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New York Times, Thursday, August 7, 2025

Author:
Ben Zimmer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Investigate in detail
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Ben Zimmer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Zimmer. Thursday freshness: 65%
Jim Horne notes:
Remove the fruit from the theme answers to match the clues: TOPEARNERS → TONERS IMPEACHED → IMED ROMANGODS → ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times8/7/25 ( No. 27,666 )
Across
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Speeding check : BUMP
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Vocally : ALOUD
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Source for some bubbly : ASTI
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Where the the Magi journeyed from : AFAR
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"Over my dead body!" : GODNO
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One may be in default : LOAN
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Mixtures in copier cartridges : TOPEARNERS
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Target of an exfoliator : PORE
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Birthplace of Madeleine Albright and Vaclav Havel : PRAGUE
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Drink made with an artisanal flourish, maybe : LATTE
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Begins dealing with : HASAT
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Chatted online, in brief : IMPEACHED
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Risk-___ : AVERSE
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Sporting great who said "Tennis uses the language of life" : AGASSI
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School that's a rival of 37-Down : YALE
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P.R. piece? : PUERTO
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Stat used to calculate a QB's passer rating : ATT
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In vain ... or how to read the answers to 17-, 25-, 49- and 58-Across : FRUITLESSLY
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Org. that monitors on-air obscenity : FCC
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Matter in a neon sign : PLASMA
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Subjects of some European fishing bans : EELS
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Start of a lovelorn soliloquy : OROMEO
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Bridges in Baghdad cross it : TIGRIS
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Some fishing gear : ROMANGODS
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Level in a social hierarchy : CASTE
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Street urchin : GAMIN
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Less merry : GRAVER
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Abbr. standing in for co-authors : ETAL
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Investigate in detail : PROBLEMONE
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Pitchfork point : TINE
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Rivian competitor : TESLA
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Gemstone found in hot springs : OPAL
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Org. promoting sober motoring : SADD
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Half-___ (desultory) : ASSED
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Winter sports venue : RINK
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Be up : BAT
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What arrives in the film "Arrival" : UFO
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Dash display in some cars : MAP
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Tax ___ : PREPARER
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Tourist destination outside of Delhi : AGRA
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Nighttime sound? : LONGI
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Classical performance space : ODEUM
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One with diplomatic plates in N.Y.C. : UNREP
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"Mesa para ___" (request at a Spanish restaurant) : DOS
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Wool source : ALPACA
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Futures experts? : SOOTHSAYERS
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Most pucker-inducing : TARTEST
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"Gimme!" : INEEDIT
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Culture vulture's concerns : ARTS
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Financial center of West Africa : LAGOS
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Kind of "fever" that's not actually a fever, and is typically caused by pollen : HAY
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Director DuVernay : AVA
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It's needed to stay calm : SELFCOMMAND
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Rankles no end : EATSAT
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Prose postscript : EPILOG
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___ Hagen, Tony-winning actress and theater practitioner : UTA
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Trains for the Chicago White Sox? : ELS
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Dreamily named rock group? : REM
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School that's a rival of 30-Across, informally : UPENN
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Part of a jouster's protection : LEGARMOR
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Thinks nothing of : FORGETS
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European land where much of "Game of Thrones" was filmed : CROATIA
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On fire : LIT
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Seattle-to-Mount Rainier dir. : SSE
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On its way, in a way : MAILED
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Drink that might turn your tongue blue : ICEE
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Fiends of folklore : OGRES
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Useless leftovers : DROSS
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Fur once favored by Russian royalty : SABLE
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Baseball Hall-of-Famer Guerrero, to fans : VLAD
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Org. that might sponsor a read-a-thon, in brief : PTA
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Mani-pedi brand : OPI
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Grammy, in the U.K. : NAN
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Creature on the state flags of Michigan and Idaho : ELK

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