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New York Times, Thursday, December 4, 2025

Author:
Stephan Prock and Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Also + Frozen water
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112/4/20251
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Stephan Prock
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1657/5/201012/4/2025117
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11441.6296132.853%
Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQVWXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Prock. This is puzzle # 164 for Mr. Chen. Grid flow: 22.7 Thursday freshness: 16%
Jim Horne notes:
Jeff Chen hits a significant milestone with this puzzle. It's his 117th NYT collaboration crossword, moving past the previous record ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times12/4/25 ( No. 27,785 )
Across
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Traditional roofing material for a Cape Cod-style house : CEDAR
6
Onetime Volvo competitor : SAAB
10
Letters on Ivan Drago's tracksuit in "Rocky IV" : CCCP
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Concession admission : ILOSE
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Tourist hot spot in Uttar Pradesh : AGRA
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Heard, but not seen : ORAL
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Also + Frozen water : TOOKNOTICE
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Actress Rooney : MARA
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Hoopsters might hang on to them : RIMS
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Mate : PAL
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Name of eight English kings : HENRY
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Put into practice : USE
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Three squared + Slide : NINETIESKID
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Brand with "counting sheep" mascots : SERTA
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Stop right there! : INN
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___ Luís, Brazilian city of 1.1+ million : SAO
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Veterinarian's interest : ANIMALS
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Buzzed, in a way : HIGH
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Italian "darling" + Top-shelf : CARAMELDELITE
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Deep shade of green : MOSS
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Like kilts and some drapes : PLEATED
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"___ is a revolt against fate": André Malraux : ART
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Prefix with tracking : GEO
43
Uncool bunch : NERDS
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Northern tribe + Toe trouble : CREEPINGOUT
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"Niiiiice!" : OOH
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Dances around? : HORAS
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Org. with a fraud hotline : IRS
55
"___ upon a midnight dreary ..." : ONCE
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Stink : ODOR
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Auto + Consumed : CARBONDATE
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Cavuto of cable news : NEIL
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Fruit so named for its wrinkly skin : UGLI
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Sharp fingernail, humorously : TALON
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Curling current : EDDY
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Get the win over : BEST
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Multiheaded monster of myth : HYDRA
Down
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Oranges, but not apples : CITRUS
2
Precocious literary resident of the Plaza Hotel : ELOISE
3
One who expects the apocalyptic worst : DOOMER
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Aims to sell for, as a price : ASKS
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Last name in "The Last Jedi" : REN
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Evil one : SATAN
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Flexible : AGILE
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Eyebrow, essentially : ARC
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Sweetie : BAE
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Follows through on one's R.S.V.P., say : COMES
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Turns the volume way up : CRANKSIT
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Posture : CARRIAGE
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Toy with a scent trademarked by Hasbro : PLAYDOH
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Cosmetics alternative to Essie : OPI
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Clutch producer : HEN
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Mama's mama : NANA
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Swinton of 2024's "The Room Next Door" : TILDA
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Hawaii, often, on a map : INSET
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Besmirches : TARS
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Head of the design firm behind One Dallas Center : IMPEI
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Noggin : MELON
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Stein's contents : ALE
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Secrete : HIDE
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A little rusty, perhaps : CORRODED
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Element of a certain belt : ASTEROID
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Period of abstinence, for some : LENT
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Speed equal to roughly 767 miles per hour : MACHONE
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It'll find a way, for short : GPS
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Noted name in clowns : RONALD
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Falsify, as a photo : DOCTOR
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Two-time Grammy-winning Easton : SHEENA
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Primitive : EARLY
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When tripled, a 1962 Elvis movie title : GIRLS
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Go around : ORBIT
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Troupe for troops, in brief : USO
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Jazz great Anita : ODAY
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Greenhorn : CUB
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Input on an alcohol retailer's website : AGE
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Advanced degree? : NTH

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

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