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New York Times, Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Author:
Brad Wiegmann and Nicole Wiegmann
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
32-Across : Condiment sometimes known as rooster sauce
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 41 Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Wiegmann. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Wiegmann. Grid flow: 7.5 Wednesday freshness: 70%
Jim Horne notes:

A Gorski-style connect-the-dots grid that does a decent job rendering this famous illusion.

Nicole is Brad's daughter.

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© 2025, The New York Times11/12/25 ( No. 27,763 )
Across
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Protection from an infection : SCAB
5
Movie theater popcorn container : TUB
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Kurt who fronted Nirvana : COBAIN
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Accusative, for one : CASE
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Muff or fluff : ERR
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"Be that as it may …" : EVENSO
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Image depicted in this puzzle by connecting the circled letters alphabetically : OPTICALILLUSION
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Aristophanes comedy, with "The" : FROGS
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Sailors' patron : STELMO
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Energize : FIREUP
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King George ___, "Hamilton" character : III
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Some H.S. teams : JVS
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Remote batteries : AAS
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Social ___ : MEDIA
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Condiment sometimes known as rooster sauce : SRIRACHA
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It keeps you in the dark : EYEMASK
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"Is it too risky?" : DOIDARE
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Brand whose customers made its Super Bowl ad in 2025 : DORITOS
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Appetites : URGES
42
Sporty convertible : ROADSTER
44
Like some ironed shirts and fall air : CRISP
45
Free pass in sports : BYE
46
"The Spanish Tragedy" playwright Thomas : KYD
47
Washboard parts : ABS
49
Grocery aisle enticement : SAMPLE
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Beer brand discontinued in 2010 : BUDICE
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Wading bird : HERON
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Image in this puzzle : AMBIGUOUSFIGURE
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Steve of "Battle of the Sexes" : CARELL
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"Tubular!" : RAD
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With a clean slate : ANEW
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What some people think this puzzle's image represents : RABBIT
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U.K. home : EUR
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Eliot of the Untouchables : NESS
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Say "As if!," e.g. : SCOFF
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Clamdigger pants style : CAPRI
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First American multimillionaire : ASTOR
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Sand-colored : BEIGE
5
Beverage sometimes served with cucumber sandwiches : TEA
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Web addresses : URLS
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Like the words "knackered" and "chuffed" : BRITISH
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Bowed instruments : CELLI
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Haploid cell : OVUM
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Kiss, in Córdoba : BESO
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Unlucky "Wheel of Fortune" purchase for COOL AS A CUCUMBER : ANI
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Prefix with -metric : ISO
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French resistance? : NON
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Fort Collins sch. : CSU
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Hawaiian souvenir : LEI
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Late-night host Jack : PAAR
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Website with a "Conservadox" option : JDATE
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Sun blocker : VISOR
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Co. that merged with Neiman's in 2024 : SAKS
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Great service provider : ACER
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Late-night host Seth : MEYERS
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Put out : EMIT
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"Excuse me" : SORRY
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Stiff : RIGID
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Bad time for Caesar : IDES
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Hoarse voice : RASP
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"Let's call it ___" : ADAY
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What some people think this puzzle's image represents : DUCK
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Many Pablo Neruda works : ODES
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No-name : OBSCURE
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One paying for a full-price ticket, perhaps : ADULT
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Life story : BIO
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Fish in a poke bowl : AHI
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Soccer great Rapinoe : MEGAN
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Wrinkly fruit : PRUNE
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Pixelated, informally : LORES
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Cable show covering the red carpet : ENEWS
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Nickname of the "Love Yourself" singer, with "the" : BIEB
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Wrinkly fruit : UGLI
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Isaac's favorite son : ESAU
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Counterpart of down: Abbr. : ACR
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Billy bawl? : MAA
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"Just a sec," in a text : BRB
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Four-term prez : FDR

Answer summary:
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