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New York Times, Monday, October 20, 2025

Author:
Adam Aaronson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Milkshake flavor made with Oreos
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Adam Aaronson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQW} This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Aaronson. Grid flow: 21.7 Monday freshness: 61%
1
I
2
P
3
A
4
D
5
A
6
T
7
B
8
A
9
T
10
B
11
D
12
A
13
Y
14
C
A
F
E
15
M
E
R
C
I
16
A
R
L
O
17
E
R
R
S
18
B
R
I
D
E
19
Z
U
L
U
20
C
O
O
K
21
I
E
S
N
C
R
22
E
A
M
23
A
L
E
24
G
R
E
G
25
O
A
S
26
E
27
S
28
P
E
D
29
A
L
30
R
O
31
C
32
K
N
R
O
L
L
33
L
O
34
B
35
N
U
N
36
L
O
O
37
R
38
A
39
V
I
O
L
40
I
41
P
O
42
P
43
S
O
N
G
44
A
G
E
45
A
C
46
T
47
B
R
O
48
S
U
R
49
F
50
N
T
U
R
51
F
52
E
X
53
T
54
R
55
A
56
H
A
Y
A
O
57
A
S
58
K
S
59
R
E
D
60
S
C
R
61
A
62
T
C
H
N
S
63
N
I
F
F
64
F
65
R
A
T
66
N
I
H
A
O
67
O
V
E
R
68
L
I
M
O
69
A
L
E
R
T
70
T
I
R
E
71
U
B
E
R
72
L
E
A
P
S
73
E
A
S
E
© 2025, The New York Times10/20/25 ( No. 27,740 )
Across
1
Apple tablet : IPAD
5
Facing the pitcher : ATBAT
10
Time to blow out the candles on a cake, informally : BDAY
14
Informal eatery : CAFE
15
Thanks, in France : MERCI
16
Singer Guthrie : ARLO
17
Says 2 + 2 = 5, e.g. : ERRS
18
Wedding cake figurine : BRIDE
19
Last language alphabetically on Google Translate : ZULU
20
Milkshake flavor made with Oreos : COOKIESNCREAM
23
The "A" of I.P.A. : ALE
24
Pitcher Maddux who won the Cy Young Award in four consecutive years : GREG
25
Welcome sights for thirsty people in deserts : OASES
28
Accelerator or brake : PEDAL
30
Music genre that Joan Jett "loves" : ROCKNROLL
33
Arcing tennis shot : LOB
35
Member of a convent : NUN
36
Lavatory, in Liverpool : LOO
37
Pasta often filled with ricotta : RAVIOLI
41
Listing on the Billboard Hot 100 : POPSONG
44
50 years, for Bilbo Baggins in "The Hobbit" : AGE
45
Play a part in a play : ACT
47
"My man!" : BRO
48
Two-part steakhouse entree : SURFNTURF
52
Bonus : EXTRA
56
Filmmaker Miyazaki : HAYAO
57
Questions : ASKS
59
Color that means "stop" : RED
60
Like some scented stickers : SCRATCHNSNIFF
64
Sorority's counterpart, in brief : FRAT
66
Mandarin "hello" : NIHAO
67
Head ___ heels : OVER
68
Chauffeured vehicle : LIMO
69
Message often accompanied by an exclamation point in a triangle : ALERT
70
Michelin product : TIRE
71
Alternative to a Lyft : UBER
72
Jumps : LEAPS
73
Make simpler : EASE
Down
1
What covers the North Pole : ICECAP
2
End of some sentences : PAROLE
3
Having a certain natural hairstyle : AFROED
4
Furniture piece for a talk show host : DESK
5
Shade of yellow : AMBER
6
More abrupt in language : TERSER
7
Hire to the team : BRINGON
8
Band with the aptly titled debut album "High Voltage" : ACDC
9
Stratum : TIER
10
Marketplace with stalls : BAZAAR
11
Occasion for a percussionist to shine : DRUMSOLO
12
With 13-Down, "___ can eat" (restaurant come-on) : ALL
13
See 12-Down : YOU
21
Inuit's home : IGLOO
22
Time unit aptly hidden in "paleontology" : EON
26
University in North Carolina : ELON
27
Difficult, tiring work : SLOG
29
Comic actress Wong : ALI
31
Unit of flour : CUP
32
Door handle : KNOB
34
Untuneful trumpet sound : BLAT
37
Lacking much thought : RASH
38
Water, in Oaxaca : AGUA
39
Aforementioned : VERYSAME
40
Hospital area with IVs : ICU
42
News media : PRESS
43
Crosstown rivals of the Cubbies : SOX
46
Windpipe : TRACHEA
49
Decision-making consideration : FACTOR
50
Neither here ___ there : NOR
51
Only black key in a G major scale : FSHARP
53
Fodder for "Jeopardy!" : TRIVIA
54
Alludes (to) : REFERS
55
Not interrupted by commercials ... or shortened like the middle words of 20-, 30-, 48- and 60-Across? : ADFREE
58
Ties that are hard to untie : KNOTS
61
Super-uptight : ANAL
62
Bit of bathroom décor : TILE
63
Do, re or mi : NOTE
64
It goes around every year : FLU
65
Short ___ (beef cut) : RIB

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

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