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New York Times, Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Author:
Tarun Krishnamurthy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
53-Across : Aware of, as dangers
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Tarun Krishnamurthy

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 73, Blocks: 37 Missing: {GJKQWXZ} Spans: 2 Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Krishnamurthy. Grid flow: 34.6 Tuesday freshness: 54%
Tarun Krishnamurthy notes:
This puzzle was made during the summer break right before my senior year, accepted on Halloween, and is now in publication just a few ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times6/17/25 ( No. 27,615 )
Across
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Ride-or-dies, in brief : BFFS
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Healthy ones may be square : MEALS
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Lively party : BASH
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Came down to earth : ALIT
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Skate park trick : OLLIE
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Defaulter's loss, in brief : REPO
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Classic Beatles song written and sung by George Harrison : HERECOMESTHESUN
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Windstorm often accompanied by rain : TEMPEST
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Shakespeare's Globe, e.g. : THEATRE
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Auction offer : BID
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Outdoor gear giant : REI
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Volcanic output : ASH
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Mathematician/philosopher who wrote "I think, therefore I am" : RENEDESCARTES
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Sidekick : PAL
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Talks in all caps, say : YELLS
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Pedicured digit : TOE
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Pilots a plane : AVIATES
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Experience humiliation : EATDIRT
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With 41-Across, popular candy represented by the circled letters in 17-, 26- and 57-Across? : REESES
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See 40-Across : PIECES
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Like Santa's helpers : ELFIN
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Many an I.R.S. employee : CPA
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Like many dorm rooms : MESSY
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Went through the air like a perfectly thrown football : SPIRALLED
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Shady, in modern lingo : SUS
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Aware of, as dangers : ALERTTO
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Insta upload : PIC
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Does some door-to-door campaigning : PRESSESTHEFLESH
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Own up to : ADMIT
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Reason for overtime : TIE
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Bloke : FELLA
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Spades or diamonds : SUIT
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"Chandelier" singer, 2014 : SIA
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Typical high school student ... like this puzzle's constructor! : TEEN
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Money in Thailand : BAHT
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Skedaddle : FLEE
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Something one probably won't change one's mind on : FIRMBELIEF
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Intervene : STEPIN
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Cattle calls : MOOS
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Street liners in parts of New England : ELMTREES
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Word after ginger or pale : ALE
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Online post whose title may begin "The Top 10 Best ..." : LISTICLE
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Rogen of "The Studio" and "The Interview" : SETH
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Choice at KFC : BREAST
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They're a matter of taste : AESTHETICS
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Cowboy boot attachment : SPUR
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Sharpen, as skills : HONE
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Surrender : CEDE
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Learn by word of mouth : HEAR
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Subj. for some new U.S. residents : ESL
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Get tangled up : RAVEL
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Easter egg colorings : DYES
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"Make it snappy!" : ASAP
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Sensitive skin spots : SORES
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Cut back : PARE
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Handicrafts site : ETSY
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Garage sale caveat : ASIS
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A sixth of the way through the hour : TENPAST
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R&R : TIMEOFF
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Proof of ownership : DEED
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Wave peaks : CRESTS
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Sequel title ender : PARTII
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Tennis's Gibson who won back-to-back Wimbledons and U.S. Opens : ALTHEA
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Suffix with percent : ILE
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Wireless standard inits. : LTE
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Relaxing retreats : SPAS
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Language in which the first four counting numbers are ek, do, tin, char : URDU
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18-wheeler : SEMI
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Sports star who debuted with the New York Cosmos in 1975 : PELE
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Tahiti, e.g. : ISLE
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Jackie of "Rush Hour" : CHAN
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Host's directive to a guest : SIT
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Tennis do-over : LET

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