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New York Times, Monday, May 19, 2025

Author:
Kiran Pandey
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Starting point for Tropicana or Florida's Natural juice
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Kiran Pandey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JKQ} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Pandey. Monday freshness: 67%
Jim Horne notes:

Two ways to find O G phrases using the Finder:

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© 2025, The New York Times5/19/25 ( No. 27,586 )
Across
1
Occasion for pampering : SPADAY
7
Like a baby's bottom : SOFT
11
Taxi : CAB
14
The "T" of B.L.T. : TOMATO
15
Queen of the Nile, informally : CLEO
16
Miley Cyrus's "Party in the ___" : USA
17
Casual dining chain with unlimited breadsticks : OLIVEGARDEN
19
Take a load off, say : SIT
20
Shake, as a dog's tail : WAG
21
Most-desired group of invitees : ALIST
22
Home to Zion National Park : UTAH
23
Capital of Italia : ROMA
26
Caller of balls and strikes : UMP
27
"... or that's what I think, anyway," online : IMO
28
Event whose symbol is five interlocking rings : OLYMPICGAMES
33
Discontinued Apple program for organizing images : IPHOTO
36
Make a digital image of : SCAN
37
Race of mythical beings, in fantasy fiction : FAE
38
Musical genre for D'Angelo and Erykah Badu : NEOSOUL
40
Some R-rated material : EROTICA
42
Number of amendments in the Bill of Rights : TEN
43
Jacket closer that's not a button : SNAP
45
"We hold these ___ to be self-evident" : TRUTHS
46
Theater binoculars : OPERAGLASSES
49
Number of faces on a cube : SIX
50
Craftsmanship : ART
51
Silverstein who wrote "A Boy Named Sue" : SHEL
54
President's "no" : VETO
56
Glimmer : GLEAM
58
Govt. rule : REG
60
"Red" or "Reputation," for Taylor Swift : ERA
61
Starting point for Tropicana or Florida's Natural juice : ORANGEGROVE
64
Tease : RIB
65
Dryer fuzz : LINT
66
Word before name or voyage : MAIDEN
67
Buzzer near a flower : BEE
68
Odds and ___ : ENDS
69
"Yikes!" ... or, phonetically, a hint to 17-, 28-, 46- and 61-Across : OHGEEZ
Down
1
Place in an overhead compartment : STOW
2
From the Arctic : POLAR
3
Compadre : AMIGO
4
___ Pilkey, author/illustrator who created Captain Underpants : DAV
5
Chowed down : ATE
6
Meditation method : YOGA
7
Pinches pennies, say : SCRIMPS
8
Alternative to Axe or Brut : OLDSPICE
9
Poetical units : FEET
10
Colossal amount : TON
11
Personalized in sizing : CUSTOMFIT
12
Home of China and India : ASIA
13
Relaxing soak : BATH
18
Former student, for short : ALUM
22
Thurman of "Pulp Fiction" : UMA
24
Cow sounds : MOOS
25
Woodwind in a jazz band : ALTOSAX
27
Pays no heed to : IGNORES
29
Calves, kittens and cubs : YOUNG
30
Grocery conveyances : CARTS
31
Per person : EACH
32
Sail the seven ___ : SEAS
33
A fan of : INTO
34
"Not another ___ out of you!" : PEEP
35
Nickname for Lincoln : HONESTABE
39
Film incorrectly announced as Best Picture before "Moonlight" : LALALAND
41
Patootie : TUSH
44
Mom and dad : PARENTS
47
Carnaval city : RIO
48
Kind of party for men only : STAG
52
Wear away, as soil : ERODE
53
Flood embankment : LEVEE
54
What often follows a noun : VERB
55
Pennsylvania city on a Great Lake : ERIE
56
Ear-to-ear expression : GRIN
57
Office missive : MEMO
59
Cohort that grew up with the internet : GENZ
61
Cry at a bullfight : OLE
62
"Argh!" : GAH
63
Fix, as an outcome : RIG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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