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New York Times, Thursday, May 29, 2025

Author:
John Kugelman
Editor:
Will Shortz
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John Kugelman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Kugelman. Grid flow: 28.9 Thursday freshness: 77%
Jim Horne notes:

The T's are up!

If you don't know the Mensa Constellation, you probably don't live in the southern hemisphere.

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© 2025, The New York Times5/29/25 ( No. 27,596 )
Across
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Nosy Parkers : SNOOPS
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"Make like a drum and beat it!" : AMSCRAY
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Source of the line "The female of the species is more deadly than the male" : KIPLING
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"Ditto for us" : SOAREWE
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Half of an Arnold Palmer : ICEDTEA
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"Ta-da!" : ETVOILA
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*Mensa, for one : CONSTELLATION
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"___ Enchanted," 2004 film : ELLA
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What's never free of charge : ION
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___ hat, no cattle (folksy put-down) : ALL
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Swiss Ms. : FRAU
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Fed. observance since 1986 : MLKDAY
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Music biz scandal : PAYOLA
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Chippewa neighbors : CREE
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Homophone of 26-Down : EYE
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Sees red : GETSHOT
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HBO comedy with 17 Emmys : VEEP
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*One with a minority opinion about the shape of the world : FLATEARTHER
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Word with drum or trumpet : EAR
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2013 film that presaged ChatGPT : HER
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Stick with it : GLUE
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Insect named for the Virgin Mary : LADYBUG
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Upton Sinclair novel : OIL
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Mononymous Irish singer : BONO
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Captivate : ENAMOR
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Material for some ropes and curtains : VELVET
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Words from a loud speaker, maybe : RANT
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Preceder of way or word : INA
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*Two sure things : DEATHANDTAXES
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Stage props? : HAND
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X, Y and sometimes Z : AXES
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"Yikes"-worthy : CRINGEY
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Give height, as a hairdo ... or a hint for entering the answers to the starred clues : TEASEUP
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Filled out wrong, say : INVALID
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One rushing to a Code Blue, in brief : ERNURSE
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Not equilateral or isosceles : SCALENE
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Clapped back at : SASSED
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Something to wear on a run : SKICAP
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Anarchist Sacco : NICOLA
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Without pretense : OPENLY
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Elders, derisively : OLDS
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Preparation for a luau : PIT
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Give a dirty look : SNEERAT
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Not on solid ground, say : ASEA
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Witty remark : MOT
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London's ___ Row : SAVILE
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Shepherd's stick : CROOK
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Certain seasonal workers? : REINDEER
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Strip poker? : AWL
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Formal vote : YEA
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Big do : GALA
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Female in Mexican-style wrestling : LUCHADORA
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One going for a little bite? : FLEA
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Inst. known for an annual 15-Down : MET
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Formal vote : AYE
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Informal 26-Down : YEP
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Give a dirty look : OGLE
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One of the "Gilmore Girls" : RORY
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Younger Lennon son : SEAN
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Second star ever photographed, after the sun : VEGA
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Over-the-top dramatic : FULLDIVA
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Prowl : HUNT
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End of a Senate address : GOV
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Dissemble : LIE
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Listing at Christie's : LOT
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Bacchanals : BENDERS
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Charles Darwin's ship : BEAGLE
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Bakery devices : MIXERS
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Disposable : ONEUSE
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Croaked : RASPED
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Bribable : VENAL
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Chamber opening? : ANTE
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___ Park, F.D.R.'s home : HYDE
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Laptop brand : ASUS
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Gender prefix : CIS
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G.O.P. group : RNC
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One from Hamburg : EIN
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"S.N.L." alum Gasteyer : ANA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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