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New York Times, Friday, May 30, 2025

Author:
Rafael Musa
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
4 is a good one, in brief
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Rafael Musa

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {QX} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Musa. Friday freshness: 23%
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© 2025, The New York Times5/30/25 ( No. 27,597 )
Across
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Establishment that might host a drag brunch : GAYBAR
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Something that's filled with bad words : SWEARJAR
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Common final score in the Champions League : ONEONE
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Bottleful at a barbecue : HOTSAUCE
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"Hell, yeah!" : LETSGO
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The White Stripes or Deep Purple : ROCKBAND
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Hip (to) : WISE
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"I am an idiot!" : DUH
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Turpentine sources : PINES
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"We're leaving soon!" : ALLABOARD
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Is serious : MEANSIT
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Nail polish brand with a Raisin Your Voice shade : OPI
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Go pffft : DIE
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"The Good Dinosaur" protagonist : ARLO
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___ green : PEA
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Descendants of aristocratic families, e.g. : SCIONS
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Things checked at checkpoints : DRIVERSLICENSES
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Thrift store transaction : RESALE
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Prefix with car or hotel : ECO
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South Asian wrap : SARI
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Tennis's U.S. Open is played on it : EDT
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Pops : DAD
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Cabaret performer, e.g. : ARTISTE
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Leavened loaf made sans yeast : SODABREAD
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Creature with "Underwater eyes, an eel's / Oil of water body," per the poet Ted Hughes : OTTER
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Oscar-winning Saldaña : ZOE
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XXX : TENS
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Know someone who knows someone, say : HAVEANIN
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Dish often served on a skillet : FAJITA
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Sure thing : SLAMDUNK
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"Don't worry about me" : IMOKAY
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Some nostalgic throwbacks : OLDSONGS
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Rare treat, maybe? : RIBEYE
Down
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Shout during a Real Madrid penalty shootout : GOL
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From the top : ANEW
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Elusive hirsute creature : YETI
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Brazilian genre that's an offshoot of samba : BOSSANOVA
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Early investors, in lingo : ANGELS
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Onetime manufacturer of the Flying Cloud : REO
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Topiarist's "canvas" : SHRUB
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"Hell, yeah!" : WOOHOO
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Alternative to an ellipsis : ETC
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Stock seller's stipulation : ASKPRICE
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Overzealous : RABID
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Evan : Welsh :: ___ : Spanish : JUAN
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Possible side effect of corticosteroids : ACNE
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Merlot and Shiraz : REDS
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Some outcomes from Match.com : DATES
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See what someone is saying? : LIPREAD
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4 is a good one, in brief : APSCORE
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Mother, in Milan : MADRE
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Slipped : ERRED
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Star cluster? : ALIST
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South Asian wraps : DOSAS
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Unlikely to react : INERT
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Nail polish brand with a Gossip N' Spill shade : ESSIE
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Brown ___ : ALE
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Conspiracy theory trope : INSIDEJOB
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Mythical land of untold riches : ELDORADO
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"It matters to me" : ICARE
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Stunning : DAZING
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Typical floor covering in a washitsu : TATAMI
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Apparently is : SEEMS
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Strikes on the noggin : BONKS
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Super-duper : OHSO
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Like some orders : TALL
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Super Bowl highlight : TVAD
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Company named for a goddess : NIKE
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"All You Had to Do Was ___" (Taylor Swift song) : STAY
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She's a believer : NUN
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Christmas centerpiece : FIR
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Something said repeatedly at sea : AYE

Answer summary:
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