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New York Times, Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Author:
Neville Fogarty
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
40-Across : Go-ahead
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
145/3/20124/27/20263
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31.615430.533%
Neville Fogarty

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Fogarty. Grid flow: 29.2 Wednesday freshness: 47%
Jim Horne notes:

The country names in the italicized clues are "letter banks", meaning the answers are words made up only of letters in that country name.

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B
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E
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G
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S
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S
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T
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O
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M
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L
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C
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A
N
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W
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A
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Y
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R
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A
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A
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B
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P
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A
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P
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N
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C
R
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G
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W
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M
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E
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L
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A
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A
L
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I
E
N
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V
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O
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N
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M
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D
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N
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D
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A
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S
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G
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M
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M
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F
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N
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S
H
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W
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T
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K
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U
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M
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M
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I
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N
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O
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L
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R
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D
S
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A
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© 2025, The New York Times10/1/25 ( No. 27,721 )
Across
1
Sits up and asks for table scraps, say : BEGS
5
Reason for a school closing : STORM
10
Shopper's reminder : LIST
14
Kind of vaccine : ORAL
15
What Stan Lee has in many a Marvel movie : CAMEO
16
From the beginning : ANEW
17
Elite soldier from GERMANY : ARMYRANGER
19
Sister brand of Slush Puppie : ICEE
20
It's famously sealed with red wax : EDAM
21
Shipping route : SEALANE
23
Monastery head : ABBOT
25
Vessel for cooking rice from NEPAL : PAELLAPAN
27
Rugged rock face : CRAG
28
Attics often have lots of them : WEBS
29
A schooner has at least two of them : MASTS
30
Reef lurker : EEL
31
Its roles include the kings of both Egypt and Ethiopia : AIDA
32
Note above fa : SOL
33
Sci-fi attack from SLOVENIA : ALIENINVASION
38
___ Robinson (role in "The Graduate") : MRS
39
Nimble-fingered : DEFT
40
Go-ahead : NOD
42
Japanese beer brand : ASAHI
45
Shower affection (on) : DOTE
46
School supply that might come in stick form : GLUE
47
Fighting style from OMAN : MANOAMANO
49
Gillian ___, author of "Sharp Objects" : FLYNN
50
Chinese monastery known for its style of kung fu : SHAOLIN
51
Greeting from Bowser : WOOF
52
Bulletin board sticker : TACK
53
Seasonal precipitation from SURINAME : SUMMERRAIN
58
Toledo's lake : ERIE
59
Receded : EBBED
60
FAQ page contents : INFO
61
Finish a flight : LAND
62
Looks at a Nook, say : READS
63
#2: Abbr. : ASST
Down
1
Stole from a show? : BOA
2
Screw up : ERR
3
Keepsake after a rookie's first touchdown : GAMEBALL
4
Sneaky so-and-so : SLYDOG
5
An "I.R.S. agent" asking you to buy gift cards, e.g. : SCAM
6
M&M's color replaced by blue in 1995 : TAN
7
"Whoa!" : OMG
8
Candy brand with a Big Cup variety : REESES
9
Fungus with a pitted cap : MOREL
10
Boxer who retired undefeated (24-0) in 2007 : LAILAALI
11
With an implication of shouting, say : INCAPS
12
Spotted attending : SEENAT
13
Most middle schoolers : TWEENS
18
Splinter in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," e.g. : RAT
22
Just about : ALMOST
23
Blackjack half : ACE
24
Spanish for "tar" : BREA
25
Spa treatment, familiarly : PEDI
26
Desert : ABANDON
28
Takes gold : WINS
31
Move in which a skier leaves the ground : AERIAL
32
Still on, in a way : SAFE
34
"Can't wait for the next episode!" : IMHOOKED
35
Power to remove a nomination for eviction on "Big Brother" : VETO
36
Online subscription service since 2016 : ONLYFANS
37
Paper or plastic, say : NOUN
41
Part of a Cub Scout pack : DEN
42
Dutch beer brand : AMSTEL
43
Desert whose name comes from the Arabic for "desert" : SAHARA
44
Painkiller brand that sponsored the first TV sitcom : ANACIN
45
River through four European capitals : DANUBE
46
___ Estefan, Miami Sound Machine vocalist : GLORIA
48
Pinchpenny : MISER
49
Suiting the needs of : FOR
51
Gets hitched : WEDS
54
Wharton offering, in brief : MBA
55
TV's "Chicago ___" : MED
56
Hypotheticals : IFS
57
"What's ___ to like?" : NOT

Answer summary:
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