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New York Times, Saturday, July 26, 2025

Author:
Adam Levav
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
What one reads, watches and listens to, collectively
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Adam Levav

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Levav. Saturday freshness: 40%
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J
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© 2025, The New York Times7/26/25 ( No. 27,654 )
Across
1
Pop singer Rexha : BEBE
5
Playful in tone : ARCH
9
Group that got Sweden its first Eurovision win : ABBA
13
Sautéing option with a high smoke point : AVOCADOOIL
16
Home, in slang : CRIB
17
Poisonous plant rumored to have killed the emperor Augustus : BELLADONNA
18
Word with hot or double : TAKE
19
Starting to move : ASTIR
20
What one reads, watches and listens to, collectively : MEDIADIET
22
Dictionaries have many of these: Abbr. : PGS
24
Underappreciated : UNSUNG
25
Lots and lots : BUSHELS
29
Enough : AMPLE
31
Squash, e.g. : GAME
32
Period coinciding with the growth of the internet : DOTCOMBOOM
35
Chicken ___ king : ALA
36
When you're in it, you're in hot water : JACUZZI
37
Sch. that's home to the Mountaineers : WVU
38
Beast of burden : PACKANIMAL
40
Peeps at : SEES
41
"Come in!" : ENTER
42
Leans toward : PREFERS
44
Alternative to a bow : CURTSY
47
Uppermost limit : MAX
48
Has only the best intentions : MEANSWELL
51
Feature of many a handbag : CLASP
55
Running, but not moving : IDLE
56
Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea or Taiwan, to an economist : ASIANTIGER
58
Eye of the storm : LULL
59
Plays dice with God, so to speak : TEMPTSFATE
60
Things on rings : KEYS
61
Casual hangout : SESH
62
Composer Satie : ERIK
Down
1
Rum-soaked cake : BABA
2
Times to look forward : EVES
3
Leave quickly : BOLT
4
Overshadow : ECLIPSE
5
Button next to a suggested contact, maybe : ADD
6
Quarters : ROOM
7
Possible indicator of construction ahead : CONE
8
Rishi Sunak was the first one to become a British prime minister : HINDU
9
Play the fool : ACTDUMB
10
Smarts : BRAINPOWER
11
They separate hands and handlebars : BIKEGLOVES
12
Give some immoral support, perhaps? : ABET
14
"This is sooo frustrating!" : AARGH
15
Sprawled out, say : LAIN
21
"Same here!" : ASAMI
23
Street racer, usually : SEDAN
25
Billing line : BALANCEDUE
26
"Well, as it happens …" : UMACTUALLY
27
Sites of mutations on chromosomes : LOCI
28
Flummox : STUMP
30
Denizens of the Great Victoria Desert : EMUS
31
Go like :O : GAPE
33
Government policy bigwig : CZAR
34
___ Türeci, physician/scientist who co-founded BioNTech : OZLEM
36
Lawn recreation with a portmanteau name : JARTS
39
Germs of ideas : KERNELS
40
Possible topic for a couples therapist : SEXLIFE
43
"Get your ___ first and then you can distort them as much as you please": Mark Twain : FACTS
45
Pop flies? : SWAT
46
Acceptances : YESES
48
Exploit over time : MILK
49
Common guacamole ingredient : LIME
50
Goes around, in a way : LAPS
52
Vegan alternative to gelatin : AGAR
53
___ Institute, home to the Carl Sagan Center : SETI
54
Avenue for early learning, in brief : PREK
57
Unspecified term in a sequence : NTH

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

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