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"Don't mention it"
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"Don't mention it"
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Like a lover's lips, perhaps
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Sudden dose of reality, in slang
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Emphatic words of denial
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5508.461375/618 * This puzzle has an important note. Tap the "i" to read. *
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0-5.08718 * This puzzle has an important note. Tap the "i" to read. *
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Sheep's peep
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How detectives might act
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Ones providing help around the House
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Poli ___
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Attack, as a castle
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Jazz singer Carmen
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Food-centric broadcasts originating in South Korea
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Computing company whose logo has remained largely the same since it was introduced by Paul Rand in 1962
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Advance
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Tough spot for a teen?
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316008+5336338 * This puzzle has an important note. Tap the "i" to read. *
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32008-.53177187714 * This puzzle has an important note. Tap the "i" to read. *
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Broke bread
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Holder of valuable contributions, in brief
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One of three on the Mayflower
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Alan of "Marriage Story"
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One of Chekhov's "Three Sisters"
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Rapper Kid ___
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Style of writing?
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Renaissance locale of the early 20th century
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607-376006 * This puzzle has an important note. Tap the "i" to read. *
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Longtime Japanese camera brand
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Either of the two statues in front of the New York Public Library
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Root word?
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Riverbank material
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Lucky lottery winner's cry
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3045.1045708 * This puzzle has an important note. Tap the "i" to read. *
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Sleazeball
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Shipshape
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They're rising over time
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Humorist Bombeck
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When tripled, "You know what I'm sayin' ..."
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___ Tour (record-breaking music event of 2023-24)
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Suffix with proverb
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Shepherd's staff
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57334-4614 * This puzzle has an important note. Tap the "i" to read. *
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7738.51773+51.345 * This puzzle has an important note. Tap the "i" to read. *
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It's in the bag!
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Heart
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___ Tour (annual sporting series)
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Like some marriages, seating and musical compositions
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Like the weather around a lighthouse, maybe
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Baseball features
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"By the way ..."
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___ Moriarty, novelist who wrote "Big Little Lies"
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Tolkien character who dies as "the Grey" and returns as "the White"
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Some opinion pieces
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How to read the "words" written on this puzzle's 108-Across
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Device used to read the eight visual clues in this puzzle
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Some large structures for pet owners
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Head honcho
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Gave a thumbs up
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Goes to the mat?
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Government org. that investigates accidents
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Spoken
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What a whistler whistles
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"___ girl!"
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"Nevertheless ..."
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Jimmy Kimmel's network
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[?] [?]
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[?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?]
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Down for the count, in brief
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Italian diminutive suffix
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Word whose letters are aptly found from left to right in "scion"
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Bear's counterpart on Wall Street, once
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Courtyards
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Tough customer for a wedding planner
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Debussy's "Clair de ___"
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Brain tests, for short
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Rolls
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Bogus
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Cannabis variety contrasted with indica
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Bush Senior and Carter each had one
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Headquarter?
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"The Source" channel
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Swiatek of women's tennis
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___ point
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PC platform of the 1980s
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Of service
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One way to "play it"
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Reached a base horizontally
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Show that, uh, didn't win 43 of its 54 Emmy nominations
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Crew
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Oodles of
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Adult male deer
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Gourmet mushroom type
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One of the Marx Brothers
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"Yikes!"
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Lunacy
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Word with Kitchen or Angels
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Naysayer
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Film excerpt
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Bumpy jumpers
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City where tourists take photos pretending to hold up its famous landmark
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Name shouted in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
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Boiling
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Periods of abstinence from TV, news, social platforms, etc.
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Possible polling problem
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Morales on the screen
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Evita in "Evita"
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Pitchfork feature
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Chew the scenery
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Tended to a Zen garden, in a way
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Anatomical sac
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Gait faster than a walk
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Website with a "Personalized and Custom Jewelry" page
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Line in old Apple ads
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Some kindergarten art supplies
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Goaded
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Comedian Notaro
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"Yikes!"
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Junior and senior: Abbr.
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Garment for one who's wearing a wire?
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Half of a noted magic duo
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In reserve for now
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Old sayings
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Adirondack chair part
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Coming-of-age Pixar film of 2021
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Beers that might punnily have "hop" in their names, for short
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"Splendid!"
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Steady stream
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What a hot dog might do
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List-ending abbr.
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Cry after putting one's pencil down
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Married mujeres: Abbr.
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Sinus specialist, for short
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POTUS 34
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Subj. of a class with dummies in it
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Purple yam in Philippine cuisine
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NY Times, Sunday, April 27, 2025 Numbers Game
Daily Puzzle | By Jacob Reed / Will Shortz
Note: This puzzle is intended to have picture clues. If you are solving on an app that hasn't been updated, you might see a description of the missing image file instead of the intended clue. If you aren't able to update your app, you can solve online or in print to get the full solving experience.
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