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New York Times, Thursday, October 2, 2025

Author:
Aidan Deshong
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
How something distinctive appears
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Aidan Deshong

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Deshong. Thursday freshness: 39%
Aidan Deshong notes:

Boom!

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© 2025, The New York Times10/2/25 ( No. 27,722 )
Across
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"That so?" or "Uh-huh, that's so" : YEAH
5
Abbr. that often follows a comma : ETC
8
Hardly anyone counts on this anymore : ABACUS
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Shakespearean villain : IAGO
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Zip : NIL
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Wine and dine : REGALE
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How something distinctive appears : PROMINENTLY
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Any member of a band dubbed "The President's Own" : MARINE
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Leveled the playing field, say? : MOWED
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Fight night sites : ARENAS
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Shortage of a sort : FAMINE
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Cardinal's honorific : HISEMINENCE
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Suppose : RECKON
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Feel 41-Across : AIL
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___ Summitt, legendary women's basketball coach : PAT
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Asian city one can view within Instagram? : AGRA
34
Among others, for short : ETAL
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Well-informed : AWARE
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Writer Zora ___ Hurston : NEALE
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See 29-Across : ILL
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Its hands might be near one of yours : WATCH
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Common daytime spots for first dates : CAFES
44
Part of a list at an awards show : NOMINEE
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Biker's selection : GEAR
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Doc seen for sinusitis : ENT
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Austin summer hrs. : CDT
50
Board meeting handout : AGENDA
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Discusses at length : GOESINTO
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Pin number? : TEN
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Literary detective whose final case is in 1975's "Curtain" : POIROT
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Sounds heard in haunted houses : MOANS
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What might prompt someone to close a window : UPDATE
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Classic computer game whose players avoid hazardous items in a grid … as suggested by this puzzle? : MINESWEEPER
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Eye, slangily : PEEPER
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Actress Long : NIA
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"You'll ___" : LIVE
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Sabotage : UNDERMINE
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Lift a finger, so to speak : TRY
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Output of a social media algorithm : FEED
Down
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Sound from a puppy : YIP
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Balance aid : EAR
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What might come after many years? : AGO
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Ad ___ : HOMINEM
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Interweave : ENTWINE
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Scrabble rackful : TILES
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Half of a noted crime duo : CLYDE
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Renowned house at Milan Fashion Week : ARMANI
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Cousin of a Danish : BEARCLAW
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Match, as subject and verb : AGREE
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Biblical person who says "My punishment is greater than I can bear" : CAIN
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Bone with a radial notch : ULNA
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Candy company known for its chocolate and butterscotch : SEES
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Neighborhood in N.Y.C. or L.A. : NOHO
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Home of the most Literature Nobelists in history : FRANCE
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Greece's largest airline : AEGEAN
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Only video game to sell 300 million copies : MINECRAFT
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Selfish cry before an evil laugh : MINEALLMINE
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Moolah : KALE
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One of four awarded to Bill Nye : PATENT
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Crane's place, maybe : ARCADE
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Where the film "Argo" is set : TEHRAN
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Features of some windows : TINTS
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Spanish phone greeting : ALO
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Job listing info : WAGE
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Moped alternative : ESCOOTER
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Erode : EATAWAY
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Figure out : DETERMINE
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Out of the park : GONE
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Certain Kool-Aid flavor : GRAPE
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On the horizon : IMMINENT
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Polite refusal : NOSIR
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___ platter (Chinese restaurant offering) : PUPU
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Doing business : OPEN
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Carded : IDED
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The "s" in the acronym "scuba" : SELF
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Pizza, e.g. : PIE
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Christmas ___ : EVE
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Like Malbec wine : RED

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