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New York Times, Friday, September 19, 2025

Author:
Erica Hsiung Wojcik
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
11-Down : Reader's digest
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Erica Hsiung Wojcik

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Wojcik. Grid flow: 65.4 Friday freshness: 25%
Jim Horne notes:

STEM is all well and good, but you need that A in STEAM for a full life, right?

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A
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D
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O
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P
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T
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B
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R
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A
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G
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R
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B
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I
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S
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L
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P
R
O
B
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O
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A
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T
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M
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O
A
T
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J
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T
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A
C
K
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D
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F
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N
G
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G
A
B
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R
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B
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E
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H
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H
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S
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N
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J
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P
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D
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D
D
I
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E
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L
A
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M
O
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N
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F
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A
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L
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E
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A
R
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W
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I
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D
F
L
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X
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B
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O
K
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P
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O
V
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G
P
A
S
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S
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L
O
A
N
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P
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B
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O
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S
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A
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D
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R
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L
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T
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Y
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© 2025, The New York Times9/19/25 ( No. 27,709 )
Across
1
Take over : ADOPT
6
Engage in magniloquence : BRAG
10
A double might get you some, for short : RBIS
14
Fly me to the moon! : LUNARPROBE
16
Actress Chaplin : OONA
17
Ancient creepy-crawlies : TRILOBITES
18
It "smiles on the frowning night," in "Romeo and Juliet" : MORN
19
___ milk : OAT
20
___ Seymour, third wife of King Henry VIII : JANE
21
Added (on) : TACKED
23
One of four for a bat or a cat : FANG
24
"Moulin Rouge" co-star, 1952 : GABOR
25
Not with it : BEHINDTHETIMES
30
With (it) : INON
31
In tandem : JOINED
32
Way out in space : POD
34
Biker role in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" : EDDIE
36
Pull-up target, for short : LAT
37
Let it all out, in a way : EMOTE
39
Nutmeg-flavored quaff, informally : NOG
40
Ribbed silk material : FAILLE
43
The "A" in STEAM : ARTS
44
"I, personally, wouldn't boast about that" : WEIRDFLEXBUTOK
47
Bring the receipts for, as they say : PROVE
48
Figs. on a 4-point scale : GPAS
49
Tennis star Stephens who won the 2017 U.S. Open : SLOANE
51
Berth place : PIER
52
A.L. East team, on scoreboards : BOS
55
Car whose name means "listen" in Latin : AUDI
56
Ordered clubs, for example : ROYALFLUSH
59
Quickly assembles, with "up" : RIGS
60
Frees : TURNSLOOSE
61
"Gotcha" : ISEE
62
Editor's marking : STET
63
According to experiments, they can't "sleep" in space : YOYOS
Down
1
Lead-in to stratus or cumulus : ALTO
2
___ mater (brain protector) : DURA
3
Handling things : ONIT
4
Bud : PAL
5
Memorial Coliseum athlete : TROJAN
6
Provide that crucial spark for : BRINGTOLIFE
7
You may have learned your times tables by it : ROTE
8
Fin : ABE
9
Develop over time : GESTATE
10
"50 First Dates" or "(500) Days of Summer" : ROMCOM
11
Reader's digest : BOOKREPORT
12
Concerning : INRE
13
It might be picked up from a trip to the beach : SAND
15
Classic lunchbox staple, informally : PBANDJ
22
Tolerate : ABIDE
23
Done: Fr. : FINI
24
Big ol' teddy bear : GENTLEGIANT
25
Word of approval, in French and Spanish : BIEN
26
Finance : ENDOW
27
A little of this, a little of that : HODGEPODGE
28
Salutation for a mass email : HIALL
29
Lower than, on a score : SOTTO
33
Learning center? : DESK
35
Zac of "The Iron Claw" : EFRON
38
Pulitzer-winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman : MAUS
41
British spots : ADVERTS
42
Throws out : EXPELS
45
Declaration that might come from a bluffer : IRAISE
46
Spirited sort? : BARFLY
49
Wrapped dress : SARI
50
Author Jorge ___ Borges : LUIS
51
Apt rhyme for fire : PYRE
52
Object marked with the speed limit, sometimes : BUOY
53
Word in an Italian veal dish : OSSO
54
"___ the Man" (2006 film inspired by "Twelfth Night") : SHES
57
On the newsstand, say : OUT
58
John : LOO

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

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