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New York Times, Thursday, October 9, 2025

Author:
Freddie Cheng
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Plastic explosive used in many demolitions
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Freddie Cheng

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QV} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Cheng. Thursday freshness: 19%
Jim Horne notes:

So many things you can indicate using just your thumbs!

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© 2025, The New York Times10/9/25 ( No. 27,729 )
Across
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"Yeeesh!" : MAN
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Snippet of greenery : SPRIG
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Prized horses : ARABS
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Hominidae member : APE
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Like sci-fi's Jabba the Hutt : OBESE
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Infantry arm : RIFLE
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Two down : NOWAYJOSE
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Storage device that has fallen out of fashion : CDROM
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Mega : ULTRA
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Weapon seen in "RoboCop" : UZI
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Word after fire or before farm : ANT
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Hydrating gel ingredient : ALOE
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One out : INEEDARIDE
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Staunchly supporting : LOYALTO
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Storage device that has fallen out of fashion : ROLODEX
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One of 300 at the National Mall : ACRE
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Variable in Newton's second law : MASS
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Two moving around each other : NOTHINGTODO
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Marvel series focused on Thor's brother : LOKI
40
"Aw, shucks" response, maybe : GRIN
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Like some chicken before cooking : DEBONED
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"What happened next …?" : ANDTHEN
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Two up : WORKSFORME
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Perfect : HONE
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___ de Armas, "Blade Runner 2049" actress : ANA
53
What Zuckerberg dropped from before "Facebook" in 2005 : THE
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Section of the beverage aisle : COLAS
55
"The Burghers of Calais" sculptor : RODIN
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Klutzy … and a hint to 17-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across : ALLTHUMBS
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Set up : FRAME
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Poker action : RAISE
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Ivy League nickname : ELI
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Authorization, informally : SAYSO
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Space blanket material : MYLAR
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Spot : SEE
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Auto's opposite : MANUAL
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___ Theater, where Ella Fitzgerald debuted on an Amateur Night in 1934 : APOLLO
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Many an item on a child's Christmas list : NEWTOY
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High-protein bean : SOYA
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Common lunchbox item, informally : PBJ
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Classic car based in Lansing, Mich. : REO
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Send out : ISSUE
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Fogy : GEEZER
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Hail Mary's path : ARC
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Clear (of) : RID
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"True, unfortunately" : AFRAIDSO
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Dolly Parton and others : BLONDES
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Plastic explosive used in many demolitions : SEMTEX
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Discipline : AREA
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Statement from a witness : IDO
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Tiny torment : ITCH
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Opposite of "Me too" : NORI
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Source of some nondairy milk : ALMOND
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Way to go : ROAD
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Some ancient Italians : LATINS
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O.E.D. part: Abbr. : ENG
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Annual breast cancer awareness observance : NOBRADAY
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"All right, already!" : OKOK
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Equivalent of five carats : GRAM
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Straight poker? : TINE
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Heroine of Verdi's "Il Trovatore" : LEONORA
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Overshadows : DWARFS
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Direct deposit, in brief : EFT
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Break the Hippocratic oath, say : DOHARM
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The old you? : THOU
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Fictional character who says "I am a brain …. The rest of me is a mere appendix" : HOLMES
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Allow, as cookies : ENABLE
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Cutesy name for a certain leviathan : NESSIE
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Circuit switcher : RELAY
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___ hair (iconic 1970s style) : CHER
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PC discourse? : IMS
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Prefix with cortex : NEO
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Rapper ___ Baby : LIL
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Grp. whose activities produce long lines : TSA

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