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New York Times, Monday, October 6, 2025

Author:
Hannah Binney
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Fancy one-handed basketball shot
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Hannah Binney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Binney. Monday freshness: 32%
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© 2025, The New York Times10/6/25 ( No. 27,726 )
Across
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Wished, as a goodbye : BADE
5
English Lit or Intermediate French : CLASS
10
Reckless : RASH
14
One perched on a lily pad : FROG
15
Yankees slugger Judge : AARON
16
Sound heard in a cave : ECHO
17
Fancy one-handed basketball shot : FINGERROLL
19
Enter : GOIN
20
H.S. senior's exam : SAT
21
Serious theatrical work : DRAMA
22
Concur : AGREE
23
___ splicing : GENE
25
Good-looking companion on the red carpet, say : ARMCANDY
27
Language spoken in Kathmandu : NEPALI
29
Destiny : FATE
30
Org. looking for alien life : SETI
31
Whoopi's role in 1985's "The Color Purple" : CELIE
33
Bowler or sombrero : HAT
36
Punch in the mouth, slangily : KNUCKLESANDWICH
40
"Sure is" : YEP
41
Ralph who ran for president four times : NADER
42
Falco of "The Sopranos" : EDIE
43
Popular brand of hiking sandals : TEVA
44
Raked in : EARNED
47
Cat's little pink paws, cutesily : TOEBEANS
51
Feel sorry for : PITY
52
Multinational currency since 2002 : EUROS
53
Blokes : CHAPS
55
Airer of "Euphoria" and "The Last of Us" : HBO
58
Loads : ATON
59
What a dog desires from the dinner table ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 36- and 47-Across : PEOPLEFOOD
61
Tilt-a-Whirl or Teacups : RIDE
62
Wipe the slate clean? : ERASE
63
As well : ALSO
64
Goes steady with : SEES
65
Where shipwreck victims might be marooned : ISLES
66
Cold one : BEER
Down
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Closest pals always : BFFS
2
Song for a diva : ARIA
3
"Stay seated" : DONTGETUP
4
Sunny-side-up item : EGG
5
Place for privacy in a library : CARREL
6
___ Croft, "Tomb Raider" character : LARA
7
Welcoming feature of a bakery : AROMA
8
Sun phenomenon that can cause radio blackouts : SOLARFLARE
9
TV show with the most Emmy nominations of all time, familiarly (350+) : SNL
10
Music genre for Bob Marley : REGGAE
11
Nut for a squirrel : ACORN
12
Backed (away from) : SHIED
13
Beehive production : HONEY
18
Fashion designer Mode in "The Incredibles" : EDNA
22
Performed on the stage : ACTED
24
"Beowulf" or the "Iliad" : EPIC
26
Street name in the center of town : MAIN
27
Hawaiian goose : NENE
28
Skaters who do lifts and twizzles : ICEDANCERS
30
___ blue : SKY
32
Language suffix : ESE
33
Secret compartment, informally : HIDEYHOLE
34
The "A" in DNA : ACID
35
Most common English word : THE
37
Where pants may need patching : KNEES
38
Source of much igneous rock : LAVA
39
Left the area : WENT
43
Steakhouse options named for a letter : TBONES
45
Fruit left on teachers' desks, perhaps : APPLES
46
Stand up : RISE
47
Rips : TEARS
48
Protruding bellybutton type : OUTIE
49
Gradually wear away, as soil : ERODE
50
Sandbar : SHOAL
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Church area next to the chancel : APSE
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Big name in noise-canceling headphones : BOSE
57
Stench : ODOR
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Architect I.M. ___ : PEI
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Just lovely, informally : FAB

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