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New York Times, Monday, August 11, 2025

Author:
Rebecca Goldstein
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Rebecca Goldstein

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: {QVXZ} This is puzzle # 23 for Ms. Goldstein. Monday freshness: 56%
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© 2025, The New York Times8/11/25 ( No. 27,670 )
Across
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Improvises during a gig : RIFFS
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Consider : DEEM
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Workers alongside R.N.s : DRS
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Loved to bits : ADORED
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"You are something ___!" : ELSE
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"Yipes!" : EEK
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Independence Day banger : FIRECRACKER
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Tuna type in a poke bowl : AHI
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Apt anagram of NOTE : TONE
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Tissue torn by some athletes, in brief : ACL
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"I couldn't ___ less" : CARE
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Handle some personal baggage? : STOW
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Rush hour snarl : TRAFFICJAM
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Big gulp : SWIG
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Great Lake with the most consumable 26-Down : ERIE
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Dance in which the guest of honor is often raised in a chair : HORA
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In good physical shape : FIT
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"Cómo ___ usted?" : ESTA
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Channel with a call to order? : HSN
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Lego piece in the shape of a person or animal : MINIFIG
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Warm greeting to a spouse or partner : HIHONEY
44
Chowed down : ATE
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Herbal refreshments : TEAS
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Actor Levy of "Schitt's Creek" : DAN
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Actor Damon of the "Bourne" movies : MATT
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___ Way, block in Lower Manhattan where a popular cookie originated : OREO
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Religious faction : SECT
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Recipient of two Golden Globe Best Actress nominations for Netflix's "GLOW" : ALISONBRIE
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Dry, like Champagne : BRUT
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Some hoppy brews, in brief : IPAS
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Thickness of wood or paper : PLY
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Yesteryear : YORE
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___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO
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Cocktail party staple that may contain the ends of 17-, 25-, 38-, 42- and 55-Across : CHEESEBOARD
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Tonsil-examining M.D. : ENT
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Astronomically long time : AEON
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Completed an alley-oop : DUNKED
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Total jerk : ASS
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This is not working! : REST
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Short-tempered : TESTY
Down
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Vessels that may be propelled with poles : RAFTS
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"Complete ___ Guides" (how-to series) : IDIOTS
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"Unless something changes …" : FORNOW
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Typical hotel or library amenity : FREEWIFI
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One of 60 in a min. : SEC
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State with certainty : DECLARE
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Reindeer relative : ELK
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WNW's opposite : ESE
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Gracias : Spanish :: ___ : French : MERCI
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Salutation in a breakup letter : DEARJOHN
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Practice for opening night : REHEARSE
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Bit of Winter Olympics gear : SKI
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"Shucks!" : DRAT
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43,560 square feet : ACRE
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German cry of annoyance : ACH
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See 31-Across : FISH
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Stinking to high heaven : FETID
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Quite a few : MANY
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Special talent : GIFT
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Attach with string : TIEON
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Sounds of realization : AHAS
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Parental term that is phonetically more difficult to say than "dada" : MAMA
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Citizens of Venice and Verona : ITALIANS
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Nasal irrigation devices : NETIPOTS
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Attire : GARB
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In single file : ONEBYONE
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Craftiest animal in the Garden of Eden : SERPENT
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PreCheck org. : TSA
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Deep fryer liquids : OILS
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Chorus from frogs : CROAKS
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Small tower on a castle : TURRET
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Muppet who lives in a trash can : OSCAR
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Gave a look : EYED
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Stereotypical name for a stuffed bear : TEDDY
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___ of Galilee : SEA
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Tee-___ (giggle) : HEE
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Dawn goddess : EOS
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Conjunction that might start an objection : BUT

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

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