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New York Times, Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Author:
Victor Schmitt
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
47-Across : Slobbery smooch
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Victor Schmitt

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Schmitt. Grid flow: 20.9 Wednesday freshness: 81%
Jim Horne notes:

The O's represent pips on dice, all correctly aligned.

Flashback to one of my favorite ever "Cross" words experiences. Print those out or solve online.

1
B
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A
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R
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O
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N
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L
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B
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T
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E
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Y
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P
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D
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O
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M
O
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G
O
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V
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M
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S
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U
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G
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T
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H
C
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T
O
G
O
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A
B
E
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S
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O
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R
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F
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F
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I
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B
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R
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D
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C
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L
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E
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T
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N
O
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P
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S
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P
E
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T
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H
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A
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I
K
U
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D
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T
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S
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L
M
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T
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A
P
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M
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N
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M
M
A
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S
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P
Y
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D
O
G
K
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I
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S
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S
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P
A
M
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H
A
S
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E
R
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S
U
E
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O
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D
O
R
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F
D
R
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A
N
I
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V
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E
R
O
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I
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C
A
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I
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R
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O
B
O
T
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P
R
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M
O
T
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D
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S
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S
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R
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C
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L
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© 2025, The New York Times8/20/25 ( No. 27,679 )
Across
1
Tycoon : BARON
6
"Famously friendly" pooch, per the American Kennel Club : LAB
9
Mystery author Josephine : TEY
12
Moody hip-hop subgenre : EMORAP
14
Electronic setting on a floor model : DEMOMODE
16
Switch to a newsperson on the scene, say : GOLIVE
17
Common sushi go-with : MISOSOUP
18
Hair goop : GEL
19
Marijuana component, for short : THC
21
Like many a coffee order : TOGO
22
Only U.S. prez born in Kentucky : ABE
23
Letters for a sellout : SRO
24
Whistle blower : REF
25
"I had something come up," maybe : FIB
28
Square root : RADICAL
30
2003 Will Ferrell film : ELF
31
Org. that prohibits Magic 8 Balls and baseball bats : TSA
32
Custom in Japanese food service : NOTIPS
34
Went letter by letter, to Brits : SPELT
36
Brief verse from Japan / With seventeen syllables / Illustrated here : HAIKU
39
Item seen rolling through this puzzle : DIE
40
Fixes, as a piano : TUNES
41
Freddy Krueger's locale: Abbr. : ELMST
42
Evolutionary "missing link" : APEMAN
44
U.F.C. fighting style : MMA
45
Mole, e.g. : SPY
47
Slobbery smooch : DOGKISS
51
First receptionist on "The Office" : PAM
52
Delivers, as a baby : HAS
53
Before, poetically : ERE
54
T. rex fossil named after its discoverer : SUE
55
Distinctive feature of the durian fruit : ODOR
57
The Big Apple's ___ Drive : FDR
58
Singer DiFranco : ANI
59
Frenemy of Betty in comics : VERONICA
62
Classic Asimov collection : IROBOT
65
Boosted : PROMOTED
66
Five Nations tribe : SENECA
67
___ Marino : SAN
68
Patty melt bread : RYE
69
Start of many emoticons : COLON
Down
1
Change seeker : BEGGAR
2
Shape-shifting organism : AMOEBA
3
Like some oats : ROLLED
4
"... ___ quit!" : ORI
5
Sat ___ (GPS, to Brits) : NAV
6
Perishable bit of apparel : LEI
7
Dutch bier : AMSTEL
8
Expel with jeers : BOOOFFSTAGE
9
More than one would like : TOOOFTEN
10
Collegiate domain? : EDU
11
"Uh-huh" : YEP
13
Scabbers, to Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter books : PETRAT
14
Hip-hop's Run-___ : DMC
15
Flavoring in some fast food, for short : MSG
20
January and November have the most federal ones : HOLIDAYS
23
"No lie!" : SCOUTSHONOR
24
Adjusted the rankings of, as a tournament : RESEEDED
26
Michigan's ___ Royale National Park : ISLE
27
Cave dwellers : BATS
29
Tats (up) : INKS
33
What every "O" in this grid represents : PIP
35
The Ramones' genre : PUNK
36
Material in some eco-friendly clothing : HEMP
37
Liberal arts college in Michigan : ALMA
38
Remark accompanied by a facepalm : IMAMORON
43
Actor Lamorne of Fox's "New Girl" : MORRIS
46
Sameness : PARITY
48
Writer Allende : ISABEL
49
Gas brand that sponsors NASCAR : SUNOCO
50
Wheat-based meat alternative : SEITAN
56
Benedictine's title : DOM
57
It's all the rage : FAD
59
Air Force Two passengers, in brief : VPS
60
"Fearless" or "1989," for Taylor Swift : ERA
61
Middling grade : CEE
63
Lead-in to center or room : REC
64
Musician Yoko : ONO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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