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New York Times, Monday, November 3, 2025

Author:
Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla Michaels
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
*Overly eager personal injury lawyer, derisively
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Andrea Carla Michaels

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FGZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Christian. This is puzzle # 91 for Ms. Michaels. Grid flow: 31.9 Monday freshness: 15%
Constructor notes:
Andrea: Kevin and I were toying around with a nice little initials puzzle idea. I liked that AC is referred to by both its initials as ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times11/3/25 ( No. 27,754 )
Across
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Fizzy pop : SODA
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Eve's mate : ADAM
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Film that may have inspired "Sharknado" : JAWS
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"Jurassic Park" beast, for short : TREX
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Yawning, say : BORED
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Land on the Tigris and Euphrates : IRAQ
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*PIN, e.g. : ACCESSCODE
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Restaurant handout : MENU
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Tennis star Osaka : NAOMI
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Pint-size : SMALL
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Pioneering computer engineer Lovelace : ADA
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Fleming who was the original host of "Jeopardy!" : ART
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*Stray feline : ALLEYCAT
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Skull : CRANIUM
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AMC's "Better Call ___" : SAUL
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Guffaw, in internet lingo : LOL
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Abruptly call off one's plans : BAIL
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Gooey goody : SMORE
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*Overly eager personal injury lawyer, derisively : AMBULANCECHASER
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Shade of purple : MAUVE
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"I suppose so" : YEAH
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___ Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin : ELI
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More than a snack : MEAL
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Clairol product : HAIRDYE
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*Gangster a.k.a. Scarface : ALCAPONE
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"As I see it," to texters : IMO
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August birth sign, for the most part : LEO
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Give a talking-to : SCOLD
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Dispense carefully : ALLOT
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Red-hot flow : LAVA
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*Morning waker-upper : ALARMCLOCK
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French "with" : AVEC
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"Gotta run!" : LATER
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Recording studio effect : ECHO
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Gender-specific possessive : HERS
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Word made up of the four main compass points : NEWS
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Aussie critters : ROOS
Down
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Slang for a huge fan : STAN
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Large toothed whale : ORCA
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Roaring Twenties style, informally : DECO
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Guitarist, in slang : AXEMAN
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"Six-pack" muscles : ABS
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Physicians, for short : DOCS
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Enticing scent : AROMA
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Olympics reward : MEDAL
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Singer Morrison of the Doors : JIM
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*Warning sign that might be seen on a chain-link fence : AREACLOSED
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Stand-up comic Sykes : WANDA
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Diddly-___ : SQUAT
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Secluded valleys : DELLS
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Apple's digital assistant : SIRI
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Line for Lassie : LEASH
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Oom-pah band instrument : TUBA
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Arizona city or Native American tribe : YUMA
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Happy as a ___ : CLAM
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Egg-shaped tomato : ROMA
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*Record art space : ALBUMCOVER
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Oodles : MANY
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"Rocks," to a bartender : ICE
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Two-time Emmy winner Remini : LEAH
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Depend (on) : RELY
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The "E" of HOMES : ERIE
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Layer of the eye : UVEA
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Emulates a tree frog or ballerina : LEAPS
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Masala ___ (Indian spiced tea) : CHAI
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Not express, as a train : LOCAL
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Apple on a desk, perhaps : IMAC
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Word before derby or coaster : ROLLER
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Koran's Almighty : ALLAH
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Depart : LEAVE
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Christopher who directed "The Dark Knight Rises" : NOLAN
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Thrill : ELATE
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Classic teen sleuth Nancy : DREW
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Nutso : LOCO
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Eight, in Spanish : OCHO
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Some boxing wins, in brief : TKOS
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Summer coolers, for short … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues : ACS
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Title for Doubtfire, Fields or Maisel : MRS

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