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NY Times, Sun Jul 6, 2025 Puns and Anagrams

6-Down : Letters for darn dolls

Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 37
Notepad: In the PDF, 29-Down shows the words MAPLE, BEECH, and OLIVE, each arranged in a circle.
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© 2025, The New York Times
Across
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The O.A. lake : TAHOE
6
1987 musical filmed two degrees east of L.A. : LABAMBA
13
A quite common person's name : AVERY
14
Marie Antoinette and Maya Angelou : MALADIES
15
Ear ___ (silence) : PEACE
16
Give two 50s - nothing more - for this Italian Renaissance work : DONATELLO
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Fouls up empty trains : ERRS
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Is waiting to spend : PENDS
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It's flatbread either way : NAAN
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T__ __i__or : RAT
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Children's author Melania : AAMILNE
23
Bill in any envelope : NYE
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Serge's way out : EGRESS
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Makes __ __lder __r __es__ warm : COOLS
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Princess Leia provided a head start in destroying it : DEATHSTAR
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U.A.R. predecessor : JAG
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Rude person to arrest : STARER
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A doll's handymen : DOALLS
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Parrot back : EPA
37
Slam poet's bath additive : EPSOMSALT
40
Glow seen at the end of December : EMBER
42
Email subject to adhere to : HEADER
43
Second part of task left off (for shame!) : TSK
46
See raps and wraps : SERAPES
48
Br__ __e's v__w : IDO
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Siri can tell you about this old muckraking journalist : RIIS
51
Punished a speed fiend : FINED
52
Racteerts : MART
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Suddenly ate on call : ALLATONCE
55
"Gotti, I understand" : GOTIT
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Meet, but never go see : CONVERGE
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A poem that has a positive end : ANODE
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Ancient sect in all directions but west : ESSENES
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Sounding board : BORED
Down
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Gradually reduced red tape : TAPERED
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Attest to how old everyone is : AVERAGES
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Doctor's measurement at the rear of the wrist : HEARTRATE
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Beasts smaller than rocs : ORCS
5
"I say!" : EYE
6
Letters for darn dolls : LANDLORDS
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A salon, I'm sorry to say : ALASNO
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Swing at something in a cave : BAT
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Port in Pasadena : ADEN
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__etropolis __ta__i__ __o : MILAN
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Order to reverse a decent grade in the Ivy League : BELAY
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Together for aeons : ASONE
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Woman in a .com : MONICA
16
Political label that's somewhat academic : DEM
18
Out-of-date apses : PASSE
21
Spiritual retreats that Mars has : ASHRAMS
22
Best-selling author in a travel jam, essentially : ELJAMES
25
Tour de France stage that's pretaped, in part : ETAPE
27
Spicy-sounding dance : SALSA
29
(see note) : TREERINGS
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"My puppy caught a female bug - I'm ___" : GLADIATOR
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In the end, hardly pooh-poohed : OOHED
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Kid's trip with dreidels : SLEDRIDE
38
Caper about a point : PRANCE
39
Briskly rode bearing teas : TROTTED
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A3, ___, C5 : BEFORE
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Vestige of a caret : TRACE
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Structures on Lois's farm : SILOS
45
Ovens with links to pottery : KILNS
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King's introduction : PEE
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Thoroughfare after Q Blvd. and R St. : SAVE
52
Like audio of the moon landing : MONO
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Number frequently found after "of" : TEN
55
Catch up : GAB
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