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New York Times, Saturday, July 19, 2025

Author:
Erik Agard
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
21-Down : Barbecued Mongolian dish whose name sounds like a disapproving canine
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Erik Agard

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 15 Words: 69, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQVXZ} Spans: 6, (1 quad stack) Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 82 for Mr. Agard. Saturday freshness: 17%
Jim Horne notes:

Read about the FREEDOM RIDES. John Lewis was one of the riders.

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© 2025, The New York Times7/19/25 ( No. 27,647 )
Across
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What R-rated photos may do : TITILLATE
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Stream : FLOW
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Tearing up or breaking down : EMOTIONAL
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Madame's family member : FRERE
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Graduate-level degree : MASTEROFSCIENCE
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The leaders of Thailand and Malaysia, e.g., for short : PMS
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Subject of click fraud : INTERNETAD
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What has an eye on the TV : CBS
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Business ___ : END
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"Get outta here!" : SHOO
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Lead-in to "boy" or "girl" : ATTA
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Gold, in Spanish : ORO
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Extemporaneous : SPUROFTHEMOMENT
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Canine breed named after an English river valley : AIREDALETERRIER
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Vince Carter quote-turned-meme regarding his return for a 22nd N.B.A. season : IGOTONEMOREINME
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Warning to a troublemaker : DONTGETANYIDEAS
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Case study org.? : TSA
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Fist bumps : DAPS
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Surname shared by a Hollywood father and daughter : DERN
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___ Jayawardenepura Kotte (capital city in South Asia) : SRI
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Shell liquid : GAS
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Entertainment between innings at a baseball game : MASCOTRACE
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"Moving to ___" (email phrase) : BCC
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Stygian blue or reddish-green : IMPOSSIBLECOLOR
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Pantheon part : DEITY
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Trans activist who founded the Sylvia Rivera Law Project : DEANSPADE
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"Who ___?" : ISNT
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Biblical tax collector : STMATTHEW
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Sub : TEMP
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Masjid leader : IMAM
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Trash : TOSS
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Addams Family member : ITT
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Apt letters for the blanks in _ _ B _ L : LIE
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Large-eyed primate : LORIS
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Before long : ANON
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President whose middle name was Howard : TAFT
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"Who ___?" : ELSE
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Actions that, despite being legal, resulted in hundreds of arrests in 1961 : FREEDOMRIDES
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Observance that ends on Holy Thursday : LENT
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Sea creature with a saddle patch : ORCA
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Ingredient in some brownies : WEED
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Suomi speaker : FINN
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Dispenser of cones : CREAMERY
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Leader before the King? : CORETTASCOTT
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Barbecued Mongolian dish whose name sounds like a disapproving canine : BOODOG
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Tap : SPIGOT
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People for whom a Great Lake is named : HURONS
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Sportsperson, in Italian : ATLETA
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What something scattershot is all over : THEMAP
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Range of the Rockies : TETONS
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Surname shared by a Hollywood father and son : REINER
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Lead-in to band or army : ONEMAN
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Went : SAID
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Unauthorized cuts of existing movies : FANEDITS
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Crispy Crinkles brand : OREIDA
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"___ chic!" : TRES
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Optimistic : ROSY
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Davis who played Thelma in "Thelma & Louise" : GEENA
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Intermediate size : MIDI
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Iowa State's city : AMES
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Cast in a different light : SPIN
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Disencumbers : RIDS
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Assist, as a lifter? : ABET
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Chowder ingredient : CLAM
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Unexciting : BLAH
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Do some tech work : CODE
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Group working on a pilot … or a group that includes a pilot : CREW
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Winter setting in K.C. : CST
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Choose : OPT

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

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