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New York Times, Saturday, November 15, 2025

Author:
Kyle Dolan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Unable to move while holding a sleeping baby, in slang
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Kyle T. Dolan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 28 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Dolan. Grid flow: 36.4 Saturday freshness: 42%
Jim Horne notes:
PROP ROOMS are places to keep things for (theatrical) plays. That one fooled me for too long.
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© 2025, The New York Times11/15/25 ( No. 27,766 )
Across
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Unable to move while holding a sleeping baby, in slang : NAPTRAPPED
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Branded T-shirts, pens, phone chargers, etc. : SWAG
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Many a role for Keanu Reeves or Bruce Willis : ACTIONHERO
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Something you should avoid : NONO
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Production company behind TV's "Grey's Anatomy," named for its founder : SHONDALAND
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Not had by : ONTO
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Assists after a breakdown : TOWS
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It's used for hair therapy : HOTOIL
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Racket : DIN
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That way : YON
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Subject of "the talk" : SEX
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Swear off, with "of" : REPENT
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Offering on a sushi menu : AHI
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How one might react during a scary movie : INTERROR
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Win dough? : PRIZEMONEY
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"No duh!," in modern lingo : OBVI
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Kidney-related : RENAL
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___ Trung Thu, harvest festival in Southeast Asia : TET
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Chick of jazz : COREA
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Gem with a "black" variety : OPAL
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"One …" : FIRSTOFALL
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Game show figure : PANELIST
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Twist targets, informally : ABS
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Currency of Qatar : RIYALS
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Sail on the front of a foremast : JIB
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Trophy : CUP
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Fantasy monster whose name is an anagram of another fantasy monster : ORC
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Westminster Abbey has one named after King Henry VII : CHAPEL
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___ platter : PUPU
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Fine : OKAY
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Bad way to be caught : FLATFOOTED
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Source of umami in Japanese cuisine : MISO
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Boisterously joyful : ROLLICKING
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Pot filler : STEW
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"Darn tootin'!" : YESINDEEDY
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Incredibly bad : NASTY
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Exclamation often made while covering the face : ACHOO
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L.G.B.T.Q. vacation destination on Cape Cod, for short : PTOWN
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Spam might fill them : TINS
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Angling tool : ROD
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Ducks are seen on ice here : ANAHEIM
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Showy purple flower : PHLOX
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Organic energy source : PEAT
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___ Laszlo, cosmetics businessman : ERNO
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Betray : DODIRTY
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___-Cat : SNO
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Brand associated with push-ups : WONDERBRA
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Form of literature coined by Sartre : ANTINOVEL
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Face justice, in a way : GOONTRIAL
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Unexposed side : LEE
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Author Silverstein : SHEL
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Mathematician's output : PROOFS
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Plant whose nectar produces the mildly toxic "mad honey" : AZALEA
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Dormant : INERT
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Brings in : NETS
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Places to keep play things : PROPROOMS
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Set for service? : REPAIRKIT
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"Regardless …" : INANYCASE
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___ Day and the Knights, fictional R&B band in "Animal House" : OTIS
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Salad choice : COBB
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Lenten event : FISHFRY
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High point of 1950s car design? : TAILFIN
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Close of business? : LLC
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Martial artist who appeared in three "Expendables" films : JETLI
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Good-looker : CUTIE
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Flip : UPEND
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Like a baby's fingers, perhaps : PUDGY
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Plant that thrives in dry climates : ALOE
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Hangs out, with "around" : PALS
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Give the finger? : POKE
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"That hurts!" : YOW
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Condition of Freud's "Rat Man," in brief : OCD

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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