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New York Times, Saturday, May 17, 2025

Author:
Ryan Judge
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Part of a cold pack?
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Ryan Judge

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {JQWZ} Spans: 2 Grid has diagonal symmetry. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Judge. Saturday freshness: 5%
Jim Horne notes:

Americans can watch KIM'S CONVENIENCE on Netflix.

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© 2025, The New York Times5/17/25 ( No. 27,584 )
Across
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Much mail to Santa : LISTS
6
Rubbish destinations : BINS
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Sultanate that controls the exclave of Madha : OMAN
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Mescal source : AGAVE
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Tip line? : ANYADVICE
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Sitcom set in a corner store run by a Korean Canadian family (2016-21) : KIMSCONVENIENCE
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Halloween vis-à-vis All Saints' Day : EVE
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Hair color, e.g. : TRAIT
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Cards' home : ARI
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The sun, e.g., in about five billion years : REDGIANT
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Humiliated (or honored), as on Nickelodeon : SLIMED
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Like one preferring platonic relationships, informally : ARO
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British singer ___ Parks : ARLO
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Museum with works by Hockney, Turner and Millais : TATE
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Going down, in a way : FLYINGSOUTH
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Threw one's hat in the ring : RAN
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Becomes uncomfortable, as underwear : RIDESUP
37
Frightful : GHASTLY
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Type that's compatible with everyone, in brief : ONEG
40
First president of the S.C.L.C. : MLK
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Neutral color : ASH
43
Work well together : GEL
44
"C'mon, dish it!" : SPILLTHETEA
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Chicken nugget shape : DINO
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Stands to practice hitting : TEES
52
Causes of some burns : RUGS
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N.F.L. team whose name is a literary reference : RAVENS
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Fills up : EATSALOT
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Scale range : ONETOTEN
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Blather : HOTAIR
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"Bad Moon Rising" band, familiarly : CCR
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Further : MORE
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M.L.B. star Pete who holds the single-season record for homers by a rookie (53) : ALONSO
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Map inset : KEY
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End of a trail, perhaps : APEX
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They're accepted at church : TENETS
Down
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Athlete who shares his home venue with the Sparks : LAKER
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"Enough!" : IGIVE
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Prime choice : SAMEDAYDELIVERY
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They're found in dens : TVS
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Sports and Arts, e.g. : SECTIONS
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Something to take in from a boat : BANANASPLIT
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Outside the typical biological setting : INVITRO
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Dostoyevsky's denial : NYET
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Spanish word on a U.S. map : SAN
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Having lost interest : OVERIT
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Where you might refuel after refueling : MINIMART
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Miami is in it, for short : ACC
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French word that sounds like a vote : NEE
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Turn (up) : DIAL
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Rita ___, "R.I.P." singer : ORA
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Composer Edvard : GRIEG
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"Anyway, gonna move on now" : SOTHATSTHAT
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Name-dropping abbreviation : ETAL
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Not own : DENY
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Schlep : LUG
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End part of a violin bow : FROG
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What might lead to a row at a party? : LINEDANCE
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Forrest of film : GUMP
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Miscellany : HASH
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Chain whose name came from a Boston hotel whose sign was too expensive to remove : SHERATON
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Part of a cold pack? : KLEENEX
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Wine valley in the Bay Area : SONOMA
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Green expanse : LEA
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It was founded as the Medical College of Louisiana : TULANE
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One with an "I" problem? : EGOIST
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Team whose logo contains an "H" on top of a star : ASTROS
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It's not gross : NET
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Sway : ROCK
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"Enough!" : STOP
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Base of a pump : SOLE
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"Ended, ___ it begun" (Emily Dickinson poem) : ERE

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