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New York Times, Friday, July 4, 2025

Author:
Colin Adams
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Only M.L.B. player to have 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season
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Colin Adams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Adams. Friday freshness: 26%
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R
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I
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P
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S
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A
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R
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K
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S
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S
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R
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E
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M
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N
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H
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S
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W
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B
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L
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O
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D
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N
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H
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E
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P
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B
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C
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R
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M
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G
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M
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© 2025, The New York Times7/4/25 ( No. 27,632 )
Across
1
Aesthetic features of some jeans : RIPS
5
Scroll sites : ARKS
9
Move like a model : STRUT
14
Singer/songwriter King with 2014's "Ex's & Oh's" : ELLE
15
8 vis-à-vis 7 and 9 : MEAN
16
Hurly-burly : HOOHA
17
Handful and more : SLEW
18
One getting really pumped up at a children's party? : BALLOONDOG
20
"Just being honest …" : ICANTLIE
22
Beaters : WHISKS
23
Rapper who won his first Grammy with "King's Disease" : NAS
24
___ Grace : HER
25
The Spanish alphabet's 14th letter (without a tilde) or 15th letter (with a tilde) : ENE
26
Lukewarm : TEPID
28
A flying fox is actually a type of this : FRUITBAT
33
Roughly 120, for Vatican City : ACRES
34
Like many higher-ups : CORPORATE
35
Hefty herbivore : RHINO
36
One meaning of the "+" in LGBTQ+, in brief : ARO
37
Request at a bar : HITME
38
Mustang, for one : MUSCLECAR
40
Wyoming's ___ Pass : TETON
41
Race place : SPEEDWAY
42
Rightmost column on the periodic table : GASES
43
Adverb that's a homophone of 54-Down : TOO
44
"When you teach your ___, you teach your ___'s ___": the Talmud : SON
45
D&D, e.g. : RPG
47
Nickname for basketball's Mike Krzyzewski : COACHK
51
Avoiding coverage, in a way : MEDIASHY
53
Major for someone who can correctly distinguish between Manet and Monet : ARTHISTORY
55
X or XL offering, perhaps : UBER
56
Source of many a motto : LATIN
57
Intermeshed : WOVE
58
El ___ (Six Flags coaster with horns on the front) : TORO
59
Loud metallic sound : CLANG
60
To pieces? : ODES
61
Oafs : OXES
Down
1
Tree goop : RESIN
2
"Go on ahead" : ILLCATCHUP
3
Order in the court : PLEASERISE
4
Like the eyes of some Raggedy Anns : SEWN
5
Sauntered : AMBLED
6
Put a pilot back into action? : REAIR
7
Healthful smoothie ingredient : KALE
8
Show with an illustrious "Five-Timers Club," in brief : SNL
9
Only M.L.B. player to have 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season : SHOHEIOHTANI
10
Actress Collette with an Emmy and a Golden Globe : TONI
11
Retina contents : RODS
12
"Fine, I guess" : UHOK
13
They put runners out : TAGS
19
Cop (to) : OWNUP
21
Question that's a humble response to a clothing compliment : THISOLDTHING
25
Slip : ERROR
27
The "p" in Paddington Station? : PENCE
28
Exploratory trip : FORAY
29
Gives a shot : TRIES
30
Spot to swing from : BATTERSBOX
31
Vibe : ATMOSPHERE
32
Miss ___ USA (beauty pageant) : TEEN
33
Tank tops expose them : ARMS
34
Ivory Coast's main export : CACAO
39
Endor inhabitants in the "Star Wars" universe : EWOKS
42
"Abso-freakin'-lutely!" : GODYES
44
Start to rally, maybe : SERVE
46
Santorini sandwiches : GYROS
47
Course in which integration is taught, for short : CALC
48
What comes before B? : ORAL
49
"___ girl!" : ATTA
50
Gossip, informally : CHIN
51
Vibe : MOOD
52
Flash setting : AUTO
54
Numerical homophone of 43-Across : TWO

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

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