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New York Times, Thursday, May 22, 2025

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Call again?
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JKQX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 190 for Mr. Kahn. Thursday freshness: 25%
Jim Horne notes:
There's a lot going on here. To start, you need to know your international monetary currencies. Iran : RIAL Jordan : ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times5/22/25 ( No. 27,589 )
Across
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It burns : ACID
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With 11-Down and 58-Across, aphorism about the effect of sudden wealth … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues : MONEY
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Culmination : ACME
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Opposite of 1-Across : BASE
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Came to be : AROSE
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Jackson who won 11 N.B.A. championships as head coach : PHIL
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*Be brave and proud [Iran] : STANDTALL
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Framed item : PANE
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A, to a Frankfurter : EINE
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"Star Trek" pilot : SULU
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French handle? : NOM
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*How some medications are taken [Jordan] : ORALLY
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Einstein, notably : EMIGRE
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"We're out of the woods" : ITSSAFE
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Part of many a smartphone upgrade : TRADEIN
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Bath room : LOO
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Accessory used by Woody in the "Toy Story" movies : LASSO
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"Who ___?" : ISNT
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*Luminous meteor [South Africa] : FIREBALL
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Brother hood? : COWL
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Cardio exercise program : TAEBO
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"That's the pits!" : UGH
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Formally picks : ANOINTS
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Call again? : RETITLE
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Dumbledore, to Harry Potter : MENTOR
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*Ones on your side [Costa Rica] : ALLIES
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Grp. with a hit remake of Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven" : ELO
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Damages seeker : SUER
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Most-applied-to college in the U.S. : UCLA
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Travel around : ROVE
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See 5-Across : EVERYTHING
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Where things get heated : OVEN
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Home that sounds like two letters : TEPEE
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1990s Israeli president Weizman : EZER
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Square one : NERD
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Seeded #1, say : ONTOP
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Film editor ___ Allen : DEDE
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Olympic diver's pride, maybe : ABS
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Target as an audience : CATERTO
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Parent's blunt answer to "Why?" : ISAIDSO
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Hopper of Hollywood : DENNIS
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Support for a tumbler : MAT
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His #4 was retired by the N.H.L.'s Bruins : ORR
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Clamorous : NOISY
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Biblical figure seen in the sauna? : ESAU
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Stentorian sort : YELLER
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Telegram or CapCut : APP
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See 5-Across : CHANGES
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Study secondarily : MINORIN
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Palladium, e.g. : ELEMENT
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National park with a working sled dog kennel : DENALI
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Name that aptly completes the missing letters in Th_ r_ _n : UMA
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Industry in "There Will Be Blood" : OIL
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A long way away : AFAR
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Fresh starts : RESETS
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"Look what ___!" : IDID
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One who deals with a lot of bull? : TORERO
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Fed. loan group : SBA
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Moths do it : FLIT
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Son of Adam and Eve : ABEL
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At home : NOTOUT
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"True Lies" director James : CAMERON
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Bob Marley song in the Grammy Hall of Fame : ONELOVE
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*Ubiquitously [Korea] : ALLOVER
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Bring into play : UTILIZE
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Gradually found out : GLEANED
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Studs, stags and steers : HES
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Figs. : NOS
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Not deviating from : TRUETO
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Moved slowly : INCHED
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Moved slowly : CREPT
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Square : EVEN
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___ user : END
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Classic car inits. : REO
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"No doubt about it" : YEP
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Sr.'s test : GRE

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