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New York Times, Monday, August 25, 2025

Author:
Ryan Mathiason
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
A smile, perhaps
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Ryan Mathiason

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Mathiason. Monday freshness: 60%
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© 2025, The New York Times8/25/25 ( No. 27,684 )
Across
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Trendy : HIP
4
Remove, as pencil marks : ERASE
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Goes past 21 in blackjack : BUSTS
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Commotion : ADO
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"___ Mia!" (2008 film) : MAMMA
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How ballerinas perform : ONTOE
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Fish commonly caught in the upper Midwest : LAKETROUT
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Squandered, as a big lead : BLOWN
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Now and ___ : THEN
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Goof : ERR
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Spooks : SCARES
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Arrange numerically, perhaps : SORT
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Player protecting a QB's blind side, often : LEFTTACKLE
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Cafeteria carrier : TRAY
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Despise : HATE
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Follows orders : OBEYS
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Second-largest island in Hawaii : MAUI
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Govt.-issued identifiers : SSNS
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Saudi Arabian export : OIL
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Household chore traditionally done on Mondays : LAUNDRY
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Dessert often filled with fruit : PIE
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Spanish greeting : HOLA
44
Certain arm muscles, for short : TRIS
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Make into law : ENACT
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"The Lion King" lion : NALA
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Word after root or draft : BEER
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Salesperson making unsolicited phone contact : COLDCALLER
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Banned substances in sports, for short : PEDS
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Tips off : ALERTS
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Kitchenware brand : OXO
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Focus of J. Robert Oppenheimer : ATOM
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YouTube medium : VIDEO
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At stake ... or where you may find 17-, 24-, 38- and 50-Across : ONTHELINE
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Water brand whose natural spring was discovered by a French nobleman : EVIAN
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Many a summer TV airing : RERUN
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Modern vaccine component : RNA
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Slow on the uptake : DENSE
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Boasts : BRAGS
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Unit of corn : EAR
Down
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Stops : HALTS
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State whose panhandle touches British Columbia : IDAHO
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A smile, perhaps : POKERTELL
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Ambulance worker, for short : EMT
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Only once in a while : RARELY
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Love, in Italy : AMORE
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Blue creature of kids' movies : SMURF
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Put away, as dinner : EAT
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Ohio University athlete : BOBCAT
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Loosens, as a shoe : UNLACES
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Baby deliverer, in folklore : STORK
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Dry (off) : TOWEL
13
Have a feeling : SENSE
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___-level job : ENTRY
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Part of a flight : STAIR
25
Sounds of heavy things hitting the ground : THUDS
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Silent way to communicate, in brief : ASL
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"___-la-la!" : OOH
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Science class, for short : BIO
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Many a public artwork : MURAL
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Singer DiFranco : ANI
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Fifth wheel : SPARETIRE
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Actor Cage, informally : NIC
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Part of a tennis match : SET
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Mythological Titan who bore the weight of the heavens on his shoulders : ATLAS
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"___-haw!" : YEE
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San ___ Fault : ANDREAS
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Country holding one side of Mount Everest : NEPAL
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Start of a play : ACTONE
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Greeting between buddies : BROHUG
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Capitulated in negotiations : CAVED
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Shade of green : OLIVE
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Opposite of ushered out : LEDIN
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Unsociable type : LONER
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When repeated, an old newsboy's cry : EXTRA
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Prima ___ : DONNA
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Mascara mishap : SMEAR
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Sphere : ORB
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Nav. rank : ENS

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