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New York Times, Friday, May 16, 2025

Author:
August Lee-Kovach
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Radioactive element whose name is derived from the Greek for "unstable"
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August Lee-Kovach

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Lee-Kovach. Friday freshness: 32%
Jim Horne notes:

Why the Doomsday Machine is such a great idea. 🙂

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© 2025, The New York Times5/16/25 ( No. 27,583 )
Across
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One shooting for the stars? : SPACESHIP
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Carnival treat : TAFFY
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One-stop shopping spot : MEGASTORE
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Ancient Greek marketplace : AGORA
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"Words fail me ..." : ICANTEVEN
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___ Walcott, 1992 Literature Nobelist from St. Lucia : DEREK
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The "1" of 3-1-4, say : LOSS
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Stave (off) : FEND
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Place : SITE
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Second sight : ESP
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Who said "Where id is, there shall ego be" : FREUD
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Chase, as some flies : SHAG
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"You bet!" : ITIS
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Cry from a captive : LETMEGO
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Pool owner's problem : ALGAE
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Noted stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707-08 : FUJI
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___ Unseld, 1969 N.B.A. M.V.P. : WES
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Mad scientist's creation : DOOMSDAYMACHINE
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Nonprofit grp. founded during W.W. II : USO
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"Absolutamente!" : SISI
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"Roots" surname : KINTE
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Decorative work with bricks : LEGOART
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Essential : MUST
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Like some stories and ships : TALL
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It might grab a bite to eat : TALON
50
Capture … or abandon : BAG
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Course finale : TEST
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Bias : TILT
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Bursting (with) : RIFE
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Superfast puzzle solver, of a sort : CUBER
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"Bravo, me!" : INAILEDIT
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Like a person getting a massage, usually : PRONE
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Sarcastic reply when someone quotes "Star Trek" : NERDALERT
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Given to fidgeting : ANTSY
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Big gain with no pain : EASYMONEY
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Something said before a click : SMILE
2
River through Santa Fe National Forest : PECOS
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Flabbergasted : AGASP
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W.C.s : CANS
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Ballpark fig. : EST
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Tennis's Graf : STEFFI
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Remains overhead, say : HOVERS
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She outwitted Sherlock in "A Scandal in Bohemia" : IRENE
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Aid for a hypnotist : PENDULUM
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Wee bits : TADS
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Certain hiring bias : AGEISM
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Announcer's call before a potential buzzer beater : FORTHEWIN
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Unsigned athlete : FREEAGENT
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Its milk is a source of chhurpi (Nepalese cheese) : YAK
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___ vu : DEJA
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"Check it out!" : GOSEE
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Soy : Spanish :: ___ : English: : IAM
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Actress Thompson of "Selma" : TESSA
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Indications of passing time : TICKS
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One whose voice is a muted trombone in "Peanuts" : ADULT
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Tough draw : LOSEATURN
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It crawls around the web : GOOGLEBOT
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"Just so u know ..." : FYI
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Earth : DIRT
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Radioactive element whose name is derived from the Greek for "unstable" : ASTATINE
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Success in a game of Battleship : HIT
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Mary-Kate and Ashley : OLSENS
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They may grab a bite to eat : MOLARS
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Chaotic : UNTIDY
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Top of a schedule, usually : LINEA
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Only Catholic U.S. president besides J.F.K. : BIDEN
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Lit : AFIRE
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Cultural attraction in L.A., with "the" : GETTY
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It's a long shot : TREY
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Move, informally : RELO
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Bookkeeper, for short : CPA
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Flee : LAM

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