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New York Times, Monday, June 9, 2025

Author:
Aimee Lucido
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Easter or Passover, but not Christmas
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Aimee Lucido

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 18 for Ms. Lucido. Monday freshness: 25%
Jim Horne notes:
This theme made me laugh. A MOVABLE FEAST (Moveable Feast if you're British) is a religious holiday, typically celebrated with a ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times6/9/25 ( No. 27,607 )
Across
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Refill at a Shell station, say : GASUP
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Relative of a rapier : SABER
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"I guess I get the joke ..." : HEH
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Stinks : ODORS
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"Leave me ___!" : ALONE
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Record-holder's suffix : EST
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Dangerous thing to be inside : BELLYOFTHEBEAST
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Music genre modifier : ALT
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Cloudless : CLEAR
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"Slap me five!" : UPTOP
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Kimono-clad entertainer : GEISHA
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Not too many : AFEW
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Easter or Passover, but not Christmas : MOVABLEFEAST
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Great delight : GLEE
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Trumpet blast : BLARE
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By way of : VIA
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Lent a hand to : AIDED
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"Uh-huh!" : YUP
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Linger (on) : DWELL
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Cloth at a car wash : RAG
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Valentine bouquet : ROSES
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Typical Caribbean cruise stop : ISLE
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Beermaker's supply : BREWERSYEAST
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Side-stepper on a beach : CRAB
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Small French eatery : BISTRO
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Insurance filing : CLAIM
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___ and aahed : OOHED
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Scampering rodent : RAT
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"And bringing up the rear ..." or an apt description of the ends of 17-, 26- and 46-Across : LASTBUTNOTLEAST
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Did something exceptionally well, in slang : ATE
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Info gathered by spies : INTEL
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Top-class : ELITE
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Word before dear or after hell : YES
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Pond honker : GOOSE
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Instrument used in Hindustani classical music : SITAR
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It's often packed during the final few weeks of pregnancy : GOBAG
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Singer of the theme song to "Skyfall" : ADELE
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Georg ___, longtime Chicago Symphony conductor : SOLTI
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Clickable address : URL
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Hitchcock film given an R rating 24 years after its release : PSYCHO
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Spot for valuables : SAFE
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Utah skiing area : ALTA
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Niels ___, physicist portrayed by Kenneth Branagh in "Oppenheimer" : BOHR
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Opposite of WSW : ENE
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Spurned : REBUFFED
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Stretches of baking days? : HEATWAVES
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Canadian gasoline brand : ESSO
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Web address starter : HTTP
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Any of several kings of Norway : OLAV
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Sporting equipment that is French for "sword" : EPEE
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Captain Hook's right-hand man : SMEE
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___ Lingus : AER
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Vast void : ABYSS
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Colorful puppy of children's TV : BLUEY
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Momentary slip : LAPSE
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Place for a flower box : SILL
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Old wives' ___ : TALE
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Attire : GARB
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Pinocchio, at times : LIAR
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Outliers in the data : EDGECASES
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Shoot for the stars : DREAMBIG
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At ___ end (frazzled) : WITS
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Sphere : ORB
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Court order : WRIT
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Assist with a crime : ABET
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Moves obliquely : SIDLES
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One could be dominant or recessive : TRAIT
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Follower of Haile Selassie, informally : RASTA
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River animal often seen on its back : OTTER
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Court surface for the French Open : CLAY
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Arriving at 8:00 for a 7:00 dinner, say : LATE
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Bart Simpson's bus driver : OTTO
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Individuals : ONES
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Groundhog's home : HOLE
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Game with Skip cards : UNO
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Quarterback Manning : ELI

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

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