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New York Times, Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Author:
Victor Barocas
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Band that helped popularize "pay-what-you-want" pricing with their album "In Rainbows"
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Victor Barocas

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Z} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Barocas. Grid flow: 27.8 Wednesday freshness: 22%
Jim Horne notes:
Jean-Paul Sartre's "LES Chemins de la Liberté" is a series of novels. The title refers to the Trails to Liberty — paths through the ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times12/3/25 ( No. 27,784 )
Across
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Young fellows : LADS
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Tied up, as hay : BALED
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Surrounded by : AMID
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Plant-based spread : OLEO
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Echo speaker : ALEXA
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Largest company headquartered in Oregon : NIKE
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1967 hit by the Who, per 68-Across : FORMILESICANSEE
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Words after "happily ever after" : THEEND
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Bit of ink : TAT
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Lack of connectivity : GAP
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Long-haired bovine : YAK
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Anabolic steroids, e.g., informally : PEDS
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College football rival of Michigan, for short : OSU
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1978 song by Gloria Gaynor, per 68-Across : SURVIVEIWILL
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Lead-in to pop or lit : BRIT
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Award with a "Best New American Theater Work" category : OBIE
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Midmonth time : IDES
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Linseed oil source : FLAX
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Shampoo often in a green bottle : PRELL
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Remain unresolved : PEND
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Cause for a miner celebration? : LODE
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Animal in more than 70 Bugs Bunny titles : HARE
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Hospital count : BEDS
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2008 hit by Katy Perry, per 68-Across : AGIRLIKISSED
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One of a trio encountered by Ricitos de Oro : OSO
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Egyptian sun deity : ATEN
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Solid-rock connector : ASA
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Forehead marker at the start of Lent : ASH
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Long-running procedural franchise : CSI
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Removes forcibly : EJECTS
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1973 Bob Marley song covered by Eric Clapton, per 68-Across : THESHERIFFISHOT
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Currency of Yemen : RIAL
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Language in which "maunga roa" means "long mountain" : MAORI
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Unimpressive rating : POOR
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TV's Griffith, Kaufman or Samberg : ANDY
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"Take this job and shove it!" : IQUIT
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Wise counselor of sci-fi who might not be great at karaoke? : YODA
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Elevated : LOFTY
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Greeting among the lei community? : ALOHA
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Jeter in Cooperstown : DEREK
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Not too many : SOME
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Like Picard vis-à-vis Kirk : BALDER
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Drink that may come in a yard : ALE
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Jean-Paul Sartre's "___ Chemins de la Liberté" : LES
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Kind of strategy : EXIT
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Obama-era immigration program, informally : DACA
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Novelist Patchett : ANN
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Following bad advice : MISGUIDED
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Store with iconic blue totes : IKEA
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Like certain thoughts and pockets : DEEP
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Advice : INPUT
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Yours, in French : ATOI
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"Slavonic Dances" composer : DVORAK
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Omsk's region : SIBERIA
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Stole : SWIPED
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Philly b-ball squad : SIXERS
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Superlatively contemptible : VILEST
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Slithering swimmer : EEL
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Google app with the slogan "Search what you see" : LENS
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Drug featured in "How to Change Your Mind" : LSD
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Online commentary site : BLOG
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Band that helped popularize "pay-what-you-want" pricing with their album "In Rainbows" : RADIOHEAD
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Home to the Tamiami Trail: Abbr. : FLA
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Aphrodite's second letter : PHI
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Golden-tan dog of multiple films : BENJI
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Blue area on a Scottish map : LOCH
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Think that it's appropriate : SEEFIT
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Cold call? : ACHOO
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Got out of a chair : STOOD
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"Ad ___ per aspera" (motto of Kansas) : ASTRA
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Razor brand : ATRA
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Guarded area for many athletes : SHIN
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18-wheeler : SEMI
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Modern country that includes most of ancient Mesopotamia : IRAQ
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Award with a "Best Record-Breaking Performance" category : ESPY
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Sneakily clever : SLY
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Letters of indebtedness : IOU
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Day before taking the SAT: Abbr. : FRI

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