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New York Times, Thursday, October 23, 2025

Author:
Aimee Lucido
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Set of notches in a dictionary
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
199/13/201010/23/20255
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3351340
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361.599735.746%
Aimee Lucido

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 35 This is puzzle # 19 for Ms. Lucido. Grid flow: 42.1 Thursday freshness: 91%
Jim Horne notes:

Each rebus square contains a synonym for pickle.

You don't know Mambo No. 5? You probably know a little bit....

1
W
2
O
3
M
4
B
5
S
6
O
7
O
8
F
9
S
10
K
11
P
12
O
13
P
14
A
R
I
A
L
15
U
N
D
O
16
A
L
D
O
17
N
I
N
JAM
A
18
S
T
E
R
S
19
R
E
D
S
20
N
O
T
E
P
A
D
S
21
A
22
T
E
A
S
E
23
A
L
E
X
24
N
O
T
25
I
26
H
E
S
27
E
R
I
28
N
29
A
R
30
G
U
M
E
31
N
32
T
33
C
O
34
A
35
T
R
O
O
M
36
G
O
V
37
L
38
A
39
T
O
S
C
A
40
C
A
BIND
41
O
O
R
S
42
B
M
I
43
H
A
L
44
F
S
T
E
P
45
J
A
MESS
46
P
A
D
E
R
47
X
E
48
N
49
A
50
Q
E
D
51
S
E
52
C
53
S
54
R
O
S
55
H
56
J
57
O
U
L
E
58
S
59
S
U
N
60
B
A
T
H
E
61
U
R
A
L
62
P
63
I
C
K
L
E
B
A
L
L
64
M
E
R
E
65
A
L
O
E
66
G
O
L
E
M
67
P
O
E
T
68
T
E
S
S
69
A
X
L
E
S
© 2025, The New York Times10/23/25 ( No. 27,743 )
Across
1
Areas of development : WOMBS
6
Punch-in-the-stomach sounds : OOFS
10
Genre for Blackpink and Stray Kids : KPOP
14
Helvetica-like typeface : ARIAL
15
Button to hit after accidentally deleting an entire manuscript : UNDO
16
International footwear retailer based in Quebec : ALDO
17
Stealthiest of stealthy warriors : NINJAMASTERS
19
Warren Beatty film based on "Ten Days That Shook the World" : REDS
20
Reporters often carry them : NOTEPADS
21
Relaxed : ATEASE
23
"Call Her Daddy" podcast host Cooper : ALEX
24
Words of denial : NOTI
26
"___ Just Not That Into You" : HES
27
Activist Brockovich : ERIN
29
Case opener : ARGUMENT
33
Location that requires tickets for checking out, but not checking in : COATROOM
36
End of a municipal address? : GOV
37
1887 drama on which a Puccini opera is based : LATOSCA
40
Things opened before passengers exit an aircraft : CABINDOORS
42
Composers' rights org. : BMI
43
Difference between a B and a C, perhaps : HALFSTEP
45
Star of NBC's "The Blacklist" : JAMESSPADER
47
TV's warrior princess : XENA
50
"Done!," in geometry class : QED
51
Brief moments, in brief : SECS
54
___ Hashana : ROSH
56
Units equal to roughly a quarter of a calorie : JOULES
59
Cook outside? : SUNBATHE
61
River through Kazakhstan : URAL
62
Sports craze of the 2020s ... as seen three times in this grid? : PICKLEBALL
64
Little more than : MERE
65
Ingredient in some mouthwashes : ALOE
66
Clay being of Jewish folklore : GOLEM
67
Troubadour, e.g. : POET
68
Thomas Hardy heroine who's described as "a pure woman" : TESS
69
Wheel connectors : AXLES
Down
1
"Should we?," informally : WANNA
2
A.L. East athlete : ORIOLE
3
Money maker : MINTER
4
Peninsula south of California, colloquially : BAJAMEXICO
5
It's an affront : SLAP
6
One-up : OUTDO
7
Worst-possible Amazon rating : ONESTAR
8
Prez on a U.S. coin : FDR
9
Slugger Sammy : SOSA
10
Holder of the N.B.A.'s career points record before LeBron passed him in 2023 : KAREEM
11
"You've overstayed your welcome" : PLEASEGO
12
Figures on DraftKings or FanDuel : ODDS
13
Put forward : POSE
18
___ Nicolas, remotest of California's Channel Islands : SAN
22
Set of notches in a dictionary : THUMBINDEX
25
Classic Camaros : IROCS
28
"Didn't mean to offend you" : NOSHADE
30
Best ever, informally : GOAT
31
Neither's partner : NOR
32
Common fixtures over fireplaces : TVS
34
Part of U.S.M.A.: Abbr. : ACAD
35
Accounts : TALES
37
Prez two decades after 8-Down : LBJ
38
"I'll answer all your questions" session, online : AMA
39
Site of a huge annual crowd : TIMESSQUARE
41
High place to view a high art : OPERABOX
44
Paintings on plaster : FRESCOS
46
Bit of food for a hamster : PELLET
48
Some : NOTALL
49
___ Simpson, musical sister of Jessica : ASHLEE
52
Certain salad veggies : CUKES
53
Where Rudolph could first be seen in 2000, for short : SNL
55
Command posts : HELMS
56
Checkers move : JUMP
57
Product with a Cakesters variety : OREO
58
Said angrily : SPAT
60
Lou ___, "Mambo No. 5" singer : BEGA
63
Speck in la Seine : ILE

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

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