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New York Times, Thursday, December 25, 2025

Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Footwear for a bride, perhaps
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Sam Ezersky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQV} This is puzzle # 63 for Mr. Ezersky. Grid flow: 30.5 Thursday freshness: 91%
Jim Horne notes:

"Laughing all the way..."

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© 2025, The New York Times12/25/25 ( No. 27,806 )
Across
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Response to discovering the theme of a crossword : AHA
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Dashing through the ___ ... : SNOW
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Foam on a seashore : SURF
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One who runs, informally : POL
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Possible base for a Caesar salad : KALE
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Of help : UTILE
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Dawdle : LOLLYGAG
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Some anxious behavior on one's feet : PACING
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Stew (over) : OBSESS
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In a ___ open sleigh ... : ONEHORSE
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Where Bart Simpson directs his prank calls : MOES
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Buffet stand vessel : URN
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Rare day for an N.F.L. game: Abbr. : TUE
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One way to take a bull : BYTHEHORNS
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Old dagger carried by Scottish Highlanders : DIRK
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Michael of "Barbie" : CERA
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Hits from the side, informally : TBONES
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First portrayer of Albus Dumbledore, the final live-action role in his long film career : RICHARDHARRIS
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Stretch : PERIOD
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Letter after three consecutive rhyming letters : IOTA
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Right-eous path? : EAST
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Footwear for a bride, perhaps : WHITEHEELS
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JFK or EWR alternative : LGA
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Cable lead-in to TV : TRU
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Jump in skates : AXEL
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What's seen "all the way" through this puzzle? : LAUGHING
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Ryan with swimming gold medals in four straight Olympics : LOCHTE
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"All that being said ..." : ANDYET
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Ado : BROUHAHA
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"Yes ___!" : SIREE
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Something typed in this field: YYYY : YEAR
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Fashion designer Lange : LIZ
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Many a vacation package : TOUR
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Transcript ruiners : EFFS
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___ pop (hybrid music genre) : EMO
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Chillness : APLOMB
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"Oh me, oh my!" : HOOBOY
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Ready to go : ALLSET
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"___ the Limit" (posthumous hit for the Notorious B.I.G.) : SKYS
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Horses studied by touts : NAGS
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Portuguese greeting : OLA
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O'er the fields ___ ... : WEGO
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Eurasia or Oceania, in "1984" : SUPERSTATE
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Like many Mormons : UTAHN
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The "R" of P.R. : RICO
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Vodka-and-pineapple juice cocktail popularized on "Sex and the City" : FLIRTINI
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Sews up : ENSURES
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Phil of the Grateful Dead : LESH
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Uber-enthusiasts : GEEKS
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Someone who might ask "Mother, may I?" : NUN
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Zoom call issue : ECHO
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"S.N.L." V.I.P. : HEADWRITER
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Pilot who shares a tent with Yossarian in "Catch-22" : ORR
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Sides of pie slices, essentially : RADII
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Ballon ___ (soccer star's award) : DOR
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Slangy "dude" : BRAH
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White House family of the 1980s : REAGANS
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Tax dodger's fear : IRSAUDIT
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Loc. ___ (footnote abbr.) : CIT
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Very in : HOT
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Big name in windows and doors : PELLA
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Raider in times past : HUN
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A person : EACH
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Go "Phew!," say : EXHALE
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"He has my permission" : LETHIM
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Total slimeball : SLEAZO
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Intl. org. with 12 stars on its flag : THEEU
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Halal cart offering : GYRO
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Elided farewell : GBYE
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Do pretty much nothing : LOAF
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Between you and me : OURS
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At whom you might yell "Are we watching the same game?!" : REF

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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