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New York Times, Monday, September 15, 2025

Author:
Matthew Stock and Michael Lieberman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
49-Across : Brief appearances by A-listers in films (Baltimore)
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 32 for Mr. Stock. This is puzzle # 31 for Mr. Lieberman. Monday freshness: 43%
Jim Horne notes:
The circled baseball teams, GIANTS, PIRATES, and ORIOLES, are missing their I. My favorite NO I IN TEAMS puzzle is this David J. ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times9/15/25 ( No. 27,705 )
Across
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Competitor of Denny's and Waffle House : IHOP
5
A red cross, for the American Red Cross : LOGO
9
Headwear for a monarch : CROWN
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Home for a Neanderthal : CAVE
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Apple tablet : IPAD
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Vietnam's capital : HANOI
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Ingenious fix (San Francisco) : ELEGANTSOLUTION
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Popular online brokerage : ETRADE
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Reason for teens to rent a limo : PROM
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Poem of praise : ODE
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Drench : SOAK
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Double-click, as a file : OPEN
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Hotel discounts for conventioneers (Pittsburgh) : GROUPRATES
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Starting alphabet quartet : ABCD
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Bank robbery, e.g. : HEIST
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One of 18 on a golf course : HOLE
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Uncommon : RARE
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Knee part commonly repaired by a sports doc : ACL
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Cracker often eaten with chowder : SALTINE
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Practical joke : GAG
43
Yep's opposite : NOPE
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Prompted, on stage : CUED
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Big concert venue : ARENA
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Way too uptight : ANAL
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Brief appearances by A-listers in films (Baltimore) : CAMEOROLES
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Location : SITE
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Ford Explorer and Honda CR-V, for two : SUVS
54
Winter hrs. in D.C. : EST
56
"Really?" : ISIT
59
Hippie T-shirt technique : TIEDYE
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Coaching axiom suggested by 17-, 27- and 49-Across : THERESNOIINTEAM
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What each letter in Roy G. Biv represents : COLOR
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Common time for lunch : NOON
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Pop ___ (breakfast pastry) : TART
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Zoom call V.I.P.s : HOSTS
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Shell-less gastropod : SLUG
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Does some summing : ADDS
Down
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Summer drink that might cause a brain freeze : ICEE
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"Not another step!" : HALT
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Above : OVER
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Winged horse of Greek myth : PEGASUS
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One-dimensional, in math : LINEAR
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Make a choice : OPT
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Say "Oh, my God!," say : GASP
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Stinky smell : ODOR
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___ change (a measly amount) : CHUMP
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Tattletale : RAT
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Pungent, round deli order : ONIONBAGEL
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Alternative to an iron, in golf : WOOD
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Three squared : NINE
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Brings into the family : ADOPTS
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Make less tight : LOOSEN
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Liqueur in a mudslide : KAHLUA
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Part of the body with a lobe : EAR
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Its capital is Accra : GHANA
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Spy's info-gathering mission : RECON
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Bright choices for artists : OILPASTELS
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___ pole (Native American carving) : TOTEM
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Skips, as a syllable : ELIDES
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Common origami bird : CRANE
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Edgar ___, "The Ballet Class" artist : DEGAS
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What security clearance grants : ACCESS
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Magic Johnson's real first name : EARVIN
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Hebrew name meaning "high" : ELI
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___ Stone (relic inscribed in three languages) : ROSETTA
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Special trip away from the house : OUTING
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Echelons : TIERS
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Engrave : ETCH
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"Get outta here!" : SHOO
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Places to stay overnight : INNS
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Item on a mechanic's belt : TOOL
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Out of battery juice : DEAD
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36 inches : YARD
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CPR-administering crew, for short : EMTS
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Brain ___ (low-quality internet content) : ROT
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"Lemme square up later" note : IOU

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

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