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New York Times, Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Author:
Enrique Henestroza Anguiano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Desired effect of a plumping gloss
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Enrique Henestroza Anguiano

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 80, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Anguiano. Tuesday freshness: 78%
Jim Horne notes:

Read The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott-Heron.

COTTON CANDY is COTT on C and Y.

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© 2025, The New York Times5/6/25 ( No. 27,573 )
Across
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First Nations group : CREE
5
It might be treated with a kiss and a Band-Aid : BOOBOO
11
Layered haircut : SHAG
15
Harvest : REAP
16
Bacall of "How to Marry a Millionaire" : LAUREN
17
"A rising ___ lifts all boats" : TIDE
18
Orange-colored fruit pastry : APRICOTTART
20
Central Plains tribe : OTOE
21
Mistake in logical reasoning : FALLACY
22
Denny's competitor : IHOP
24
Actress Cicely of "The Help" : TYSON
25
"Just do it" and others : ADSLOGANS
30
"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" poet : GILSCOTTHERON
33
Rhymes over a backing beat : RAPS
36
Head-in-the-clouds : SPACY
37
City that's home to the Shitennoji temple : OSAKA
38
Words before "believe" or "declare" : IDO
39
___ generis : SUI
40
More, in Mexico City : MAS
42
Downturn : DIP
43
Easily duped person : CHUMP
45
Michelangelo marble masterpiece : DAVID
48
Samosa tidbits : PEAS
49
Dairy product with curds : COTTAGECHEESE
52
Looks that might send a chill down one's spine : ICYSTARES
53
Fruits often poached with cinnamon : PEARS
57
"None of it's true!" : LIES
58
Disposable coaster at a bar : BEERMAT
60
Ocean, poetically : MAIN
62
Carnival confection ... or, when re-parsed, a hint to what appears three times in this puzzle : COTTONCANDY
66
Dad, in Korean : APPA
67
Though : ALBEIT
68
Soccer score : GOAL
69
Member of the South Asian diaspora : DESI
70
They need a push to get started : PEDALS
71
Raison d'___ : ETRE
Down
1
Crossword construction, e.g. : CRAFT
2
Settle, as a debt : REPAY
3
They outrank viscounts : EARLS
4
Literary postscripts : EPILOGS
5
Group that votes together : BLOC
6
Like some ales and health bars : OATY
7
Living life openly, in a way : OUT
8
Garment with cups : BRA
9
Opposite of 'neath : OER
10
Betting recklessly at the poker table : ONTILT
11
Moe, Larry and Curly : STOOGES
12
Listing of top tunes : HITPARADE
13
Much ___ about nothing : ADO
14
"Fancy that!" : GEE
19
"Will you let me, please?" : CANI
23
Snack cakes with swirls : HOHOS
25
Obama health law, for short : ACA
26
"What's up, ___?" : DOC
27
Totally hamper : STYMIE
28
Finnish telecom giant : NOKIA
29
Kudos at a poetry slam : SNAPS
31
Sch. with the cheer "Geaux Tigers!" : LSU
32
Spinner of silk : SPIDER
33
Actress Christina of "Yellowjackets" : RICCI
34
Like some committees : ADHOC
35
Desired effect of a plumping gloss : POUTYLIPS
39
Sudden surge : SPATE
41
Summer drink suffix : ADE
44
O.T. high point? : MTSINAI
46
Flexible card in blackjack : ACE
47
Pre-DVD format : VHS
48
System of hereditary titles and noble ranks : PEERAGE
50
Tank top? : GASCAP
51
Design deet : SPEC
54
"Are too!" response : AMNOT
55
Doppler device : RADAR
56
Fashion sense : STYLE
58
Bring to 212° : BOIL
59
Towering Tolkien creatures : ENTS
60
Worked up, say : MAD
61
Chest-beating mammal : APE
63
Copa Mundial shout : OLE
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Still undecided, in brief : TBD
65
Product of the Camellia sinensis plant : TEA

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

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