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New York Times, Friday, October 17, 2025

Author:
Karen Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
3-Down : Meaty dog treats "in a blanket"
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Karen Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 33 Missing: {FKQZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Steinberg. Friday freshness: 85% Grid flow: 44.1
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© 2025, The New York Times10/17/25 ( No. 27,737 )
Across
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What a comment might be made in : JEST
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Plant often confused with algae : MOSS
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"The Craft" : WICCA
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Pulitzer-winning historian and journalist Applebaum : ANNE
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Understanding response : ISEE
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Amazon smart speakers : ECHOS
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British singer with the top 10 albums "Crash" and "Brat" : CHARLIXCX
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Some suitors : BEAUS
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Sets in motion : CAUSES
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Sake, for one : RICEWINE
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Not fixed, as a stone : UNSET
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Drinking game with projectiles : BEERDARTS
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Sign of healing : SCAR
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New service member : RECRUIT
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Mental image, for short? : EEG
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Fun-size, so to speak : TINY
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Stalk : STEM
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First releases : DEBUTS
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Taking out the trash and others : CHORES
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Lab liquids : SERA
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Max ___, boxer nicknamed "Madcap Maxie" : BAER
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Corn ___ (snack misnomer) : NUT
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Longtime Nestlé candy brand : SNOCAPS
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Arizona tribe with matrilineal clans : HOPI
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1992 Whoopi Goldberg comedy : SISTERACT
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Survived, so to speak : COPED
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Portmanteau for evidence based solely on personal accounts : ANECDATA
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Popular name of the 1958 Italian hit "Nel Blu, Dipinto di Blu" : VOLARE
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___ month : LUNAR
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Act of writing down whatever comes to mind in order to clear mental clutter : BRAINDUMP
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Wipe : ERASE
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Biblical locale in a Steinbeck title : EDEN
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Golfer Aoki : ISAO
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Rationed (out) : METED
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Bleak : DIRE
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Gravitate : TEND
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Historic Émile Zola letter of 1898 : JACCUSE
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Improved : ENHANCED
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Meaty dog treats "in a blanket" : SNAUSAGES
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Less prolix : TERSER
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Customizable Nintendo avatars : MIIS
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Mac platform renamed in 2016 : OSX
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Condition of discretion : SECRECY
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More seductive : SEXIER
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One managing online content : WEBEDITOR
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Drink that comes with free refills : ICEWATER
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Word with easy or high : CHAIR
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Matter : COUNT
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Insufferable sorts : ASSES
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Court call : LET
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Handles beautifully, in slang : CRUSHES
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Bills worth 100 buckaroos : BENS
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British singer with the hits "R.I.P." and "Radioactive" : RITAORA
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Showed embarrassment, say : TURNEDRED
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Event typically occurring in one's late 40s or early 50s : MENOPAUSE
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Hoped-for scenario : BESTCASE
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America, for one: Abbr. : CAPT
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DC figure since 1938 : SUPERMAN
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Brand of rum mentioned in Hemingway novels : BACARDI
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Certain unit of detergent : TIDEPOD
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Pet gear often eschewed in favor of someone's lap : CATBED
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"Stop the presses!" : HOLDIT
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Capital that's home to the oldest university in the Western U.S. (1842) : SALEM
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Habituate : INURE
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Upper house of the French parliament : SENAT
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With, in Spanish : CON
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Plant on a pergola : VINE
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___ Lingus : AER

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

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