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New York Times, Monday, July 14, 2025

Author:
Christina Iverson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Sledding event that debuted in the 2022 Winter Olympics
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Christina Iverson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 35 for Ms. Iverson. Monday freshness: 90%
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© 2025, The New York Times7/14/25 ( No. 27,642 )
Across
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"Twilight" heroine : BELLA
6
___ pants (garment with lots of pockets) : CARGO
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School grp. in charge of fund-raisers : PTA
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Intentionally miss calls from, say : AVOID
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Layered bulb : ONION
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Partner of a cone, or of a reel : ROD
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Textile pattern that resembles braided wicker : BASKETWEAVE
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Moody rock subgenre : EMO
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Tall, in Spanish : ALTA
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Chopped down : HEWN
22
Frighten off, as from doing something : DETER
24
___ Rabbit : BRER
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Film award that has had the categories "Worst Excuse for an Actual Movie" and "Most Flatulent Teen-Targeted Movie" : RAZZIE
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Sir and Madam, for two : TITLES
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"___ Playing Our Song" (Marvin Hamlisch musical) : THEYRE
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Ready for a mate : INHEAT
33
Call from a drill sergeant : HUP
34
___ Romeo (Italian car) : ALFA
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Poetic "before" : ERE
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Sledding event that debuted in the 2022 Winter Olympics : MONOBOB
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Common setting for a joke : BAR
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Laura of "Big Little Lies" : DERN
44
Lil ___ X, "Old Town Road" rapper : NAS
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Vigorously strong : ROBUST
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Playwright O'Neill : EUGENE
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What the Roman numeral XX represents : TWENTY
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Little 'uns : KIDDOS
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Philadelphia's Liberty ___ : BELL
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Wishes : HOPES
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First, second or reverse, e.g. : GEAR
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"___ and the 58-Down Girl" (Ryan Gosling film) : LARS
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Year, in Portuguese : ANO
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English pop singer whose name sounds like a goofy hint to the ends of 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 29-Down : HARRYSTYLES
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We are family! : KIN
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Clamor : NOISE
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Person : HUMAN
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Like winter roads, at times : ICY
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Like a kid in a "Sister" T-shirt vis-à-vis one in a "Sister" onesie : OLDER
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Multicolored gemstones : OPALS
Down
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"Ali ___ and the 40 Thieves" : BABA
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Assessment, for short : EVAL
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Completely disoriented : LOST
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Pleasant to be around : LIKABLE
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Suffix with lemon or lime : ADE
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Crouch down in fear : COWER
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All over again : ANEW
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Director Johnson : RIAN
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Website ending for the White House : GOV
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"Eventually ..." : ONEDAY
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Gourmet bread for a hamburger : PRETZELBUN
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Marisa of "My Cousin Vinny" : TOMEI
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Really love : ADORE
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Band whose albums include "Sticky Fingers" and "Let It Bleed," familiarly : THESTONES
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Book after II Chronicles : EZRA
25
500 sheets of paper : REAM
26
Lois Lane and co-workers at the Daily Planet : REPORTERS
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Like a score of 2-2 : TIED
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Start of a memo : INRE
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Steinbeck novella set on a horse ranch : THEREDPONY
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The ones over there : THOSE
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Major airport, e.g. : HUB
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Speedy : FAST
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Inclined to attend gallery openings, perhaps : ARTY
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Alternative to Gramma or Granny : NAN
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Postseason football game : BOWL
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Painting that might make you blush : NUDE
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Unfortunate way for a business to go : BELLYUP
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"Goodness, I can't do that" : GOSHNO
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Color for some business casual pants : KHAKI
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Like some chemical bonds : IONIC
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Big name in aspirin : BAYER
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What streets and avenues often make, collectively : GRID
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Gaelic language : ERSE
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___ mater : ALMA
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See 56-Across : REAL
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Strings of digits to keep secret, in brief : SSNS
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Pioneer in instant messaging : AOL
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Yet, informally : THO

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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