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• ___-level job

  New York Times · Monday, August 25, 2025 · 5 letters

• Ledger item

  New York Times · Wednesday, January 29, 2025 · 5 letters

• Raffle ticket, e.g.

  New York Times · Tuesday, May 9, 2023 · 5 letters

• Unit of logs

  New York Times · Saturday, April 8, 2023 · 5 letters

• Portion of a log

  New York Times · Sunday, January 8, 2023 · 5 letters

• Submission to a contest

  New York Times · Monday, June 27, 2022 · 5 letters

• Certain record

  New York Times · Saturday, November 20, 2021 · 5 letters

• Contest attempt

  New York Times · Monday, January 25, 2021 · 5 letters

• One might begin "Dear Diary ..."

  New York Times · Sunday, November 1, 2020 · 5 letters

• Blog post

  New York Times · Wednesday, August 19, 2020 · 5 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 15-Across One who might make a comeback?
• 16-Across Hebrew name meaning "my God"
• 17-Across Much ado about some punctuation?
• 18-Down Gru's twin brother in the "Despicable Me" franchise
• 19-Across No pro
• 21-Across Only city that entirely surrounds a country
• 22-Across Request from Oliver Twist
• 22-Down Blue lobsters and white tigers, e.g.
• 23-Across Nutrition fig.
• 24-Across Anger over a grammatically incorrect sentence?
• 24-Down Half-baked?
• 25-Down Drawings that might encounter problems with intellectual property law