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New York Times, Monday, June 30, 2025

Author:
Dena R. Verkuil and Andrea Carla Michaels
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
"I'm done with you"
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251.6432326.221%
Andrea Carla Michaels

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Verkuil. This is puzzle # 88 for Ms. Michaels. Grid flow: 31.5 Monday freshness: 14%
Constructor notes:
Andrea: In the last decade, over half my constructions have been collaborations with over 30 different folks. I know I'm not ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

The phrase was originally intended to be Bye Felisha but the spelling at 61-Across has become standard.

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© 2025, The New York Times6/30/25 ( No. 27,628 )
Across
1
Guitar accessory : CAPO
5
Inventor Nikola with a car named after him : TESLA
10
Garment for Dracula : CAPE
14
Big Stuf cookie : OREO
15
Exchange of negative commercials : ADWAR
16
Certain draft picks? : ALES
17
"My heavens!" : GEEZLOUISE
19
Bout enders, for short : TKOS
20
Shift, Tab and Return : KEYS
21
Nine-digit ID : SSN
22
Nickname for Haydn or Hemingway : PAPA
23
Crescent moon, for instance : PHASE
25
"Hold it right there!" : WHOANELLY
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Occupation : JOB
28
Bay Area airport code : SFO
30
Great Lakes tribe : ERIES
31
Walk heavily, as through muck or snow : SLOG
33
___ Alamos, N.M. : LOS
35
Beast that brays : ASS
36
Classic Robert De Niro line in "Taxi Driver" ... or a hint for 17-, 25-, 51- and 61-Across : YOUTALKINTOME
41
Noah's ___ : ARK
42
Total up : ADD
43
"Fiddlesticks!" : NUTS
45
George Jetson's dog : ASTRO
48
Timothy Leary's drug of choice : LSD
50
___ Lanka : SRI
51
"Absolutely, positively not!" : NOWAYJOSE
55
No longer on one's plate : EATEN
57
Sheepish look, maybe : GRIN
58
Murmur during a massage : AHH
59
___ bean : FAVA
60
"___ we forget" : LEST
61
"I'm done with you" : BYEFELICIA
65
Italy's Villa d'___ : ESTE
66
Parisian cap : BERET
67
"Hello, sailor!" : AHOY
68
Eye annoyance : STYE
69
Carne ___ (grilled dish) : ASADA
70
Aloha State goose : NENE
Down
1
Gear tooth : COG
2
"Where the Wild Things ___" : ARE
3
Baby's game : PEEKABOO
4
Moves like molasses : OOZES
5
Art town NNE of Santa Fe : TAOS
6
End of a school's email address : EDU
7
Nothing-but-net sound : SWISH
8
Cowboy's rope : LASSO
9
Sporting event venue : ARENA
10
Counterpart of a dog lover : CATPERSON
11
Base that dissolves in water : ALKALI
12
Magazine with a celebrity on almost every cover : PEOPLE
13
Pieces of 1,000 words or so : ESSAYS
18
Soapmaking supplies : LYES
23
Comfy clothes for sleepytime : PJS
24
"___ camoly!" : HOLY
25
Cashmere or angora : WOOL
26
Where eggs hatch : NEST
29
Carping : FLAK
32
Buyer's protection : GUARANTEE
34
Mighty Mighty Bosstones music genre : SKA
35
"No ifs, ___ or buts" : ANDS
37
Ancient city fooled by a horse : TROY
38
Not being used : IDLE
39
A milk drinker may have one : MUSTACHE
40
Raison d'___ : ETRE
44
Confession in a confessional : SIN
45
They're right at 90° : ANGLES
46
Most achy : SOREST
47
Serpentine : TWISTY
49
Hand out hands : DEAL
52
___ the Hutt ("Star Wars" villain) : JABBA
53
"Now I remember!" : OHYES
54
The so-called "Princess of Power" : SHERA
56
Birdlike : AVIAN
59
Crumbly cheese in a Greek salad : FETA
62
Gave sustenance to : FED
63
Particle that's either positive or negative : ION
64
Sea "sí" : AYE

Answer summary:
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