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New York Times, Saturday, May 3, 2025

Author:
Michael Lieberman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
North African egg-and-tomato dish
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
293/1/20215/11/20254
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
21.6313444%
Michael Lieberman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQVWX} This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Lieberman. Saturday freshness: 57%
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© 2025, The New York Times5/3/25 ( No. 27,570 )
Across
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Source of the line "Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend" : ANIMALFARM
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National Merit Scholarship qualifying exam : PSAT
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Nailed : DONETOATEE
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"Nope" : UHUH
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"Can we be real for a second?!" : LETSFACEIT
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Zippo : NADA
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Bass output : ALES
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Spicy alternative to a Frito : TAKI
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Small drama : SKIT
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Country that is more than 50% desert: Abbr. : ISR
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Frenetic bursts of energy in pets, colloquially : ZOOMIES
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Cry for help : SOS
27
Löwenbräu product : BIER
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"Yessiree!" : RIGHTO
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Ubiquitous figure during the holiday season : SALEPRICE
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Subatomic particle that binds quarks together : GLUON
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Like some tournaments : PROAM
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Subj. of some interpretive work : ASL
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Malarkey : HOKUM
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How some people self-identify : ITSME
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"Whatever" : LIKEICARE
42
Gets out of the way, as hair : TIESUP
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[Get out of my way!] : HONK
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Onetime union member: Abbr. : SSR
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Draw out : PROLONG
49
Eponymous Belgian tourist spot : SPA
52
Intervals : GAPS
54
Son of Isaac and Rebekah : ESAU
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Common tater : SPUD
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Tending to get fixated, say : ANAL
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Was way too keyed up, in modern slang : HADNOCHILL
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Remoulade base, informally : MAYO
61
Manchego curado or Asiago d'allevo : AGEDCHEESE
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Computer programming keyword : ELSE
63
Director and co-star of 2013's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" : BENSTILLER
Down
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"___ and Estes — The Bestest" (1956 campaign slogan) : ADLAI
2
Winter airs : NOELS
3
Prefix with change : INTER
4
Futz around (with) : MESS
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Fed. agency that investigates arson : ATF
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Hawaiian for "long" : LOA
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!, in mathematics : FACTORIAL
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Top unit : ATEAM
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Japanese energy-healing technique : REIKI
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Calling : METIER
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"The lowest form of human behavior," per John Oliver : PUNS
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North African egg-and-tomato dish : SHAKSHUKA
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Museum offering with a headset : AUDIOTOUR
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"I'm responsible for what happened" : THATSONME
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Request from someone getting dressed : ZIPMEUP
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Poetic preposition : OER
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Showing exasperation, in a way : SIGHING
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Rays : BEAMS
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Pistol brand : GLOCK
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Tries to talk smoothly, in slang : SPITSGAME
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Made using traditional methods : ARTISANAL
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Stakes of some bar bets : LOSERPAYS
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Franchise based in Vegas and N.Y., among others : CSI
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Norwegian hunting dogs : ELKHOUNDS
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Long spell : EON
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Physical therapy before an operation, familiarly : PREHAB
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Tribe in "Killers of the Flower Moon" : OSAGE
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Weighed down : LADEN
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Pitcher's output : SPIEL
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Beat : PULSE
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Renata ___, longtime journalist for The New Yorker : ADLER
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Blackthorn berry : SLOE
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Poet Silverstein : SHEL
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Mo. when Supreme Court terms begin : OCT
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Home of the White Sox, for short : CHI

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

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