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New York Times, Monday, October 27, 2025

Author:
Tarun Krishnamurthy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
4-Down : Person who might have the other half of a heart necklace, in brief
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Tarun Krishnamurthy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {GJVZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Krishnamurthy. Grid flow: 32.0 Monday freshness: 52%
Tarun Krishnamurthy notes:
Hey everyone! This is my third puzzle for The New York Times, which I made in the first weeks of 2025 and which was accepted (to my ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

SIDE EFFECTS (FX in the biz) means the other four theme answers have F on the front side and X on the back.

14 F's here breaks the previous record by two.

1
F
2
R
3
Y
4
B
5
A
6
N
7
F
8
F
9
L
10
E
11
W
12
I
13
S
14
L
E
E
15
F
L
I
E
R
16
O
P
I
N
E
17
U
P
S
18
F
A
L
L
E
19
Q
U
I
N
O
X
20
F
E
N
21
S
22
L
I
E
U
23
T
E
N
24
F
L
O
O
25
R
26
W
A
X
27
A
28
M
A
S
29
R
O
I
30
A
D
A
P
T
31
E
32
R
33
B
34
E
35
S
T
O
F
36
A
37
L
L
38
R
H
O
D
E
39
O
U
T
40
F
I
R
E
F
41
O
X
42
R
N
S
43
T
R
A
44
I
T
45
M
I
A
M
I
46
H
E
A
T
47
S
O
R
R
O
48
W
S
49
A
S
A
50
R
E
P
O
51
F
52
O
R
T
K
53
N
54
O
55
X
56
R
E
P
57
L
58
O
I
S
59
A
O
N
E
60
S
I
D
E
61
E
F
F
E
C
62
T
63
S
64
T
I
N
65
A
S
I
A
N
66
F
R
A
M
E
67
E
C
O
68
L
E
N
T
O
69
S
Y
R
I
A
70
D
E
N
© 2025, The New York Times10/27/25 ( No. 27,747 )
Across
1
Prepare, as samosas : FRY
4
National park in Alberta : BANFF
9
Partner of Clark in exploration : LEWIS
14
Olympic gymnast Sunisa : LEE
15
Ad that's handed out on the street : FLIER
16
Put in one's two cents : OPINE
17
___ and downs : UPS
18
Celestial event on September 22 or 23, typically : FALLEQUINOX
20
Swampy areas : FENS
22
"In ___ of gifts ..." : LIEU
23
Number of points "Q" is worth in Scrabble : TEN
24
Application that might be put on with a spray mop : FLOORWAX
27
You love, in Latin : AMAS
29
French king : ROI
30
Useful gadget for international travelers : ADAPTER
33
"The most amazing part is ..." : BESTOFALL
38
___ Island (smallest U.S. state) : RHODE
39
Openly gay : OUT
40
Browser that competes with Chrome : FIREFOX
42
I.C.U. staffers : RNS
43
Red hair or hazel eyes, e.g. : TRAIT
45
N.B.A. team in southern Florida : MIAMIHEAT
47
Miseries : SORROWS
49
Pretty ___ picture : ASA
50
Taken-back auto : REPO
51
Location of many gold reserves : FORTKNOX
56
Weightlifting unit : REP
57
Mom on "Family Guy" : LOIS
59
First-class : AONE
60
Secondary medication results ... or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across : SIDEEFFECTS
64
Material for the woodman in "The Wizard of Oz" : TIN
65
Indian or Pakistani : ASIAN
66
Bowling scoresheet unit : FRAME
67
"Green" prefix : ECO
68
Slow, musically : LENTO
69
Damascus's land : SYRIA
70
Lion's lair : DEN
Down
1
Stuff of little substance : FLUFF
2
What matching ends of magnets do : REPEL
3
Like 20 Questions questions : YESNO
4
Person who might have the other half of a heart necklace, in brief : BFF
5
In the manner of : ALA
6
Nabisco wafer brand : NILLA
7
Longtime Supreme Court justice Frankfurter : FELIX
8
On the house : FREE
9
Baseball's Gehrig : LOU
10
Words set in stone? : EPITAPH
11
Establishment with red, white and rosé options : WINESTORE
12
Knowing, as a secret : INON
13
"___ sells" (advertising catchphrase) : SEX
19
Campus courtyard : QUAD
21
Arrange from newest to oldest, say : SORT
25
Santa's landing spot : ROOFTOP
26
Service symbolized by a dot and three curved lines : WIFI
28
Believer in communism achieved through class struggle : MARXIST
30
___ Romeo (sports car) : ALFA
31
Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay : EDNA
32
Breather : REST
33
Computer-controlled players, in gaming lingo : BOTS
34
Continental cash : EURO
35
Headed the cast of : STARREDIN
36
Weapons : ARMS
37
Luau garland : LEI
41
Ilhan of Congress : OMAR
44
"This cannot be stressed enough ..." : IREPEAT
46
Maori dance with rhythmic chanting : HAKA
48
"The Three Little Pigs" antagonist : WOLF
51
Full of passion : FIERY
52
One of seven won by "Oppenheimer" : OSCAR
53
Famous : NOTED
54
In the cooler : ONICE
55
Chemical element whose name starts with an 8-point Scrabble letter : XENON
56
What yeast makes dough do : RISE
58
Send-___ (farewells) : OFFS
60
Seasoning for una margarita : SAL
61
Ambient music composer Brian : ENO
62
"I wish I could unhear everything you just said!" : TMI
63
Mermaid's milieu : SEA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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