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New York Times, Saturday, October 18, 2025

Author:
Samuel Smalley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Was really moving, in slang
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Samuel Smalley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Smalley. Saturday freshness: 87% Grid flow: 45.2
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© 2025, The New York Times10/18/25 ( No. 27,738 )
Across
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Measure of rank in Maori culture, informally : FACETAT
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Bubbles : FROTH
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Sauce in Italian-American cuisine : MARINARA
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Knocked out : INAWE
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It's in right now : LATESTFAD
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Was worthy of : RATED
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Having a single purpose : ADHOC
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Light that goes up when things are going down? : FLARE
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Snatch : BAG
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Crank cases? : UFOLOGY
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Something pulled in many car chase scenes, for short : EBRAKE
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Home to the Arco di Constantino : ROMA
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Present a chance to get ahead : OPENDOORS
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Spaniards roll them : ARS
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Was really moving, in slang : HAULEDASS
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"Uh ... I guess" : WELLSORTA
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Sources of 24/7 support : HELPLINES
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Many an attachment : PDF
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Ones catching waves : RADIOSETS
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Longtime name in Cuban politics : RAUL
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Those playing the king of Egypt in "Aïda" : BASSOS
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Monthly magazine that sponsors a large annual music festival in New Orleans : ESSENCE
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Easily removed locks : WIG
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Limited assignment : STINT
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Smallest member of the eurozone (122 square miles) : MALTA
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Appropriately change course : ADAPT
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Spirals out of control? : TORNADOES
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Panhellenic Games venue : NEMEA
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Can't cool off : STAYSMAD
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Gifted : ADEPT
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Culinary concurrence : YESCHEF
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Understands : FATHOMS
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Site of some piercings : AREOLA
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"There's never been a better time" tech sloganeer : CISCO
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Fangorn resident : ENT
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Sweet doings at a county fair : TAFFYPULLS
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___ Sea, locale of a 20th-century environmental disaster : ARAL
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Cry that might be made with a bow : TADA
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Responders to cruise ship emergencies : FIREBOATS
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It works in translation : RNA
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Crunchy snacks : OATBARS
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Fine-tunes : TWEAKS
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Divider of lots : HEDGE
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Really into : MADFOR
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21st-century first lady : LAURA
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Attire for many a flamenco dancer : REDDRESS
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Upright bar : GOALPOST
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Bonheur who painted "Ploughing in the Nivernais" : ROSA
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Woman's name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet : ELSIE
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Colorful swimmers in the Amazon : NEONTETRAS
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Energy device that reflects sunlight : HELIOSTAT
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Rings up? : WEDS
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Can hold one's own, in modern lingo : HASGAME
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Bread purchase in the U.K. : PANLOAF
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Like a building's central air conditioning : DUCTED
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Dogbane? : FLEAS
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Like drug dens, sometimes : RAIDED
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FAQ heading : README
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East African honorific : BWANA
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Reduce to a pulp : SMASH
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Minute : ITSY
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Pay attention to : NOTE
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Zip : PEP
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Home to the U.S.'s first pizzeria, according to the Pizza Hall of Fame, for short : NYC

Answer summary:
13 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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