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New York Times, Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Author:
Eric Rollfing
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Really giving an earful
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Eric Rollfing

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Rollfing. Tuesday freshness: 3%
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© 2025, The New York Times8/19/25 ( No. 27,678 )
Across
1
Biting comment : DIG
4
"No thanks" : IPASS
9
Bottom of the food chain, say : PREY
13
That, in Spanish : ESO
14
Easier to get along with : NICER
15
Job perk that might accumulate : LEAVE
16
Catchalls of the insurance industry : BLANKETPOLICIES
19
Edgar Allan Poe writing : TALE
20
Reine's counterpart : ROI
21
Country that produces surprisingly little Muscat wine : OMAN
22
Uses scissors on : SNIPS
24
Really giving an earful : RAILINGAT
28
Dissuade : DETER
30
Bit of body art, informally : TAT
31
Modern ___ : ERA
32
Paradise on earth : UTOPIA
35
Where you might have to exchange tickets for food : FAIR
36
Reptile that can reach up to 10 feet in length : MONITORLIZARD
40
Got carried along by : RODE
41
Nonexpert : LAYMAN
42
Story extender : AND
43
Pose a question : ASK
45
Deluges with emails : SPAMS
48
Play Store purchase : MOBILEAPP
52
Series of steps : STAIR
54
Part of a pot : ANTE
55
"Now I see!" : AHA
57
Sitting on the bench, say : IDLE
58
Catchphrase of a classic MTV show … or a hint for the starts of 16-, 24-, 36- and 48-Across : WELCOMETOMYCRIB
62
Book of legends : ATLAS
63
Unit of engine capacity : LITER
64
Hosp. area : ICU
65
Largest loch in Scotland by volume : NESS
66
Many ___ (a long time) : MOONS
67
"___ Auto" (Volkswagen slogan) : DAS
Down
1
Net worth negatives : DEBTS
2
Setting for the game Myst : ISLAND
3
Netminder : GOALIE
4
___ saver (printing option for a crossword) : INK
5
Crabbing spot : PIER
6
Person who may have to deal with long lines : ACTOR
7
Color whose name comes from the Greek word for "cuttlefish" : SEPIA
8
Sign of a packed house : SRO
9
Praline nugget : PECAN
10
Galoshes and umbrellas : RAINGEAR
11
Noted wearer of a fig leaf : EVE
12
What a bobbing fist indicates in American Sign Language : YES
15
Hard cap : LIMIT
17
Only planet in the solar system not visible to the naked eye : NEPTUNE
18
1970 classic by the Kinks : LOLA
23
Org. concerned with life beyond Earth : SETI
25
Winner of four World Cups : ITALY
26
Like much of Utah : ARID
27
Road crew goo : TAR
29
Start to attract fruit flies, perhaps : ROT
33
Dance performed in Smetana's "The Bartered Bride" : POLKA
34
Apt name for a financial adviser? : IRA
35
Huge supporter : FANATIC
36
"The kissing disease," for short : MONO
37
Quirky types : ODDBALLS
38
Some Gmail convos : IMS
39
Throws in the microwave : ZAPS
40
Smash (into) : RAM
43
Singers with a range from F3 to F5 : ALTOS
44
Appear to be : SEEM
46
City that's home to el Museo del Prado : MADRID
47
___ gel (moisture-absorbing stuff marked "Do not eat") : SILICA
49
Residents of the Realm of the Four Parts : INCAS
50
Barbecue setting, often : PATIO
51
Insta post : PHOTO
53
An eye for an I? : REBUS
56
"Preach it!" : AMEN
58
Lacking color : WAN
59
Shorts season in Strasbourg : ETE
60
Tree with serrated leaves : ELM
61
Mos. on end : YRS

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

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