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New York Times, Thursday, June 19, 2025

Author:
Hannah Slovut-Einertson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Proverbial bad thing to have your mind in
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 39 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Slovut. Thursday freshness: 59%
Jim Horne notes:
At 20-Across, parse RATOUT as RA to UT. Perform that recipe at 22-Across to change GRATER to GUTTER, which matches the clue. And so ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times6/19/25 ( No. 27,617 )
Across
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Real estate, e.g. : ASSET
6
First word of Carroll's "Jabberwocky" : TWAS
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Grps. that are often inactive in the summer : PTAS
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Frida who portrayed her chronic pain through art : KAHLO
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Water wheel? : HELM
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The best of the best : AONE
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Acrobat developer : ADOBE
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"You're in on this?" : ETTUBRUTE
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Tattle on ... or an instruction for answering 22-Across : RATOUT
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Proverbial bad thing to have your mind in : GUTTER
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Back muscle, in brief : LAT
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Sites for mosaics in cathedrals, often : APSES
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___ of Solomon : ODES
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Some aquarium attractions ... or an instruction for answering 30-Across : OCTOPI
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Like the tail of a stegosaurus : SPIKED
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On : ATOP
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More likely to be marked down, say : STALER
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Diplomacy : FINESSE
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Comedian Chelsea : PERETTI
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Close : NEARBY
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Elected position : SEAT
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Informal name for a weather event ... or an instruction for answering 45-Across : TSTORM
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Precursor to a license : PERMIT
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NASCAR ___ (demographic group) : DADS
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They keep the wheels turning : AXLES
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Teddy bear, e.g. : TOY
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Part of a beer name ... or an instruction for answering 53-Across : ARTOIS
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Certain clergy member : BISHOP
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In no way : NOTONEBIT
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Orderly display : ARRAY
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For all time : EVER
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Podcaster's need : MIKE
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Witherspoon of "Little Fires Everywhere" : REESE
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Forms a union : WEDS
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Rock climber : IBEX
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Temporary store : POPUP
Down
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Stefani Germanotta ___ Lady Gaga : AKA
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"That's very unfortunate" : SAD
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Weight measurement commonly known by only its second part : SHORTTON
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North ___, N.Y. (home of Lake Placid) : ELBA
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Simple exercise often done while standing : TOETAP
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Subject of "This Land Is Your Land," informally : THEUS
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Like Hawaii, among the 50 states : WETTEST
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Secondary social media acct. : ALT
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Self-congratulatory : SMUG
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Silent marching band position : PARADEREST
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Trumpeted : TOUTED
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Upfront payments : ANTES
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Person it should be impossible to surprise : SEER
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Intermediary : BROKER
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Nail polish brand with the shade I Just Can't Cope-acabana : OPI
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Bakery purchase : LOAF
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When Elphaba sings "Defying Gravity" in "Wicked" : ACTI
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Like a dog in the middle of a bath : SOAPY
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Creates some opportunities : OPENSDOORS
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The Cavaliers, on scoreboards : CLE
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"Fulcrum" sculptor Richard : SERRA
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Begins to feel real : SETSIN
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___ Gonçalo, Brazil : SAO
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Activity for many H.S. juniors : TESTPREP
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Singer Cruz with the 2010 hit "Dynamite" : TAIO
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Teensy : ITTY
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Stuntperson's two-wheeler : BMXBIKE
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Heavily inked : TATTED
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Each : PER
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F equivalent : ESHARP
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Had the wheel : DROVE
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Makeup of some gloves and paint : LATEX
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From the start : ANEW
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Prefix with sweet or soft : SEMI
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Commercial item sometimes advertised as "twistable" : OREO
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Chest guard : BIB
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Sun Devils' sch. : ASU
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"Okey-dokey" : YEP

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