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New York Times, Thursday, June 26, 2025

Author:
Simeon Seigel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Pundit / Tsar
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Simeon Seigel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FGKQXZ} This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Seigel. Thursday freshness: 56%
Jim Horne notes:
This is tricky because the answers must be parsed carefully to make sense of the clues. Gimmicks often work the other way ... read more
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B
2
O
3
O
4
I
5
P
6
A
7
S
8
A
9
S
10
S
11
O
12
N
13
J
E
T
L
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I
N
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R
15
A
L
C
O
V
E
16
P
A
T
E
N
T
E
E
17
M
O
O
R
E
D
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O
N
O
19
H
O
R
N
20
B
L
O
W
E
R
21
P
O
I
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S
E
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A
T
E
24
S
P
25
A
26
T
R
27
E
28
S
29
S
T
30
E
31
E
P
L
E
32
O
33
W
E
I
T
T
34
O
35
A
R
O
A
R
36
P
O
R
T
A
U
T
37
H
38
O
R
I
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Y
39
V
E
R
N
E
40
S
A
D
N
E
S
S
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A
R
M
A
D
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A
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S
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D
E
E
P
45
N
A
H
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R
V
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S
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D
A
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T
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U
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M
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C
O
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R
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D
C
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T
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T
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E
R
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A
B
E
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P
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L
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M
A
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E
R
N
U
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R
S
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S
61
O
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P
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D
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S
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O
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© 2025, The New York Times6/26/25 ( No. 27,624 )
Across
1
"You stink, ump!" : BOO
4
Hoppy brew, for short : IPA
7
Bygone jeans brand whose name means "happiness" in Hebrew : SASSON
13
757 or 767 : JETLINER
15
Recess : ALCOVE
16
Bell for the telephone, for one : PATENTEE
17
Secured by a slip : MOORED
18
John Lennon's middle name after 1969 : ONO
19
Hurricane / Nor'easter : HORNBLOWER
21
"The ability to be ill-at-ease inconspicuously," per Earl Wilson : POISE
23
Downed : ATE
24
Eponymous Belgian town : SPA
26
___ chic : TRES
29
Bell location, often : STEEPLE
32
Must give : OWEITTO
35
Erupting with noise : AROAR
36
Pundit / Tsar : PORTAUTHORITY
39
Author who predicted electric submarines 15 years before they were invented : VERNE
40
Down state : SADNESS
41
Forces offshore : ARMADAS
44
Word with six or sea : DEEP
45
Casual refusal : NAH
46
Some roadside accommodations, in brief : RVS
48
It's a fact! : DATUM
52
Cleaver / Dagger : CORDCUTTER
57
Onetime Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___ : ABE
58
Cocktail of tequila, lime juice and grapefruit soda : PALOMA
59
They try to admit the worst first, informally : ERNURSES
61
Got things going : OPENED
62
Travelers in covered wagons : PIONEERS
63
Marquis name? : DESADE
64
Brillo competitor : SOS
65
Choice words … which are necessary to interpret the answers to 19-, 36- and 52-Across and 10- and 33-Down : ORS
Down
1
Original name for "bingo," after the bits used to cover the playing cards : BEANO
2
First Holy Roman emperor to be called "the Great" : OTTOI
3
"Hurray!" : OLE
4
Loving : INTO
5
Part of a jury pool : PEER
6
Boxing site : ARENA
7
Baby fish with pink, coho and sockeye varieties : SAMLET
8
Potato, in Indian cuisine : ALOO
9
Boat with broad, square ends : SCOW
10
Sees / Espies : SORESPOTS
11
Takes a role too far : OVERPLAYS
12
Governor Lamont of Connecticut : NED
13
Music export from Tokyo, informally : JPOP
14
Like looks from mom and dad, say : INHERITED
20
Music export from Seoul : BTS
22
Breast plates? : STERNA
25
Atmospheric prefix : AER
27
Info found, appropriately, in "ticket agent" : ETA
28
Apt nickname for a gumbo chef : STU
30
Kind of average : EARNEDRUN
31
City up the coast from Cleveland, OH : ERIEPA
32
Accessory for Broadway's Phantom : OPERACAPE
33
Wells / Mouths : WORMHOLES
34
Certain rehab docs : OTS
37
Experienced : HAD
38
Love lines? : ODE
39
Dutch cousin of Mac or Ben : VAN
42
Centipede setting : ARCADE
43
Long-running police procedural filmed in N.Y.C. : SVU
47
Puts one's foot down : STEPS
49
Police weapon : TASER
50
App-driven rides : UBERS
51
Interfere (with) : MESS
53
Covid-19, colloquially : RONA
54
Used social media for private notes, informally : DMED
55
The "Amigos" of film, e.g. : TRIO
56
Grandson of Adam and Eve : ENOS
58
Lead-in to cast : POD
60
Car that went defunct in 1936 : REO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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