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New York Times, Thursday, November 6, 2025

Author:
Sam Brody
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
54-Down : Actress de Armas
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Sam Brody

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 75, Blocks: 44 Missing: {JQX} Grid has mirror symmetry. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Brody. Grid flow: 20.5 Thursday freshness: 19%
Jim Horne notes:

Three languages (tongues) are twisted up:

  • CROATIAN -> RAINCOAT
  • FLEMISH -> HIMSELF
  • LATVIAN -> VALIANT
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© 2025, The New York Times11/6/25 ( No. 27,757 )
Across
1
The 1987 film "Spaceballs," e.g. : FARCE
6
Things often included with a free subscription : ADS
9
Brazen : BRASH
14
Wake-up call : ALARM
15
Microscopic : WEE
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Photo option : MATTE
17
Prancing horse and golden bull, in the auto industry : LOGOS
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Super Bowl LVI winner : RAM
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More likely to make the correct choice : WISER
20
Kind of butter in beauty products : SHEA
21
Skeptical sort : CYNIC
23
Critical item : NEED
24
SoCal area with the Latino Walk of Fame : EASTLA
26
Annual February/March event, with "the" : OSCARS
28
Pot papers : IOUS
30
Daredevil's mantra, in brief : YOLO
31
Dressing choice : RANCH
32
Vegetables in Cajun cuisine : OKRAS
34
Certain stumbling block ... or a hint to three pairs of symmetrically positioned answers in this puzzle : TONGUETWISTER
37
Nab : BAG
38
Nab : SEIZE
39
One in a gym set : REP
41
Bungles : FLUBS
44
Hydrotherapy center : SPA
45
Finagled a discount, say : SAVED
47
Language in which "zichzelf" is 49-Across : FLEMISH
49
See 47-Across : HIMSELF
51
Non-Rx : OTC
52
Big shot : VIP
53
Language in which "drosmigs" is 57-Across : LATVIAN
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See 53-Across : VALIANT
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Designates, in a way : ANOINTS
62
Resistance to change? : INERTIA
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Woman's name invented by Jonathan Swift : VANESSA
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One accepted into the family? : MADEMAN
Down
1
Like many mustaches in film : FALSE
2
Greeting found scrambled in part of "mahalo," appropriately : ALOHA
3
Shows little sign of slowing down : RAGES
4
Language in which "kabanica" is 10-Down : CROATIAN
5
Museum's entrance and exit? : EMS
6
Bad way to go : AWRY
7
College official : DEAN
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Trailer opening? : SEMI
9
Maker of the i4 and i5 : BMW
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See 4-Down : RAINCOAT
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Lost : ATSEA
12
Animal in many a roundup : STEER
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Groups in roundups : HERDS
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Get together for a party : CAUCUS
22
Smart ___ : COOKIE
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Yearn : LONG
27
Canon collection, in brief : SLRS
29
"Jeez Louise!" : SHEESH
30
"Jeez Louise!" : YOWZAH
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"A braggart, a ___, a villain ...": "Romeo and Juliet" : ROGUE
33
Be in the military : SERVE
34
Like some orders and tales : TALL
35
20%, perhaps : TIP
36
Spin : REEL
37
Closest pal, in brief : BFF
40
Source of a printout, often : PDF
42
Many a cult classic : BMOVIE
43
Protests that aren't going anywhere? : SITINS
45
Beamed : SMILED
46
Have high hopes : ASPIRE
48
Skedaddles : SCATS
50
Ask ___, socialite's longtime tabloid advice column : IVANA
53
John : LAV
54
Actress de Armas : ANA
55
Great deal : TON
56
Cryptology grp. : NSA
57
Zip : VIM
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Put a PIN in it! : ATM
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Actress Long of "Love Jones" : NIA
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Color on the beach : TAN

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