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New York Times, Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Author:
Jeffrey Martinovic
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Gathering for this puzzle's attendees
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Jeffrey Martinovic

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 73, Blocks: 43 Missing: {JZ} Grid has mirror symmetry. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Martinovic. Grid flow: 44.0 Wednesday freshness: 73%
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© 2025, The New York Times12/31/25 ( No. 27,812 )
Across
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Big name in pickup trucks : RAM
4
Criminal suspects, informally : PERPS
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Giant container : VAT
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Map out : PLAN
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Love of Italy? : AMORE
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Performer who's lost for words? : MIME
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Smaller than small : MINI
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Completely change course, in business jargon : PIVOT
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Enthusiastic : AVID
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Gathering for this puzzle's attendees : SQUAREDANCE
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Stipulation for some keto dieters : NOCARBS
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Ninja's quality : STEALTH
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Grant the power : ENABLE
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Paddle people : ROWERS
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Hint : TIP
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Marketplace of ancient Greece : AGORA
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Knights of ___, dark order in the third "Star Wars" trilogy : REN
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Gathering for this puzzle's attendees : CELLRECEPTION
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Falco of "The Sopranos" : EDIE
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Article in hip-hop titles : THA
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Make some changes : EDIT
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Gathering for this puzzle's attendees : BOXSOCIAL
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Suffering from memory loss, in a way : AMNESIC
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It's a big hit : HOMERUN
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Name on luxury fashion apparel : DIOR
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Marginalia, e.g. : NOTES
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John of wrestling fame : CENA
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Bloom that's green : ALGAE
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Mess around a sty : MUD
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Lead, as a meeting : CHAIR
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With 63-Across, gathering for this puzzle's attendees : BLOCK
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Grp. that carries badges : FBI
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See 61-Across : PARTY
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"That makes sense now!" : ISEE
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Hanker (for) : YEN
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Things people prefer to type on in secrecy, for short : ATMS
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Engine stat, in brief : RPM
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Sports star who said "It's not bragging if you can back it up" : ALI
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Engaged in some grooming : MANSCAPED
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Fairy tale character with a hard bed : PAPABEAR
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Arab leaders : EMIRS
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Wander aimlessly : ROVE
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Needles, maybe : PRODS
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Try to catch someone with guile : SETATRAP
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Cry of loyalty in old France : VIVELEROI
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"___ crazy?" : AMI
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Williams in the Baseball Hall of Fame : TED
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Veil worn by Muslim women : NIQAB
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Colorful parrot : MACAW
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Certain address, for short : URL
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Lead-in to liberalism : NEO
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Ending for many a 20-Down : NET
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How drinks may be stored at a summer gathering : ONICE
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Site of a historic council : TRENT
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Channel similar to QVC : HSN
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Lies down on the couch, say : GETSCOMFY
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Nueve menos uno : OCHO
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Began to withdraw mail from a mailbox, say : REACHEDIN
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One-named performer known as "Mr. Showmanship" : LIBERACE
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Most August babies : LEOS
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Word fittingly evoked by the phrase "Together everyone achieves more" : TEAM
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Small talk : IDLECHAT
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Mark, as an option on a questionnaire : XIN
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Apple device letters : IOS
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Not very much : ADAB
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Prefix meaning "one-thousandth" : MILLI
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Ideas that don't work out : NOGOS
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Supply with more weaponry : REARM
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Condo building's inventory : UNITS
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Hardly : NARY
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Straw, e.g. : TUBE
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Squeak (out) : EKE
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Book reviewer, for short : CPA

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

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