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New York Times, Thursday, December 11, 2025

Author:
Kevin Curry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Greek goddess swallowed by her father and rescued by her future husband
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Kevin Curry

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QVYZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Curry. Grid flow: 37.1 Thursday freshness: 1%
Kevin Curry notes:
On episode 6 of his excellent crossword podcast "Crosstalk," Daniel Grinburg compares getting a crossword published in the New York ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times12/11/25 ( No. 27,792 )
Across
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Against : ANTI
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Greek goddess swallowed by her father and rescued by her future husband : HERA
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Suisse peak : ALPE
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Spoils : LOOT
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Work of Bellini or Bizet : OPERA
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Stead : LIEU
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SEAL ... SWAT... B ... : DREAMTEAMS
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Some ways off : AFAR
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Plane divider : AISLE
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English town known for its salt : EPSOM
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Sustainable start? : ECO
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Contraction that's a homophone of 20-Across : ILL
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Author Zora ___ Hurston : NEALE
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Utopia ... 10 ... ideal ... : PICTUREPERFECT
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Warms up for a race, say : JOGS
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Columbus's smallest ship : NINA
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"No harm, no foul" : ITSOK
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Bus. page news : IPO
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Landing area in a long jump : SANDPIT
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Sign for cheap admission : SRO
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Word with heavy or scrap : METAL
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Slip (out), in a way : SEEP
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Cry over spilt milk? : OOPS
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Puff ... Komodo ... Smaug ... : IMAGINEDRAGONS
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Take inspiration from : OWETO
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Quote from Homer : DOH
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Cable staple since 1972 : HBO
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A replay might be seen in this : SLOMO
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Echo starter : ALEXA
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Prepares to throw : AIMS
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Fish ... scuba ... Army ... : THINKTANKS
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Reunion group : CLAN
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Subject of an Oscars announcement : EMCEE
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What a dog might do to its owner : LICK
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Lottery-style gambling game : KENO
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Dreamcast developer : SEGA
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Puts two and two together, say : ADDS
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Alan of PBS's "Scientific American Frontiers" : ALDA
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Wrapper at a Japanese restaurant : NORI
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Steps up to, as the line : TOES
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Right-leaning type : ITALICS
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Super-trendy : HOT
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Electrified Olympic weapon : EPEE
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Collect, as rewards : REAP
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Huggers : ARMS
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In the style of : ALA
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Something learned the hard way, often : LIFELESSON
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Organization promoting international goodwill : PEACECORPS
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Coin with 12 stars on it : EURO
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Acting collectively : ASONE
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Un-solid-ify : MELT
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Be worthy of : MERIT
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Sol's sister : LUNA
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Toward the back of the boat : AFT
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Big wheels in the Vatican? : POPEMOBILE
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Ray Charles's first #1 R&B single (1954) : IGOTAWOMAN
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Hand sanitizer eliminates the need to do this : RINSE
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Quit : ENDED
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Art class staple : PAPER
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Abrupt endings, of a sort : TKOS
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2022 book paying tribute to a 1960s rock legend : JIMI
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Narrow openings : SLITS
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Big Apple debut in 2010 : IPAD
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This clue's number, for the youngest U.S. president : AGE
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"Lux-ur-ious!" : OOHLALA
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Nick of "Cape Fear" : NOLTE
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Pan in the butt? : GOAT
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Cybersecurity concern : HACK
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Electrical units : OHMS
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Maze runners, sometimes : MICE
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Universal donor's type, informally : ONEG
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Children's author Blyton : ENID
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Popular stick-figure webcomic : XKCD
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Quizzes : ASKS
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___-cone : SNO
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New Zealand parrot whose name sounds like a Korean automaker : KEA

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