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New York Times, Monday, December 1, 2025

Author:
Hannah Binney
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Penalty for bank fraud
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Hannah Binney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {BJQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Binney. Grid flow: 27.0 Monday freshness: 27%
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© 2025, The New York Times12/1/25 ( No. 27,782 )
Across
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Office announcement : MEMO
5
Jump : LEAP
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Repairs a hole : MENDS
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Ingredient in some smoothie bowls : ACAI
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Plus : ALSO
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To no ___ (without success) : AVAIL
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"Remedy" for a riled-up person : CHILLPILL
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Dashboard instrument : GAUGE
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CR-V or Civic : HONDA
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George who played Sulu on "Star Trek" : TAKEI
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Headstone letters : RIP
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Penalty for bank fraud : FROZENACCOUNT
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Read thoroughly : PERUSE
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Rowing implement : OAR
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"Madam, I'm ___" : ADAM
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Emu relative : RHEA
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Locks up : CAGES
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Lower, as the lights : DIM
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Hip person, in old slang : COOLCAT
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Genre for Cardi B or LL Cool J : RAP
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Curry of the N.B.A., informally : STEPH
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Boat tie-up location : PIER
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Tortilla ingredient : MASA
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Enjoy a banquet : EAT
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Goes over by hand, as a drawing : TRACES
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Antithesis : POLAROPPOSITE
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"I've solved it!" : AHA
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Creator of Asteroids and Pong : ATARI
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"You should come foraging with me, because I'm a ___" (bad pun) : FUNGI
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Assigned stars, say : RATED
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Cause of some wintry weather ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across : COLDFRONT
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Woman who bests Sherlock in "A Scandal in Bohemia" : IRENE
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Largest joint in the body : KNEE
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Some airport listings, for short : ETAS
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Sends an eggplant emoji, say : SEXTS
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Feudal underling : SERF
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Fresh and glowing, in skin-care terminology : DEWY
Down
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___ 1 (speed of sound) : MACH
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Result of yelling into a cave : ECHO
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Supercomputer precursor : MAINFRAME
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Container on a ship from the Mideast : OILDRUM
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Napkin's spot : LAP
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Best of the best : ELITE
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Narnian talking lion : ASLAN
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Classic music style beloved by Weird Al Yankovic : POLKA
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Performance in which a lady might be sawed in half : MAGICACT
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Actress Noblezada of "Hadestown" : EVA
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Third-smallest country in the world (eight square miles) : NAURU
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"Dinner is served!" : DIGIN
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Caught some Z's : SLEPT
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Country where sticky rice is a staple : LAOS
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Prefix with friendly : ECO
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Zilch : ZERO
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British singer Rita : ORA
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Adds unnecessary words to : PADS
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Computer menu heading next to "File" : EDIT
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Preceder of skip and jump : HOP
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Ex-QB Manning : ELI
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Absolutely nail : ACE
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Bit of musical flair : GRACENOTE
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Effortlessness : EASE
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Establishments offering facials : SPAS
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Game in which sound effects are banned : CHARADES
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Counterpart to sciences : ARTS
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Split-___ soup : PEA
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Grew up : MATURED
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Young 'un : TOT
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Bit of musical flair : RIFF
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"Les Misérables" setting : PARIS
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Midway Airport alternative : OHARE
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Hospital glove material : LATEX
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Wolf groups : PACKS
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Disposed (to) : PRONE
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Edmonton hockey player : OILER
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Chew, like a dog on a bone : GNAW
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Teensy : ITSY
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Tolkien tree creature : ENT
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"For sure" : DEF

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