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New York Times, Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Author:
John Ewbank
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Sorcery commonly associated with Haiti and New Orleans
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John Ewbank

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Ewbank. Grid flow: 22.8 Tuesday freshness: 81%
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© 2025, The New York Times11/25/25 ( No. 27,776 )
Across
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Motown legend Lionel : RICHIE
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Canadian gas brand : ESSO
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Follower of Mac or Go in commercial names : PRO
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Totally absorbed : ENRAPT
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Classic ingredient in baby powder : TALC
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Ingredient in a Tom Collins : GIN
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Sorcery commonly associated with Haiti and New Orleans : VOODOOMAGIC
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Dined : ATE
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U.K. : H.M.R.C. :: U.S.A. : ___ : IRS
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Molecule containing adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine : DNA
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Aid in tracking wildlife : EARTAG
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Actor Buddy of "The Beverly Hillbillies" : EBSEN
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Extra barrier to protect a house from bad weather : STORMDOOR
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Flintstone with a red updo : WILMA
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#2s in classrooms, for short : TAS
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Certain something : AURA
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Neither winning nor losing : TYING
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Part of a hammer or a hawk : CLAW
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Computer's storage space, for short : RAM
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Traditional folk song that became a #1 hit for the Kingston Trio : TOMDOOLEY
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K-pop band that went on hiatus in 2022 when their members went into military service : BTS
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Dance bit : STEP
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The masses, to Caesar : PLEBS
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Infinitesimal amount : IOTA
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Actress Vardalos : NIA
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Like early PC graphics : LORES
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Romantic options for a long-distance relationship : ZOOMDATES
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Hindu deity known as the "Destroyer" : SHIVA
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Many, many : ALOTOF
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"As I see it," online : IMO
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Up to, informally : TIL
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"Notorious" Supreme Court justice : RBG
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Engages in a dispiriting online activity ... or what happens in this puzzle's shaded squares? : DOOMSCROLLS
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TikTok star Addison ___ : RAE
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Burrito bar offering, informally : GUAC
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Hun leader who invaded Italy in A.D. 452 : ATTILA
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Surgery sites, for short : ORS
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Fraternal order since 1868 : ELKS
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Samples, as soup : TASTES
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"No" was a famously short one for the 1948 musical "Isn't It Romantic?" : REVIEW
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Circling the earth : INORBIT
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In an angry way : CROSSLY
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"I've been ___!" ("I got fooled!") : HAD
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Music players discontinued in 2017 : IPODNANOS
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English school at which teachers are known as "beaks" : ETON
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Bit of Uber info, for short : ETA
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What an old mattress might do : SAG
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More cunning : SLIER
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Philosopher known for his "razor" : OCCAM
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Organizer of events for swingers? : PGATOUR
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"How We Do (Party)" pop singer : RITAORA
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Weight of every U.S. bank note : ONEGRAM
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Post at sea : MAST
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Food label fig. : RDA
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Send forth : EMIT
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Tex-Mex casserole with a crust : TACOPIE
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City where you can see Edvard Munch's "The Scream" : OSLO
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Prime meridian hrs. : GMT
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Mont Blanc, e.g. : ALP
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"I mean, I guess ..." : WELLSORTA
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Apt letters missing from in_ _ _ _ation : DENT
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Michelle of "Crazy Rich Asians" : YEOH
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___ World, DC Comics planet of opposites : BIZARRO
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Lineup of computer icons : TOOLBAR
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Iggy Pop's backup group, with "the" : STOOGES
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Course that may cover Jane Austen and Emily Brontë, for short : BRITLIT
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Spanish city famous for its oranges : SEVILLE
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Invoice fig. : AMT
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Without a warranty : ASIS
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Engages in an energetic Latin dance : SALSAS
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Evade artfully : DODGE
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Run ___ of (violate) : AFOUL
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Exam for future docs : MCAT
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Acorn-producing tree : OAK
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Hosts, informally : MCS
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Extra periods, for short : OTS

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