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New York Times, Saturday, May 31, 2025

Author:
Adam Aaronson and Ricky Cruz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Culturally relevant
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
151/4/20205/31/20255
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0123009
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6311167%
Adam Aaronson
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
810/3/20195/31/20252
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1011302
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
121.583942%
Ricky Cruz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Aaronson. This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Cruz. Saturday freshness: 6%
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K
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© 2025, The New York Times5/31/25 ( No. 27,598 )
Across
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Where one might have a mic and a Michelob : KARAOKEBAR
11
Edgar Degas's "Miss ___ at the Cirque Fernando" : LALA
15
"Been there!" : ICANRELATE
16
Member of BTS or Blackpink, e.g. : IDOL
17
What may rise over a range : BACKSPLASH
18
Let off : EMIT
19
Spotted cat : OCELOT
20
Response to "Who's going?" : IAM
22
Plural suffix : ISM
23
Beget : SIRE
24
Symbol of rebirth in ancient Egypt : DUNGBEETLE
28
Gives birth to : HAS
29
Subatomic particle named after an Indian physicist : BOSON
30
Overdo a celebration, maybe : GLOAT
31
Underline? : SEWER
32
Count Vronsky's titular lover in a classic Tolstoy novel : ANNA
33
Leaves the rest? : AWAKENS
36
Eponym of Pittsburgh's tallest building : USSTEEL
39
Country whose predominant language is Bambara : MALI
40
___ Grape, Leonardo DiCaprio's role in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" : ARNIE
41
Minor key? : ISLET
43
Churro covering : SUGAR
44
Ride-or-die sort, in brief : BFF
47
Participant in a hybrid sport that requires both brains and brawn : CHESSBOXER
49
Ski resort in the White River National Forest : VAIL
50
Chip maker in a 1961 merger : LAY
51
Discipline : ART
52
Most populous California city with a one-word name : FRESNO
54
Male influencer archetype : EBOY
56
Where camels can occasionally be seen swimming : ARABIANSEA
59
Kind of juice that's high in antioxidants : ALOE
60
What the "T" in CAPTCHA stands for : TURINGTEST
61
Set components : REPS
62
Culturally relevant : ZEITGEISTY
Down
1
Nix : KIBOSH
2
Traditional wood for a ukulele : ACACIA
3
500 people? : RACERS
4
___ sock : ANKLE
5
Words after a guesstimate : ORSO
6
Repressed : KEPTDOWN
7
Likely spot for a pipe jam : ELL
8
Call repeated in a nursery rhyme : BAA
9
Something found next to a handle : ATSIGN
10
Bring up to modern standards, say : REHAB
11
Fake account : LIE
12
Pass words? : ADMITONE
13
Subject of the 2023 TV series "My Adventures With Superman" : LOISLANE
14
Genre for Soundgarden and Linkin Park : ALTMETAL
21
Part of a gig : MEG
25
Exercises : USES
26
Eur. land with more than 60,000 miles of coast : NOR
27
Send : ELATE
29
Competition with some defining moments? : BEE
31
Hits high in the air : SKIES
33
Stern question after laying out expectations : AMICLEAR
34
Not likely to leave a mark, say : WASHABLE
35
Two-person shot : ALLEYOOP
36
Press : URGE
37
Downing, with "down" : SNARFING
38
Sean Connery or Mick Jagger, e.g. : SIR
40
Kind of cable in a car, for short : AUX
42
Rod's employer in "Get Out," in brief : TSA
43
"I couldn't agree more!" : SOTRUE
44
They often end on a low note : BASSES
45
Top-shelf, say : FINEST
46
Air-filled pool item : FLOATY
48
Toy doll brand since 2001 : BRATZ
49
Twenty, in Italian : VENTI
53
All the ___ : RAGE
55
Wry response to a this-or-that question : YES
57
R&B singer Lennox : ARI
58
0 or 1 : BIT

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

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