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New York Times, Saturday, May 24, 2025

Author:
Gene Louise De Vera
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Location where a video game character starts (or restarts) a level
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 75, Blocks: 30 Missing: {BJZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. De Vera. Saturday freshness: 45%
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© 2025, The New York Times5/24/25 ( No. 27,591 )
Across
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Course on behavior, for short : PSYCH
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Song and dance : RIGAMAROLE
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Lyrical piece : EPODE
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Like many jobs for recent grads : ENTRYLEVEL
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Feeling described as "hoping for the best, but fearing the worst" : CAUTIOUSOPTIMISM
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"That stings!" : OWW
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Becomes inoperable, in a way : RUSTS
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Sources of wind sounds : REEDS
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Neck, in Newcastle : SNOG
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Scuttlebutt, these days : TEA
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Said, informally : WENT
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Places for change : PURSES
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Magic center, familiarly : SHAQ
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Certain digital denizen : SIM
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Share the spotlight : COLEAD
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Creature that returns to the beach where it was born for laying eggs : SEATURTLE
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Pixel-dense, for short : HIDEF
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Quickly : STAT
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Lousy pair to choose from : EVILS
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Infamous denier of Mary and Joseph : INNKEEPER
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Guys : FELLAS
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Esq., often : ATT
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Rock band founded by three sisters : HAIM
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"Hey ___!" (Nickelodeon cartoon of 1996-2004) : ARNOLD
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Data command : SORT
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Whatever : ANY
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Digital recording pioneer : TIVO
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"Yeah, sure" : UHHUH
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Producers of some waves : SINES
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Letters for the dearly departed : RIP
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Positive result of having 18-Across, perhaps : PLEASANTSURPRISE
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"Don't expect that from me" : INEVERWILL
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Let up : EASED
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Charges that vary between states : SALESTAXES
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Culls, with "out" : WEEDS
Down
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River that once marked the boundary of the Wild West : PECOS
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Location where a video game character starts (or restarts) a level : SPAWNPOINT
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Incredulous reply to a daring scheme : YOUWOULDNT
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Summer hrs. in Iowa : CDT
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Mary I, to Henry VIII : HEIR
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Finds another purpose for : REUSES
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Quick start? : INSTA
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Old muscle cars : GTOS
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"Human Concretion" sculptor : ARP
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Nice thing to hear from one's dining partner : MYTREAT
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Xenomorph who can produce humanoid offspring : ALIENQUEEN
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Held another session : REMET
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Younger contemporary of Virgil : OVID
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Minus : LESS
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Water-resistant wood : ELM
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Exposed : OUTED
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Xi's language : GREEK
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"You did ___?!" : WHAT
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Shelters from the heat? : SAFEHOUSES
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Brand : SEAR
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Classic poem with the lines "Leaving behind nights of terror and fear ... Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear" : STILLIRISE
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Not recommended : ILLADVISED
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Eton ___ (traditional English dessert) : MESS
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Smoothie seed : CHIA
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A flute might have a short one : STEM
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Place for a camper : RVLOT
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Implement at a roast : SPIT
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Aviation legend : EARHART
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Word with air or deep : FRYER
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Undoes, in court : ANNULS
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Manscape, perhaps : SHAVE
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Proverbial thing to cross, in politics : AISLE
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One-sided columns : OPEDS
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Radius neighbor : ULNA
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Direction for a dog : HEEL
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Thin rods, in some product names : STIX
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Send flying : SPEW
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Magnum and Spade, for short : PIS
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Music group co-founded by Dr. Dre : NWA
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Social media star Addison ___ : RAE

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

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