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New York Times, Friday, August 22, 2025

Author:
Gia Bosko
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Founding father who is the only Supreme Court justice to have ever been impeached
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Gia Bosko

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 5, (2 double stacks) This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Bosko. Friday freshness: 28%
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© 2025, The New York Times8/22/25 ( No. 27,681 )
Across
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Accessory for overseas travel : ADAPTOR
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Camila with the hit 2022 album "Familia" : CABELLO
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Disassemble in order to understand : REVERSEENGINEER
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Ideal resolution : FAIRYTALEENDING
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Bit of a blind : SLAT
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Button added to iPhone messages in 2022 : EDIT
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Like challenging kite-flying weather : GUSTY
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Becky on "Full House" and Esther on "Sanford and Son" : AUNTS
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A little "Help here!"? : SOS
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Access, in a way : LOGINTO
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Regards with astonishment : GAPESAT
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___ Gorman, "The Hill We Climb" poet : AMANDA
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Stone to cast? : EMMA
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For : PRO
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Reveal all : RAISETHECURTAIN
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One might walk right into a trap : ANT
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Baroque stringed instrument : VIOL
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Plaza resident of fiction : ELOISE
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Apollo 13, for one : MISSION
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Made funny faces, say : CLOWNED
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Solo in space : HAN
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Inlay material on some guitars : NACRE
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Attacks : HASAT
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Alternative to 53-Across : ROTH
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Blowout : ROMP
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Some nest eggs : TRADITIONALIRAS
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Be ruthless : TAKENOPRISONERS
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Brothers-to-be : PLEDGES
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Beloved kid on one's farm, maybe : PETGOAT
Down
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Yaps : ARFS
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"You're on!" : DEAL
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Brand of athletic shoes : AVIA
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Relates (to) : PERTAINS
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Cause headaches for : TRY
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Peacock's display : OSTENTATION
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Entertain at bedtime, maybe : READTO
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Website whose contributors might write about mice : CNET
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Dating app filter : AGE
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Where many gather to form a line? : BINGOPARLOR
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Ultimate function : ENDUSE
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Attire for hula dancers : LEIS
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Time of abstinence : LENT
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Not-so-conservative party? : ORGY
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Clinton and Bush, for two : ELIS
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Steadfast : UNDEVIATING
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Founding father who is the only Supreme Court justice to have ever been impeached : SAMUELCHASE
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Super Bowl LVI winner, in brief : LARAM
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Resident of the Arab world's oldest continuously independent state : OMANI
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Equestrian's choices : GAITS
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Sierra or Yukon : GMC
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Its national anthem has no words : SPAIN
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Come about : ARISE
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Buff : TONED
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Unakyu roll ingredient : EEL
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Dearie : HON
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Very, very tall : TOWERING
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Not directly in the sun : SHADED
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Something very attractive : CATNIP
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Former queen of Jordan : NOOR
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URL letters : HTTP
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___ Sea, body of water nowadays divided into "North" and "South" : ARAL
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Drink served hot or cold : SAKE
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Criticizes viciously : RIPS
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___ cow (black bovine with a white belt around its middle) : OREO
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Kate of "Fantastic Four" : MARA
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Whisper in a classroom, maybe : PSST
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"Little piggy" : TOE
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Studio locale : LOT

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

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