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January 12, 2025 • NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz and Chris House of Annandale, Virginia.

BEASTS (36A: Lions, tigers and bears (Oh my!)) This clue made me smile. My cat, Willow, is always delighted to see her big cat cousins in the puzzle. She looks delighted in this photo, doesn't she?

ASIDE (19A: "All kidding ___...") VOWEL (22A: One of two in the word "one") APT (44A: Like the name Daisy, for a florist) The word WILD in the title is pointing to a rearrangement of letters ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as ...

Slate Crossword: She-Sheds That Might Have “No Kids Allowed” Signs (Eight Letters) ...