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New York Times, Monday, July 7, 2025

Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Long-running student quiz show
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Daniel Raymon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 35 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 39 for Mr. Raymon. Monday freshness: 77%
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© 2025, The New York Times7/7/25 ( No. 27,635 )
Across
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Highly successful, on Broadway : BOFFO
6
Redding who sang "The Dock of the Bay" : OTIS
10
Opposite of right : LEFT
14
___ Copland, the so-called "Dean of American Composers" : AARON
15
Halloween cover-up : MASK
16
Spanish "other" : OTRO
17
Player facing the leadoff batter : STARTINGPITCHER
20
Like a wallflower : SHY
21
"How sweet ___!" : ITIS
22
Michelle ___, women's soccer star with 107 international goals : AKERS
23
"Ask Me Another" airer : NPR
24
Band for news radio? : AMSTEREO
27
One might read "FASTCAR" : VANITYPLATE
31
Kind of acid in proteins : AMINO
32
Wriggly : EELY
33
Quiet nook in a church : APSE
37
"That's not fair, Your Honor!" : IOBJECT
39
Rust-causing agent : OXIDANT
41
Mountain in Greece : OSSA
42
Archaeological site : RUIN
44
Hot drink enjoyed by a campfire, perhaps : COCOA
45
Long-running student quiz show : COLLEGEBOWL
47
Mantra for many foodies : EATLOCAL
51
Amaze : AWE
52
Sneeze sound : ACHOO
53
Japanese buckwheat noodles : SOBA
55
Suffix with book or fool : ISH
58
Not yet decided ... or an "artful" description for the last words of 17-, 27- and 45-Across? : STILLONTHETABLE
62
German "a" : EINE
63
God: Sp. : DIOS
64
Aquafina competitor : EVIAN
65
Told untruths : LIED
66
Convention center event : EXPO
67
Takes a breather : RESTS
Down
1
Lowest voice : BASS
2
Swearing-in words : OATH
3
Loud skirmish : FRAY
4
"___ he's a jolly good fellow ..." : FOR
5
Walking stealthily : ONTIPTOE
6
Hyatt alternative : OMNI
7
Weekend event often held in a garage or on a front lawn : TAGSALE
8
Spectrum or Verizon Fios, in brief : ISP
9
Go down a bunny hill, e.g. : SKI
10
Philosopher John who wrote "Two Treatises of Government" : LOCKE
11
Heavens : ETHER
12
"___ Jacques" (nursery song) : FRERE
13
Middle part of the body : TORSO
18
Response similar to "You're too kind" : ITRY
19
London art gallery : TATE
23
Stealthy Japanese warrior : NINJA
25
Karl or Moses of basketball : MALONE
26
River of Hades : STYX
27
Japanese computer brand : VAIO
28
Singer Tori : AMOS
29
Penpoints : NIBS
30
Singer Clark with the 1965 #1 hit "Downtown" : PETULA
33
Pueblo material : ADOBE
34
Flamenco guitarist ___ de Lucía : PACO
35
Wintry forecast : SNOW
36
And others, in a footnote : ETAL
38
Cousin of an alligator, informally : CROC
40
Restaurant request on a hot day : ICEWATER
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"OK, that's enough out of me, sorry" : ILLSTOP
45
Refrigerate : COOL
46
Kaplan of "Welcome Back, Kotter" : GABE
47
Three-legged support : EASEL
48
Play part after an intermission, often : ACTII
49
"To ___ own self be true" : THINE
50
Found a text hilarious : LOLED
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Very : OHSO
55
Wading bird : IBIS
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Wood strip beneath a mattress : SLAT
57
Roosters' mates : HENS
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Poem of adulation : ODE
60
Veto : NIX
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N.Y.C.'s Madison ___ : AVE

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