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New York Times, Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Author:
Dan Caprera
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Step up from an upright piano
TotalDebutLatest
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Dan Caprera

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Caprera. Wednesday freshness: 47%
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© 2025, The New York Times7/2/25 ( No. 27,630 )
Across
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___ salad : COBB
5
Site for techies : CNET
9
One of the hues in a Crayola eight-pack : BLACK
14
Shape of many a racetrack : OVAL
15
Fit as a fiddle : HALE
16
"… for He is ___" (Matthew 28:6) : RISEN
17
Did you know?! The most common bar name in the U.K. is The Red Lion : PUBTRIVIA
19
Enough : AMPLE
20
W.W.E. star Dumas : AMY
21
Portfolio portion, in brief : IRA
22
It hangs on in the winter : ICICLE
23
Did you know?! The oldest known porno movie is the 1907 short film "El Satario" : GRAPHICDETAIL
27
One might charge el capote rojo : TORO
29
2014 Winter Olympics host : SOCHI
30
Iridescent gemstones : OPALS
32
Bingo relative : KENO
34
Squid's ink holder : SAC
37
Did you know?! Engaging in leisure activities has been shown to reduce stress levels by over 30% : FUNFACT
40
Did you know?! Before mastering fire, cave men ate uncooked meat for the first million years of human existence : RAWDATA
42
Official currency of Ecuador and Guam: Abbr. : USD
43
"___ move" : YOUR
45
Cabinet department since 1913 : LABOR
46
Nudges against : ABUTS
49
Room for growth? : WOMB
50
Did you know?! America's first chartered money supplier opened in Philadelphia on January 7, 1782 : BANKSTATEMENT
56
Enemy vessels in W.W. II : UBOATS
57
Outfit that might have satin lapels, informally : TUX
58
Key near F1 : ESC
61
Spanish island with many nightclubs : IBIZA
62
Did you know?! Diamonds are 58 times more resistant to pressure than rubies or sapphires : HARDTRUTH
65
"___ est mort" ("the king is dead") : LEROI
66
Modern aerosol emitter, for short : ECIG
67
x times y, potentially : AREA
68
Boxer nicknamed "Kid Dynamite" : TYSON
69
"... or ___!" (threat) : ELSE
70
"College GameDay" airer : ESPN
Down
1
___ América (international football competition) : COPA
2
Tube descender : OVUM
3
Step up from an upright piano : BABYGRAND
4
Layered lunch offering, informally : BLT
5
Tweets : CHIRPS
6
Language of W.W. II "code talkers": Var. : NAVAHO
7
Inventor Whitney : ELI
8
Beverage in Wonderland : TEA
9
Leg support : BRACE
10
Minimum or maximum : LIMIT
11
Pet safety org. : ASPCA
12
Chamber group instruments : CELLI
13
Genuflect : KNEEL
18
Narrow inlet : RIA
22
"Uncut Gems" actress Menzel : IDINA
24
"The Sound of Music" antagonist : ROLF
25
"Ugh!" : ICK
26
Only acting Oscar winner in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame : CHER
27
Common stir-fry ingredient : TOFU
28
Grand work : OPUS
31
For example : SAY
33
One who gives a hoot : OWL
34
Ones wreaking havoc : SABOTEURS
35
___ bomb : ATOM
36
No-no in many fad diets : CARB
38
Thoroughly covers : COATS
39
Low-pitched musical instrument : TUBA
41
"Rosy-fingered" time of day in the "Odyssey" : DAWN
44
Don't get stuck in it! : RUT
47
Onetime geometric game fad : TETRIS
48
What mascara might do : SMUDGE
50
Muscular : BUILT
51
"The Sound of Music" locale : ABBEY
52
"The Third Man" and "Kiss Me Deadly," for two : NOIRS
53
Creator of a lot of buzz in the music scene : KAZOO
54
Laundry problem : STAIN
55
No. after a tel. no. : EXT
59
Part of a plan : STEP
60
Jackie of martial arts films : CHAN
62
Bit of a laugh : HEE
63
Femur/tibia connector, in brief : ACL
64
Issa of Hollywood : RAE

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

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