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New York Times, Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Author:
Zachary David Levy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Nodding yes while saying no, e.g.
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
96/30/20206/10/20252
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1440000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.654635%
Zachary David Levy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 77, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Levy. Tuesday freshness: 97%
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© 2025, The New York Times6/10/25 ( No. 27,608 )
Across
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Info acquired by scouts : INTEL
6
Blue-footed seabird : BOOBY
11
Cried : WEPT
15
Steak ___ (dish flambéed tableside) : DIANE
16
Bicker : ARGUE
17
One applying the finishing touches at a bakery : ICER
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Places where nonprofessionals sing : KARAOKEBARS
20
Director Ephron : NORA
21
Hyatt alternative : OMNI
22
Let out, as a fishing line : UNREELED
24
Netflix or Hulu : STREAMINGSERVICE
28
Word after swimming or dating : POOL
29
Salon job : DYE
30
Altar constellation : ARA
31
Grandson of Adam and Eve : ENOS
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Move at a speedy pace : ZIP
33
Was verklempt : PLOTZED
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W.S.J. competitor : NYT
38
"You predicted that correctly" ... or what the ends of 18-, 24-, 48- and 57-Across will yield? : GOODCALL
40
Vexation : IRE
41
1981 German film set aboard a submarine : DASBOOT
43
"___ day now" : ANY
44
Flim-___ : FLAM
45
Abbr. on an airport monitor : ETA
46
Weight-to-height ratio, in brief : BMI
47
Vocal range for Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner : ALTO
48
Occasion for toasts : WEDDINGRECEPTION
54
It helps give a car traction : REARTIRE
55
The Beastie Boys, for example : TRIO
56
"Frozen" role for Kristen Bell : ANNA
57
Nodding yes while saying no, e.g. : MIXEDSIGNAL
62
One of the Big Four in banking : CITI
63
Pal : AMIGO
64
Off-the-wall : NUTTY
65
Part of a ship : KEEL
66
"Unhand me!" : LETGO
67
Giggly laugh : TEHEE
Down
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Texter's "shrug" : IDK
2
Actress Long of "Soul Food" : NIA
3
Staples of Polynesian cuisine : TAROROOTS
4
Tooth coatings : ENAMELS
5
Singer Lewis with the 2008 #1 hit "Bleeding Love" : LEONA
6
Hon : BAE
7
Prop for a psychic : ORB
8
Model train track standard : OGAUGE
9
Goes up in flames : BURNS
10
"I'm totally serious!" : YESREALLY
11
Barrel in a cellar : WINEVAT
12
Common bacterial pathogen : ECOLI
13
Georges who wrote "Life: A User's Manual" : PEREC
14
Swap : TRADE
19
Most common surname in South Korea : KIM
23
Swashbuckling Flynn : ERROL
24
Buy things : SPEND
25
Skating champion Harding : TONYA
26
Chowderhead : IDIOT
27
Big Apple coppers : NYPD
32
Many a caged creature : ZOOANIMAL
33
Feeling in an emergency : PANIC
34
Repeated instance, jokily : ZILLIONTH
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Muse of lyric poetry : ERATO
36
Speed ___ (fast driver) : DEMON
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"Catch my drift?" : GOTIT
39
Showed up : CAME
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Safety feature for a sleeping child : BEDRAIL
44
Exhaustion : FATIGUE
46
2016 subject that dominated U.K. newspapers : BREXIT
48
___ and ruin : WRACK
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"___, meenie ..." : EENIE
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Florentine poet who wrote "The Divine Comedy" : DANTE
51
Layer of filth : GRIME
52
U.F.O. crew : ETS
53
Reproduce on paper : PRINT
58
One of a dozen in a carton : EGG
59
Lead-in to hickey or wop : DOO
60
Devoured : ATE
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Common name for NaOH : LYE

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

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