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New York Times, Friday, May 2, 2025

Author:
Robyn Weintraub
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
"Is that an amazing offer or what?"
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Robyn Weintraub

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 51 for Ms. Weintraub. Friday freshness: 7%
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© 2025, The New York Times5/2/25 ( No. 27,569 )
Across
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Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" : SALEM
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"Well, ___ …" (segue) : THEN
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Grouch : CRAB
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Gatsby or Hamlet : TRAGICHERO
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Dolly of "Hello, Dolly!" : LEVI
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Sides of circles? : ONIONRINGS
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Not settled : OPEN
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Seal team? : POD
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Chloride and oxide, for two : IONS
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Fetes : HONORS
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Unchecked : AMOK
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___ seeds (ingredients in pickling) : CELERY
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"Is that an amazing offer or what?" : HOWCANIRESIST
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Titular female Disney character whose name also appears in a Shakespeare play : ARIEL
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Titular male Shakespeare character whose name also appears in a Disney film : TIMON
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X : CHI
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Do something of interest? : LEND
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Like straw baskets : WOVEN
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Sunfish feature : SAIL
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Modern car accessory : FOB
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Literary bird with a one-word vocabulary, apparently : RAVEN
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Merely watches without saying a word : LURKS
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"Yadda, yadda, yadda" : YOUGETTHEIDEA
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More inclined to recline : LAZIER
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Aerosol output : MIST
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Malaysian state or island : PENANG
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Doesn't guzzle : SIPS
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Poke bowl delicacy : AHI
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Sikorsky or Stravinsky : IGOR
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"To nobody's surprise ..." : ASEXPECTED
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It's a piece of work : TASK
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Categorize narrowly : PIGEONHOLE
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They might be red or blonde : ALES
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One of 12 on a euro coin : STAR
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Wires, say : SENDS
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"You're doing it all wrong!" : STOP
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River next to the Uffizi Gallery : ARNO
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Put (down) : LAID
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Impediment to collaboration : EGO
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Barely enough : MINIMAL
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"No need to respond right now" : THINKITOVER
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Natural incubators : HENS
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Bit of energy (and of "energy") : ERG
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Makes a snack of : NOSHESON
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Sci-fi remakes? : CLONES
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It may have pluses and minuses : REPORTCARD
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Lincoln Center's former ___ Fisher Hall : AVERY
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Containers at airport security : BINS
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Sing like Perry Como or Mel Tormé : CROON
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Swedish actress Lena : OLIN
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Crushed, as a test : ACED
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Concrete example of rotational forces and fluid dynamics? : CEMENTMIXER
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One of two for one : HALF
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Brand that once offered an "Uh-Oh!" variety : OREO
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Best someone, but just barely : WINBYANOSE
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Transfix : RIVET
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A walk in the park? : HIKE
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The "kid" in "Here's looking at you, kid" : ILSA
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Concerns of the Paycheck Fairness Act : WAGEGAPS
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Bams, cracks or dots, in mahjong : SUIT
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Many a UNESCO site : RUIN
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Subsides : LESSENS
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Much of northern Arkansas : OZARKS
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Land animal closely related to whales : HIPPO
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___ tender : LEGAL
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Shawarma wrap : PITA
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Super Monkey Ball brand : SEGA
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Buckets : ATON
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Didn't give way : HELD
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Every month has one : IDES
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Early instruction in canine obedience school : SIT
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Mandy Patinkin's role in "Evita" : CHE

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

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