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New York Times, Saturday, November 8, 2025

Author:
Ryan Judge
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Ryan Judge

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Judge. Grid flow: 47.8 Saturday freshness: 4%
Ryan Judge notes:
Welcome back to the Ryan Judge Saturday experience! I now have no more puzzles left in the queue, so this might be a while before my ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times11/8/25 ( No. 27,759 )
Across
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Where Caitlin Clark played college hoops : IOWA
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R-V guy? : STU
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Adds to a timeline, say : POSTS
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One who's off-base? : SHORTSTOP
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See 41-Across : ALPHA
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Accessory with a grid of numbers : BINGOCARD
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"To repeat ..." : ISAID
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Unacceptable : NOTOKAY
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They're not up to much : IDLERS
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Player — or piece of equipment — at Barclays Center : NET
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Instrument with a neck, informally : UKE
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Supreme Court justice Gorsuch : NEIL
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John Coltrane album whose title suggests making major progress : GIANTSTEPS
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General with orders? : TSO
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"Magnum, P.I." setting : OAHU
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"Then it was well with me, in days ___ I was born": Housman : ERE
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Saver's asset : THRIFT
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Dude who might be in a row : FRATBRO
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"You're not just imagining that tone" : IHEARIT
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Makes sense : ADDSUP
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.pdf alternative : DOC
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City between Sacramento and Salt Lake City on I-80 : RENO
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With 16-Across, group that began in the 2010s, familiarly : GEN
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Roquefort, e.g. : BLUECHEESE
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Book of Mormon figure : ENOS
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C.I.A. forerunner : OSS
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___ Technica (news site) : ARS
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Something often hit without you seeing it : PINATA
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Liverpudlians, e.g. : BRITONS
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Burdened : LADEN
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Job for a driller : ROOTCANAL
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___ au poivre (entree that's often flambéed) : STEAK
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Mali Empire ruler who single-handedly made the value of gold almost worthless by giving away so much of it : MANSAMUSA
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Largest Bengali-speaking city in the world : DHAKA
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Financial report abbr. : YTD
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Exam with a max score of 1520 : PSAT
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Library fig. : ISBN
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Red state? : OHIO
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Refuses to : WONT
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Cephalopods with a name derived from Greek mythology : ARGONAUTS
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Visit : STAY
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Shortening for a city that omits "onto" : TOR
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John who won a National Book Award for his novel "The Centaur" : UPDIKE
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Tool used in building some castles : PAIL
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Elizabeth of "WandaVision" : OLSEN
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Fifth wheels? : SPARETIRES
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Phrase spoken by a dog in a burning room, in a 2010s meme : THISISFINE
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Unfortunate : SAD
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Show, as of appreciation : TOKEN
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Graph type with sets of points : SCATTERPLOT
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Football roster planning documents : DEPTHCHARTS
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Sport ___ : UTE
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Game that aptly draws millions each day? : LOTTO
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Where someone might be led on the way to being tricked : GARDENPATH
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"Who knew?!" : IHADNOIDEA
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Sellout letters : SRO
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2019 Harry Styles song whose subject "lives in daydreams with me" : SHE
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Grown-up : OFAGE
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Philatelist's prize : RARESTAMP
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Fella : BUB
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Games-organizing org. : IOC
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Comme ___ Garçons (fashion label) : DES
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Outfit for G.I. Joe : USARMY
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Lucas's younger sister on "Stranger Things" : ERICA
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Pussyfoot : SNEAK
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Singer Paul : ANKA
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Strong connection : BOND
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Encumbrance : ONUS
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Overseer of Artemis : NASA
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Bedframe part : SLAT
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The F.D.A. approved a form of this to treat anxiety in 2024, for short : LSD
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Kind of milk : OAT

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

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