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New York Times, Saturday, June 14, 2025

Author:
Barbara Lin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Gentle nudge
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Barbara Lin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 71, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 17 for Ms. Lin. Saturday freshness: 64%
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© 2025, The New York Times6/14/25 ( No. 27,612 )
Across
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Go over some lines, say : READPALMS
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Cricket swatters : BATS
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How often Ozempic is taken : ONCEAWEEK
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Hedgehog-like mammal of Madagascar : TENREC
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Anniversary celebration for an adopted pet : GOTCHADAY
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Superficial part : VENEER
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Charles Lamb's "Essays of ___" : ELIA
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Glass holding about three pints of ale : YARD
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Pool wear : SPEEDO
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Goes off : RANTS
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Second half of a two-word South American capital : AIRES
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Film lover's haven, in brief : TMC
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Goes left : HAWS
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Fixer of a sort : VET
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Quiet spot : NOOK
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Moved clumsily : GALUMPHED
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___ von Furstenberg, designer known for her wrap dress : DIANE
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Gentle nudge : FRIENDLYREMINDER
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Line that comes from the heart : AORTA
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"It's a snap" : EASYPEASY
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Relative of a skeleton : LUGE
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Words from a prof, maybe : REC
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Ballpark nos. : ESTS
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Intel asset, for short : CPU
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World capital that's closer to Sicily than Rome is : TUNIS
46
African king-to-be : SIMBA
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Horrible : ODIOUS
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In the neighborhood : NEAR
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Tavern of TV animation : MOES
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The great outdoors : NATURE
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Travels like Dr. Manhattan in "Watchmen," e.g. : TELEPORTS
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Trouble spots? : STAINS
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Go out in the winter? : HIBERNATE
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Lead-in to while : ERST
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Small roll : SNAKEEYES
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"I got you" : ROGER
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Sleuth Holmes : ENOLA
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Be a part of, as a play : ACTIN
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One with 10 reasons not to skip a workout : DECATHLETE
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"As if!" : PAH
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Like some games : AWAY
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Mother of Helen of Troy : LEDA
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See 11-Down : MEARA
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Chuting stars? : SKYDIVERS
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OK signals, of a sort : BEEPS
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With 8-Down, half of a classic comedy duo : ANNE
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Sticky-footed amphibians : TREETOADS
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Gift from an angel : SEEDMONEY
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Wall hanging, maybe : TVSET
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Grocery store surname : CROCKER
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Icelandic hot spot : SAUNA
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Fly-by-night? : REDEYE
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Nuke, e.g. : WMD
29
Anatomical filter : SPLEEN
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Singer with the 1991 autobiography "I Put a Spell on You : NINASIMONE
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Crowded amorous outing : GROUPDATE
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It's often played by nonmusicians : AIRGUITAR
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Flowers in the same family as asparagus and agave : HYACINTHS
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Cuts down, say : DIETS
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Oldest sports franchise that has never won a championship in the "Big Four" leagues (N.F.L., N.B.A., M.L.B., N.H.L.) : FALCONS
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Some Lords, in brief : MPS
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Ploys : RUSES
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Like a wild party, in slang : TURNT
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Warmly welcome at the door : SEEIN
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Reef predator : MORAY
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Apt name for a professional gambler : BETTE
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Ones who never apologize, say : ASSES
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Agreements made in Versailles : OUIS
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BBC ___, Gaelic-language channel : ALBA
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Be offensive, in a way : REEK
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Lead-in to fix or text : PRE

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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