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New York Times, Saturday, December 27, 2025

Author:
Katie Hoody
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Ring on a coaster?
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Katie Hoody

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {FVXZ} Spans: 2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. Hoody. Grid flow: 78.9 Saturday freshness: 9%
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© 2025, The New York Times12/27/25 ( No. 27,808 )
Across
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Org. that organizes rec leagues : YMCA
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___ Seton, author of "Foxfire" and "Katherine" : ANYA
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Interloper whom no one seems to know, informally : RANDO
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Audio sensors : EARS
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Ring on a coaster? : LOOPDELOOP
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It offers a narrow point of view : SLIT
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"At this point, that's no surprise" : IMUSEDTOIT
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Price-ending digits, often : NINES
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Gets into a tight spot : SHOEHORNS
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City west of Knoxville : OAKRIDGE
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Knights of ___, ancient cult in the "Star Wars" universe : REN
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Group that protects the QB : OLINE
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Cruising, say : ASEA
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Bussing on the street, e.g., in brief : PDA
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Halves of Hamiltons : ABES
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Superman's mother : LARA
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Some stream settings : DALES
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Divert : AMUSE
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"I ___ bored!" : AMSO
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Word that may precede itself? : UNTO
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Bad singer? : RAT
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Many a popular TikTok : MEME
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Fantasy author Bardugo : LEIGH
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Amazon wrapper : BOA
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Thermostat display, informally : ROOMTEMP
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Gets dragged along on a beach trip? : WATERSKIS
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What many wine corks do : TAPER
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March Madness group : ELITEEIGHT
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Trace : IOTA
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Put on a finishing touch : DOTTEDTHEI
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Man's name that describes a radio that's lost half its frequencies? : NOAM
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Pitch one might try to perfect : SPIEL
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List abbr. : ETAL
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Certain wings : ELLS
Down
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Unambiguous question type : YESNO
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One of Time magazine's "Most Influential Teens" during the 2010s : MALIAOBAMA
3
Style of French fries : CRINKLECUT
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They may go in for cursing : ASTERISKS
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Winner of the 1974 rematch "Super Fight II" : ALI
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Phrase on some seasoning labels : NOMSG
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"That's what I said!" : YOUHEARDMERIGHT
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Lhasa ___ : APSO
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Wilma Flintstone and Jane Jetson, for two : REDHEADS
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___ Brown, host on the Food Network : ALTON
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2021 science fiction novel by Nnedi Okorafor : NOOR
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"Whatcha ___?" : DOIN
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Makes a choice : OPTS
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John with some ground-breaking inventions : DEERE
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Cardinal ___ : SIN
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Spot for a sub : DELI
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"Do the Right Thing" pizzeria : SALS
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Cold bathhouse amenity : PLUNGEPOOL
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Extreme music subgenre with heavily distorted guitars : DEATHMETAL
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Concerning : ASTO
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"The soul should always stand ___": Emily Dickinson : AJAR
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Leading man? : ADAM
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Historical region of southwestern France : AQUITAINE
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Best performances by an actor in a short film? : DEMOREEL
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"No day but today!" : YOLO
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Let up : EASED
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First responder, for short : EMT
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Hollywood icon Davis : BETTE
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Actor ___ Jackson Jr. : OSHEA
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British baby buggies : PRAMS
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Officially joins : WEDS
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Off-kilter : ALOP
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South American monkey with a reduplicative name : TITI
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Wind-up toy? : KITE
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What may appear after dusk and before dawn : TIL

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