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New York Times, Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Author:
Patrick Hayden
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Shadow government, according to conspiracy theories
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111/4/2025
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Patrick Hayden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Hayden. Grid flow: 29.7 Tuesday freshness: 42%
Jim Horne notes:

Girls, Suits, House, and Castle are all TV shows. No, I didn't know them all either.

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© 2025, The New York Times11/4/25 ( No. 27,755 )
Across
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Skill needed for bocce : AIM
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World's most commonly cultivated coffee species : ARABICA
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Genre for Jimmy Eat World : EMO
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Commercial lead-in to Caps or Balls : SNO
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Like the number "i" : NONREAL
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___-top (hairstyle associated with the Beatles) : MOP
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Folk-rock pair featured in the documentary "Wordplay" : INDIGOGIRLS
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George Washington bill : ONE
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Repellent ingredient : DEET
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Queens ballplayer : MET
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Spun platters for a party, informally : DJED
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Isn't perfect : ERRS
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Half of a standard deck of cards : BLACKSUITS
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Part of n.b. : NOTA
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Greeting from Kermit the 47-Across : HIHO
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17-syllable poem : HAIKU
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Like slavery per the 13th Amendment : ABOLISHED
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Wood-cutting tool : ADZ
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1950s entertainment innovation ... or a hint to the first and second halves of 17-, 24-, 48- and 60-Across : COLORTV
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It can be blonde or brown : ALE
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Shadow government, according to conspiracy theories : DEEPSTATE
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Bert's roommate : ERNIE
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2010 best-selling Emma Donoghue novel : ROOM
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See 30-Across : FROG
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Place for plants to flourish : GREENHOUSE
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Inquires : ASKS
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"___ Shaker" (1992 Wreckx-N-Effect hit) : RUMP
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Diarist Anaïs : NIN
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What you eat : DIET
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As easy as ___ : ABC
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Fast-food chain with the slogan "The Crave is a powerful thing" : WHITECASTLE
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As easy as ___ : PIE
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Experienced again : RELIVED
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The Dream Team : USA
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Squeeze (by) : EKE
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People who overuse Caps Lock, so to speak : YELLERS
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___ Wonderful, fruit juice brand : POM
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The half with the hit song, typically : ASIDE
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Word with city or peace : INNER
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Update : MODERNIZE
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"Brokeback Mountain" director Lee : ANG
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Roving floor cleaner : ROOMBA
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Perfectly behaved child : ANGEL
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Water filter brand : BRITA
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Suffix with front or cash : IER
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Name seen in cursive on a cap in Berkeley : CAL
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Singers Green and Jardine : ALS
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Laughing head or a thumbs up, e.g. : EMOJI
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French Impressionist Claude : MONET
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Some newspaper pieces that aren't news : OPEDS
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Empathetic response to an apology : ITSOK
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Laurel and Hardy and Abbott and Costello : DUOS
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Slog, say : CHORE
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Garb that's typically plaid : KILT
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[I'm scared!] : SHIVER
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City situated between the split halves of Saguaro National Park : TUCSON
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Possessed : HAD
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Common beverage suffix : ADE
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Rental car option : ALAMO
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ChatGPT, for one : BOT
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Throws in the towel : HANGSITUP
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QB Manning : ELI
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Syllable doubled after "fiddle" : DEE
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However, in a text : OTOH
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___ school : PREP
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"Where we're going we don't need ___" ("Back to the Future" quote) : ROADS
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Épéeist, e.g. : FENCER
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One of Jolly Rancher's "Original Flavors" : GRAPE
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Eponym of a popular puzzle : RUBIK
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Host : EMCEE
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Up to : UNTIL
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Metaphor for a bad goalie : SIEVE
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Ashton Kutcher's role on "That '70s Show" : KELSO
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What a hot iron may give off : STEAM
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Like some humor : WRY
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Start of a bray : HEE
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Ailing : ILL
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Highlights of the Super Bowl, for some : ADS

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

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