Logician who hypothesized that the simplest explanation for a phenomenon is usually the best Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam’s Razor (1285-1349)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PHENOMENON (noun)
1. any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
2. a remarkable development
EXPLANATION (noun)
1. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
2. the act of explaining; making something plain or intelligible

More NYT Crossword (3/13/2025) Answers

Across

1. Give up

5. Datum on a dating profile

8. Delivery people?

13. Eye part

14. Presently, in the past

15. Choose

16. Aired in multiple places at the same time

18. Oil and water, to a painter

19. Nationalist grp. founded in 1964

20. Collectors of forensic evidence, for short

21. Sorts with unruly hair

22. Hit up privately on "the socials"

24. Some lighters or pens

26. Potpourri

27. Tries to win

28. Close-up shots, of a sort

30. Homemade bombs, for short

31. Lout

32. Identity associated with a blue, pink and white flag

37. Burning glow

39. Toy shooter

41. Cays, e.g.

42. That's my cue!

44. Possible sleeping spot for a partner who's in the doghouse

45. Still to be filled, as a role

47. Put out

48. "if u put it that way, however ..."

52. Tag sale disclaimer

53. Eye part found in the 13-Across

54. Items for babies on board

56. Night light?

58. Vital force in Taoism

60. Farmworker organizer Chavez

61. Commit a party foul, in a way … or what five answers do in this puzzle?

63. Last word of the last multiple-choice option, maybe

64. Month with the newest federal holiday, recognized in 2021

65. Hyundai S.U.V. named after a region in Hawaii

66. Green

67. Assume the lotus position, say

68. Things to brood over

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Down

1. Point of transition

2. Bad actors

3. Try-before-you-buy option

4. What un sachet de thé is put into

5. Bug killers?

6. Hits the exchange, in Wall Street lingo

7. ___ around (football trick play)

8. Many a work message

9. First Hebrew letter

10. Companion of Jason in the search for the Golden Fleece

11. Complements to salts and fats in the kitchen

12. Trove

14. Some smallish batteries

17. TV screen option, in brief

21. Windows portal, in brief

23. Big name in nail polish

25. Juggling chain saws on a tightrope, for instance

27. Hotel amenity

28. "No lie ...," in texts

29. Speedway additive brand

33. Stand onstage, perhaps

34. 1982 George Clinton hit with the refrain "Bow wow wow, yippie yo, yippie yay"

35. Cautionary sign at a pier

36. Blind part

38. Atlanta sch. whose teams are the Panthers

40. Quick to learn

43. "Surely!," in Orly

46. Rapper for whom Harvard's Hip-Hop Fellowship is named

49. Kickin' cardio option

50. Director Welles

51. Chuck

53. Online shorthand for "off-line"

55. Deuce beater

57. Face on a fiver

59. Six-pack that might be in the "Craft" section, for short

61. Record setters?

62. Barely make, with "out"

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