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New York Times, Thursday, July 3, 2025

Author:
Adam Wagner
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
29-Across : Comment that might be said with a push
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Adam Wagner

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Wagner. Thursday freshness: 82%
Adam Wagner notes:
Is 2025 the year of the slashed-double-clue late-week theme? This is the fifth puzzle of the genre so far, and the second in two ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times7/3/25 ( No. 27,631 )
Across
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Sound from a flock : BAA
4
It gets dropped in a pot : CHIP
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"Buffalo soldier, dreadlock ___" (Bob Marley lyric) : RASTA
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Like well-known news : OLD
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Lessen in strength : FADE
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Toronto N.B.A. player : RAPTOR
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Played a bar game? / [Yawn] : LIMBOED/IMBORED
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Preserved, in a way : ONTAPE
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Boo-boo : OWIE
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Go pillaging : MARAUD
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Swerve, as an airplane : YAW
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Fully add up : TOTAL
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Friend or family member / Clichéd : LOVEDONE/OVERDONE
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Emcee's lines : INTROS
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Comment that might be said with a push : INYOUGO
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It might be bruised in a fall : EGO
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City where the Dalai Lama was enthroned : LHASA
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Actor Sebastian ___ of Marvel Studios films : STAN
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Formal dress code / What may "burn" in a drag race : BLACKTIE/BACKTIRE
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Member of the South Asian diaspora : DESI
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Connect with : TIETO
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Having a full stomach : FED
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Holy Roman ___, title for Maria Theresa : EMPRESS
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Gymnast Biles : SIMONE
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Area with no coverage? / Sore loser : BALDSPOT/BADSPORT
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Like a Venti at Starbucks : LARGE
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School of higher learning, in Britain : UNI
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Biblical Promised Land : CANAAN
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Losing roll in a casino : CRAP
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It connects to the tailbone : SACRUM
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Directional signals that flash on and off, as suggested by the circles in this puzzle : BLINKERS
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Features of many war hero statues : STEEDS
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Home to Florida Atlantic Univ. : BOCA
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Fruity cooler : ADE
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Kind of question that's binary : YESNO
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Pac-Man ghost with the shortest name : INKY
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Field : LEA
Down
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Southwestern neckwear / Baby's foot warmer : BOLOTIE
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"Baby Cobra" comedian : ALIWONG
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Come clean about : ADMITTO
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Co.'s $$$ watcher : CFO
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Injury / Christmas entree : HARM
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Perfect / Concept : IDEAL
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Actor Pascal of "The Mandalorian" : PEDRO
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Was exhausted / Lustful : RANDRY
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On point : APT
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"Don't come in here!" : STAYOUT
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State park in the Santa Monica Mountains : TOPANGA
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"Is this date happening?" : AREWEON
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City on the Seine : ROUEN
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Animal whose Greek name is the etymology of the word "arctic" : BEAR
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Fly : AVIATE
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Idle / Texter's chuckle : LOLL
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Amount of meds : DOSE
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Olympic sprinter ___'Carri Richardson : SHA
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Follows, as a tip : ACTSON
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Trail runner? : SKI
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National Audubon Society subject : BIRD
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"___ hard to say" : ITS
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Perturb / Frying need : ROIL
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"Clair de Lune" composer : DEBUSSY
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Come (forth) : EMANATE
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Does some genetic manipulation on / Some aromatics : SPLICES
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"No lie!" : FORREAL
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Them's fighting words! : ENGARDE
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Anglerfish locale : DEEPSEA
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Portuguese currency before the euro : ESCUDO
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Inundates with messages, say : SPAMS
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___ truck : MACK
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Religious leader / Actress Jacobson : RABBI
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Avian claw : TALON
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Shaving mishap : NICK
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___ Faire : REN
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House cry that sounds like a horse cry : NAY

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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