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New York Times, Saturday, June 21, 2025

Author:
Christina Iverson and Doug Peterson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Crib for a doll
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
347/30/20196/21/202525
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
114512461
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
331.5820152%
Christina Iverson
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
582/20/20066/21/202536
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
6383313193
RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.6226868%
Doug Peterson

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 14 Words: 68, Blocks: 28 Missing: {FQXZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 34 for Ms. Iverson. This is puzzle # 58 for Mr. Peterson. Saturday freshness: 36%
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© 2025, The New York Times6/21/25 ( No. 27,619 )
Across
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Olympics event in which Germany is the traditional powerhouse : BOBSLED
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Scattered : SPARSE
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Words before ask, admit or go : IHAVETO
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First name of the "Princess of Pop" : ARIANA
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Donned quickly : THREWON
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Puts in order : TIDIES
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Fuel for a family feud : SIBLINGRIVALRY
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"Oh, ___ on!" : ITS
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Rita of the "Fifty Shades" movies : ORA
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Food label abbr. : RDA
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Kitchen alternative to tallow : GHEE
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Grammy-winning song (2013) that begins "The snow glows white on the mountain tonight" : LETITGO
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Gen-Xer's "excellent" : RAD
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Black-and-yellow demarcation : POLICETAPE
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Cootie-free greeting : AIRKISS
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Foster kid in "Taxi Driver"? : JODIE
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Bargaining subjects : PLEAS
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Frank who wrote the music and lyrics to "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" : LOESSER
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Like a Mediterranean diet : HEARTSMART
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Endurance event, for short : TRI
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Bending over, perhaps : MOONING
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Word before or after book : CASE
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"Ugh!" : GAH
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QB Dawson who faced Bart Starr in Super Bowl I : LEN
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Prune, say : CUT
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Exhibited perfect brakes : STOPPEDONADIME
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Sommelier, e.g. : POURER
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Tolled : RANGOUT
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In the shop, say : ONSITE
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Dish, at times : ANTENNA
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Was overrun : TEEMED
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Performs a perfect dismount, e.g. : NAILSIT
Down
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Storage units : BITS
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"Didn't see ya there!" : OHHI
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Crib for a doll : BARBIEDREAMHOUSE
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Trim : SVELTE
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Literature Nobelist who wrote "Dodsworth" and "Kingsblood Royal" : LEWIS
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Berkshire institution : ETON
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Vietnamese currency : DONG
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Like "Animal Farm" and "Don Quixote" : SATIRIC
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Flight of fancy? : PRIVATEJET
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"Ritorna vincitor" singer : AIDA
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Training facilities? : RAILROADSTATIONS
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Mortimer who once made a guest appearance on "The Muppet Show" : SNERD
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Average booster : EASYA
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Side order with curry : ROTI
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It has its peaks and valleys : GRAPH
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Ethiopian emperor Selassie : HAILE
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Part of U.C.L.A. : LOS
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High ways : ELS
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Vehicles seen in the films "Dazed and Confused" and "Two-Lane Blacktop" : GTOS
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Basketball legend Maravich's nickname : PISTOLPETE
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Some seaside attractions : PIERS
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Disturbing, in a way : EERIE
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Name in the baking aisle : KARO
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Brief office hookup? : LAN
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___ chart : ORG
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Dismissed, with "at" : SNEERED
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Word with game or control : MIND
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Old-fashioned club : CUDGEL
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Sex therapy topic : GSPOT
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Pay (for) : ATONE
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"C'mon, please?" : CANTI
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Starched : PRIM
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Port WSW of Algiers : ORAN
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Gram alternative : NANA
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Certain bond, informally : MUNI
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Ministre d'___ : ETAT

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

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