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New York Times, Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Author:
Thomas Byrne and Daniel Bodily
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
64-Across : Sigma preceder
TotalDebutCollabs
17/30/20251
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0001000
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1.79466.045%
Thomas Byrne
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
173/17/20226/6/20266
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3143501
RebusCircleScrabDebutFlowFresh
231.676728.843%
Daniel Bodily

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 44 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 2 There are unchecked squares This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Byrne. This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Bodily. Grid flow: 66.0 Wednesday freshness: 70%
Jim Horne notes:

The OREO is such an important player in modern crosswords. It's about time it got its own grid art.

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© 2025, The New York Times7/30/25 ( No. 27,658 )
Across
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Dallas baller : MAV
4
Doesn't have : LACKS
9
What you might add to fruit to make a drink? : ADE
12
Popular oldies : CLASSICHITS
14
Sch. whose mascot is Tim the Beaver : MIT
15
Zugspitze, for one : ALP
16
Put a cork in, say : STOPUP
17
Grishnákh or Gothmog in "The Lord of the Rings" : ORC
18
Got ready to post on Insta, say : TOOKAPIC
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Where everyone is at home : EARTH
23
Word after sand or speed : TRAP
24
Murkiness : OPACITY
27
Beer hall recyclables : BOTTLES
28
Beverage served alongside the treats in this puzzle : MILK
30
Summer hangout locale : POOL
32
Man's name that's a woman's name backward : ARON
34
Hectic home, metaphorically : ZOO
35
Extra-thick Nabisco treats, hinted at four times in this puzzle : DOUBLESTUFOREOS
39
Like poker champion Chris Moneymaker's name : APT
40
Years ago : ONCE
41
Gamble : RISK
42
Bunny with a Brooklyn accent : BUGS
44
Empty spaces : VACUUMS
45
In on : PRIVYTO
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Monomaniacal sea captain of literature : AHAB
50
Scrumptious camp treat : SMORE
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15 to 29, for "American Idol" : AGELIMIT
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Cut down : HEW
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Badly beaten : ROUTED
59
Tech ___ (stereotypical Silicon Valley sort) : BRO
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Insect that "farms" aphids for their honeydew : ANT
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Consequence : AFTEREFFECT
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"Really?" : HUH
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Entered, as data : FEDIN
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Sigma preceder : RHO
Down
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Exam for a prospective osteopath : MCAT
2
Ration out : ALLOT
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Trail left by a jet : VAPOR
4
Sigmatism : LISP
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When Elphaba and Glinda sing "Defying Gravity" in Broadway's "Wicked" : ACTI
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Like some cookies or ice cream treats : CHOCOLATECOATED
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Money in Laos : KIP
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R-V hookup? : STU
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Writes off over time : AMORTIZES
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Stink eye : DIRTYLOOK
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Engrave : ETCH
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Design bit : SPEC
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Shish ___ : KABOB
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God rejected by Daphne in myth : APOLLO
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Object : AIM
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Land of llamas and Llosa : PERU
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Since : ASOF
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Bout stoppers, in brief : KOS
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It might appear to give you options : POPUPMENU
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Supplementary result : OUTGROWTH
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Like a body temperature of around 98.6°F : NORMAL
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Gently apply : DAB
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Schadenfreude source : ENVY
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Riff like Ella Fitzgerald : SCAT
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___ Sunak, former British P.M. : RISHI
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Word shouted before and after "yes" : SIR
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Fashion icon Wang : VERA
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Substance in which many insects have been fossilized : AMBER
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Tree with papery bark : BIRCH
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Onetime Persian title : SHAH
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___ Allen, jazz pianist : GERI
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Place in both the Quran and the Bible : EDEN
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Famous film pooch : TOTO
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Askew : OFF
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Big 12 athlete : UTE

Answer summary:
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