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New York Times, Friday, October 24, 2025

Author:
Kelvin Zhou
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Plan B, for seniors
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110/24/2025
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Kelvin Zhou

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {QVX} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Zhou. Grid flow: 71.2 Friday freshness: 60%
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© 2025, The New York Times10/24/25 ( No. 27,744 )
Across
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Apple product : PARER
6
Where the monster and Frankenstein cross paths, in "Frankenstein" : ALPS
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It helps with server loads : TRAY
14
Draw forth : EDUCE
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Opener for an aerial act : PARACHUTE
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Fictional sidekick on a donkey : PANZA
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Synthetic oil producer? : ARTFORGER
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Settings for a mixer : SPEEDS
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Silly ones : GEESE
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Complimentary words? : ITSMYTREAT
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Key of "Spring" in Vivaldi's "Four Seasons": Abbr. : EMAJ
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About 9% of the earth's total surface area : ASIA
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Site once promoted with the slogan "A place for friends" : MYSPACE
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Track unit : LAP
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Modern device with no filter, informally : ECIG
36
Sidesteps : SKIRTS
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Snarky reply to a question that starts "Can I …?" : IDONTKNOWCANYOU
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Sight you can hardly believe : MIRAGE
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Thai money : BAHT
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Returns home? : IRS
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Spread followers : BETTORS
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Film director Nicolas : ROEG
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Bounce : OUST
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Groups of assistants in some old offices : STENOPOOLS
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Number discovered in the 1500s : ETHER
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Makeshift arrangement : LASHUP
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Flag-waving, say : PATRIOTIC
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Clarence ___, "The Wire" mayor : ROYCE
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Bobblehead, e.g. : TCHOTCHKE
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Ezra who co-founded Vox : KLEIN
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Made out : SEEN
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Zen riddle : KOAN
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"What a shame" : SOSAD
Down
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One side of a consumer "war" : PEPSI
2
Not put up resistance, say : ADAPT
3
Characters in "The Lord of the Rings" : RUNES
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Condition formally known as atopic dermatitis : ECZEMA
5
Starting line at a starting line : READYSETGO
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Mental health org. : APA
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Word with extra or living : LARGE
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Spinning ring, informally? : PRTEAM
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Plan B, for seniors : SAFETYSCHOOL
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It's on the right in the second row : THREEPIN
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Throw, maybe : RUG
12
Bolted some nuts down : ATE
13
"___ Blues" (Beatles song) : YER
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Derivative of sin : COS
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Dismayed reaction to a tag : STICKERSHOCK
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Contents of some sheets : RAIN
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"Bloody" queen : MARYI
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Job that requires a lot of memorization : ACTOR
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Figure in Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment" : JESUS
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Locales with many banks : SKATEPARKS
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Kind of bar that's hard to pass : LIMBO
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It comes with a parting of the ways : ADIEU
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Houston and New Orleans : PORTS
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Hunk : GOB
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Ramble away : NATTERON
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Sound the alarm : WARN
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Chest: Prefix : STETHO
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Break from the group, say : GOSOLO
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Actress Alexander of "Get Out" : ERIKA
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"No doubt!" : OHYES
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Saint ___ (Caribbean isle) : LUCIA
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Lay out : SPEND
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Small songbird : TIT
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Scoreboard tally: Abbr. : PTS
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It's good for tricks : ACE
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Not just a : THE
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The 1900s, e.g.: Abbr. : CEN

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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