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New York Times, Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Author:
Cole Vandenberg and Harit Raghunathan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Heinz bottle blueprint, say
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Harit Raghunathan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQX} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Vandenberg. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Raghunathan. Wednesday freshness: 62%
Jim Horne notes:

If you've been solving crosswords for a while, you've seen "Have a cow?" before, but it's still a fun clue.

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© 2025, The New York Times9/10/25 ( No. 27,700 )
Across
1
Spiritual principle symbolized by an endless knot : KARMA
6
Rock, for one : COMIC
11
Bit of cream : DAB
14
Change, as a legislative bill : AMEND
15
Carne ___ : ASADA
16
Bird whose males incubate the eggs : EMU
17
Skimpy serving of foie gras, say : LIVERSLIVER
19
San Francisco/Oakland separator : BAY
20
Otis's love interest on Netflix's "Sex Education" : MAEVE
21
Some dressing in an operating room : GAUZE
23
One of Daniel Radcliffe's paparazzi, say : POTTERSPOTTER
26
Billy Joel's "___ From an Italian Restaurant" : SCENES
28
Glass in a frame : PANE
29
Opening on a stage? : ACTI
30
Certain tennis shot : SLICE
32
Ave. crossers : STS
35
Heinz bottle blueprint, say : KETCHUPSKETCHUP
39
Ice cream maker Joseph : EDY
40
Remark to the audience : ASIDE
41
Prefix in aviation : AERO
42
Place to wear a mitt : OVEN
43
With skepticism : ASKANT
45
The biggest and most loving of hugs, say : MOTHERSMOTHER
50
Pack animal related to camels : LLAMA
51
Trailing behind : INTOW
52
"After ___ …" : ALL
53
Idahoan, say : TATERSTATER
59
God, in Italian : DIO
60
Hallmark of a typical Greek tragedy : IRONY
61
Something gotten by a scapegoat : BLAME
62
¥ : YEN
63
Nerve-racking : TENSE
64
"Get what I'm sayin'?" : YKNOW
Down
1
___-El (Superman's birth name) : KAL
2
Pal in Paris : AMI
3
Intensify, with "up" : REV
4
"Richard of York gave battle in vain," for the colors of the rainbow : MNEMONIC
5
Quote from a magazine rep : ADRATE
6
Have a cow? : CALVE
7
Willow whose twigs are used in basketry : OSIER
8
Dallas baller : MAV
9
Suffix with sulf- : IDE
10
Mesh for securing items in transport : CARGONET
11
When a star is first seen : DEBUT
12
Knock over : AMAZE
13
Retailer's counterpart : BUYER
18
Women's professional tennis matches have three of them : SETS
22
Had a nosh : ATE
23
Small-minded : PETTY
24
Certain volleyball hit : SPIKE
25
Engage in a bit of back-and-forth? : PACE
26
Purpose : SAKE
27
Included in correspondence, in a way : CCED
30
Feeling of dizziness, with "the" : SPINS
31
Alternative to mushrooms : LSD
32
___ Madness, punny name for a barbershop : SHEAR
33
Bad thing to try to do from the middle lane : TURN
34
Stereotypical name for a Dalmatian : SPOT
36
"You try!" : HAVEATIT
37
Password creator : USER
38
Absurdly easy task : CAKEWALK
42
Physicist who built upon Volta's work : OHM
43
Many characters in "Better Call Saul": Abbr. : ATTS
44
Flew past : SHOTBY
45
Quaint term of address for a noblewoman : MLADY
46
Skateboard jump : OLLIE
47
Raven claw : TALON
48
Demeanors : MIENS
49
Like corned beef in a Reuben sandwich : ONRYE
54
"There you ___!" : ARE
55
Boatload : TON
56
Color akin to caramel : TAN
57
Genre that punk rock paved the way for : EMO
58
FF's opposite : REW

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle.

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