narrow amount to win by : NOSE

Answer summary:
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