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New York Times, Friday, August 15, 2025

Author:
Dena R. Verkuil
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Symphony that marked the beginning of Beethoven's "middle period"
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QWZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Verkuil. Friday freshness: 41%
Jim Horne notes:
Beethoven's first two symphonies almost sound like they could have been written by Hadyn or Mozart, but #3 broke all the rules and ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times8/15/25 ( No. 27,674 )
Across
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Like the culture depicted in Safiya Sinclair's best-selling memoir "How to Say Babylon" : RASTA
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English translation of the Dutch "klompen" : CLOGS
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Robotic error message : DOESNOTCOMPUTE
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Sooner rather than later : INTHENEARFUTURE
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Preps for a photo shoot, say : STYLES
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Rest areas : SPAS
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Engage in pugilism : BOX
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Rock alternative : PAPER
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X, as in Mexico : BESO
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In : CHIC
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Touching event? : EPEE
24
Forecast : BODE
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Some like it hot : SAUCE
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Didn't follow : LED
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Itsy-bitsy : MINI
28
Like one part of the SAT : VERBAL
29
Typical yearbook photos : HEADSHOTS
31
Sisal and others : FIBERS
34
It can add up : MATH
35
A real piece of work : JOB
38
That feeling "when the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine" : AMORE
39
Word before piece and after peace : TIME
40
Glazier's replacement : PANE
41
Some sky lights, in brief : UFOS
42
Person with fire power : BOSS
43
Miso soup base : DASHI
44
Director's cry : CUT
45
One of four suits in a tarot deck : CUPS
46
Source of schadenfreude? : GERMAN
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"Let me handle this" : ILLDOTHETALKING
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Small businesses that generally don't require permits : LEMONADESTANDS
51
Sensitive subject? : GSPOT
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Figure on the $10,000 bill, the largest U.S. note ever in public circulation : CHASE
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Corrected autocorrect, say : RETYPED
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Younger Simpson sister : ASHLEE
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Mean mien : SNEER
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Freight weights : TONS
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Had one's cake, say : ATE
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Body of Agatha Christie's work? : CORPSE
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"u r freaking hilarious!" : LMFAO
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Work with a number : OPUS
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Eviscerate : GUT
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Ticket exchange site since 2000 : STUBHUB
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Banish : DISPEL
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Like old voice mail messages : ONTAPE
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Order in the court? : CASEDISMISSED
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Symphony that marked the beginning of Beethoven's "middle period" : EROICA
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Office program : EXCEL
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My word! : BOND
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Saturn and Mercury : CARS
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Favoritism : BIAS
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First name in late-night : SETH
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Just : MERE
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Primary action : VOTE
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Partner of his : HERS
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They can be cured : HAMS
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"On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service" memoirist, 2024 : FAUCI
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"Nothing more for me, thank you" : IMFULL
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Illegal musical recording, e.g. : BOOTLEG
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Fragrant flower whose name means "gift from God" : JASMINE
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In stock : ONHAND
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They're alive : BEINGS
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Bit of attire that might accompany a cane : TOPHAT
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Some products sold by Patagonia : PARKAS
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"On the contrary …" : BUTNO
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Area around a mouth : DELTA
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Place to brood : COOP
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Cause for stitches : GASH
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Hits up, as on TikTok : DMS
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P.I. : TEC

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