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New York Times, Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Author:
Jesse Guzman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Some basic guidelines [2, Spanish]
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Jesse Guzman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 36 Missing: {KQVX} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Guzman. Grid flow: 57.8 Wednesday freshness: 95%
Jim Horne notes:
Sometimes, in crosswords, specific knowklege works to your detriment. The "series" here (2, 4, 8, 16) is called a Geometric Sequence, ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times10/22/25 ( No. 27,742 )
Across
1
Spots for cozy dates : CAFES
6
Slope : RISE
10
What A's and B's are good for : GPA
13
Person with terrible manners : BRUTE
14
Broadway great Menzel : IDINA
16
Nickname that's an alternative to Cam : RON
17
Some basic guidelines [2, Spanish] : DOSANDDONTS
19
Nonprofit's domain name ender : ORG
20
Paris agreement : OUI
21
Take to court : SUE
22
Act smart : GETCUTE
24
Molecule with a non-unique formula : ISOMER
26
Fluorescent gemstone [4, Danish and Norwegian] : FIREOPAL
27
"Girls" creator Dunham : LENA
28
Slightly : ABIT
30
Some parallel bars : RAILS
31
Agrees (with) : JIBES
33
Rarely visited places on earth : POLES
34
Climactic baseball event … or what the starts of 17-, 26-, 44- and 52-Across form? : WORLDSERIES
36
"Breaking Bad" sister-in-law : MARIE
37
Touches and Shuffles : IPODS
38
Black prom rentals : SUITS
39
Bubbly bar : SOAP
40
Idiomatic sticking point : CRAW
44
Chemist who co-discovered 26-Down [8, Italian] : OTTOHAHN
46
It's controlled in meditation : BREATH
48
Food spread popular in England : MARMITE
49
Levi's competitor : LEE
50
Toilet paper thickness : PLY
51
___ out of house and home : ATE
52
Carpe diem [16, French] : SEIZETHEDAY
55
Picasso's "___ Demoiselles d'Avignon" : LES
56
A little under half of humanity : MALES
57
Entertain : AMUSE
58
Establishes what is, informally : IDS
59
___ best friend : MANS
60
Sidekick of Dora the Explorer : BOOTS
Down
1
Natural remedy that's used to treat anxiety : CBDOIL
2
Make hot and bothered : AROUSE
3
Kind of cuisine : FUSION
4
Traveler's info, informally : ETA
5
Electroreception, for sharks : SENSE
6
Jaunt on a hay wagon, e.g. : RIDE
7
"Me!" : IDO
8
"You got that right!" : SINGIT
9
Key to search with, maybe : ENTER
10
Fans of a band : GROUPIES
11
Whirling visual effects in video games : PORTALS
12
Watchful guardians : ANGELS
15
Part of a belt : ASTEROID
18
Built to last : DURABLE
23
Gel : COALESCE
25
David Bowie's astronaut persona : MAJORTOM
26
Atomic reaction co-discovered by 44-Across : FISSION
29
Word with flower or feather : BED
32
Expression such as "Top o' the mornin'" : IRISHISM
33
Certain sports wager : PROPBET
34
Sara Bareilles musical set in a diner : WAITRESS
35
Clean water org. : EPA
36
Shape-shifted : MUTATED
38
Language on the Horn of Africa : SOMALI
39
Young woman, in Australia : SHEILA
41
Outkast or Eric B. & Rakim : RAPDUO
42
"Thank God …!" : ATLAST
43
"You're quite right" : WHYYES
45
Premier squad : ATEAM
47
Recovery phase : REHAB
49
Not as much : LESS
53
In a chill state : ZEN
54
Subculture associated with skinny jeans : EMO

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

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