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New York Times, Saturday, December 6, 2025

Author:
Marshal Herrmann
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Side effect after a BBQ meal, informally
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Marshal Herrmann

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 28 Missing: {GJZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Herrmann. Grid flow: 36.2 Saturday freshness: 29%
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© 2025, The New York Times12/6/25 ( No. 27,787 )
Across
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It goes around in circles : TIRE
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Winter quaffs : SPICEDALES
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Booty : HAUL
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Source of rhythm in electronic music : TECHNOBEAT
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With 23-Down, bandolier, e.g. : AMMO
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Court order : PLEASERISE
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Chinese surname transliterating "Zuo" : TSO
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Assessor : RATER
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Some : AFEW
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Treats whose name is derived from the Arabic for "to drink" : SORBETS
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Thread organizer : LOOM
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Home to the Temple of Hephaestus : ATHENS
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Cutters for kitchen installations : TILESAWS
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High-stakes gambler, in Vegas lingo : WHALE
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Like some car exteriors and hairy legs : WAXED
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Director Jon M. ___ : CHU
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Sit, say : REST
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Many a character on "Breaking Bad" : NARCO
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Toiletry kit item : QTIP
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Portrayer of Glinda in 2024's "Wicked," to fans : ARI
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Cleanse : DETOX
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"Indubitably!" : QUITE
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Honey and sugar, for two : PETNAMES
43
Holder of arrows : QUIVER
44
That stinks! : ODOR
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Penn athletes : QUAKERS
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Website that competes with PCMag : CNET
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Having a good aura, in slang : VIBEY
51
"___ dat?" : WHO
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"That's crazy!" : HOLYSMOKES
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Hippie happening : BEIN
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Warning preceding some "madness" during March Madness : UPSETALERT
57
"Please, Mom?" : CANI
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Side effect after a BBQ meal, informally : MEATSWEATS
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Aussie predator : CROC
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Closing statement? : THATSAWRAP
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"Count me in!" : IAMSOTHERE
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Lead-in to some juicy gossip : RUMORHASIT
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___ rating (chess stat) : ELO
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Big Apple cathedral : STPATS
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Fur trade exports : PELTS
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Frozen treat : ICEE
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Singer with the top 10 albums "Crash" and "Brat" : CHARLIXCX
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Tennis duo? : ENS
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It might go for a buck : DOE
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American battle tank named for a general : ABRAMS
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First name in Norse exploration : LEIF
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No trouble : EASE
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Dish commonly made in a Dutch oven : STEW
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Former French president ___ Coty : RENE
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See 17-Across : BELT
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Bread spread : OLEO
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Its first and second editions were published more than 60 yrs. apart : OED
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Sacred Polynesian plants : TAROS
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Yoga pants and such : ACTIVEWEAR
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Endangered African grazer : WHITERHINO
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Very fast, in a way : SUPERSONIC
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Ratty is one in "The Wind in the Willows" : WATERVOLE
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Title film character with a "lucky fin" : NEMO
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Longtime Nestlé product : QUIK
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Pop : DAD
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Spot to dock : QUAY
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"Wait a sec" : NOTYET
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Pursuits : QUESTS
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Classic arcade game with a pyramid : QBERT
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Shark bait : CHUM
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"Negative" : NOPE
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Who's asked the musical question "Do you want to build a snowman?" : ELSA
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Longtime catalog purveyor : IKEA
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Washington and Adams in Chicago: Abbr. : STS
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Wide mouth : MAW
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Email abbr. : BCC

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