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New York Times, Friday, August 8, 2025

Author:
Rafael Musa and Matthew Stock
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Follow to the letter?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2010/21/20228/8/202514
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50000105
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21.5613574%
Rafael Musa
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311/7/20218/8/202522
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8126284
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231.6121359%
Matthew Stock

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Musa. This is puzzle # 31 for Mr. Stock. Friday freshness: 44%
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© 2025, The New York Times8/8/25 ( No. 27,667 )
Across
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Who wrote in an 1852 novel "Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good" : STOWE
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Stick around camp? : TENTPOLE
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Synthetic fabric sometimes called "elastane"" : LYCRA
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Competition conducted in rounds over rounds : BARTRIVIA
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Microscope component : OPTIC
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Establishments with many green rooms : ECOHOTELS
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"Aw, that's so nice of you!" : GEETHANKS
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Toadlike : WARTY
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Stuff : SATE
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Some fridges : LGS
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Way to the left? : WEST
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Rum-soaked cake : BABA
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Frameable frame : CEL
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Anytown, ___ : USA
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Many an I.R.S. public service announcement : SCAMALERT
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Heart : CRUX
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Reassuring words when help is needed : YOUCANCOUNTONME
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Means of defense for an elephant : TUSK
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"That would make the most sense to me" : IASSUMESO
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Some residents: Abbr. : DRS
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Blubber : FAT
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Like Antarctica, notably : ARID
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Disaccustom : WEAN
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Their tracks diffract light into rainbows : CDS
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Tricky situation : SPOT
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Eurasian ermine : STOAT
50
Surfaces for making cookies : SHEETPANS
52
Guiding principle, metaphorically : NORTHSTAR
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2023 title role for Timothée Chalamet : WONKA
55
Events akin to streaks : UNDIERUNS
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Opposite of entropy : ORDER
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"Don't give up" : BESTRONG
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Corset supports : STAYS
Down
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Tedious trials : SLOGS
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Ambitious and uncompromising, say : TYPEA
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The planets, since 2006 : OCTET
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Follow to the letter? : WRITEBACK
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Grocery pricing term : EACH
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Sailing maneuvers : TACKS
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Freudian drive to survive : EROS
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High degree : NTH
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Part of a masonry kit : TROWEL
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Breads that may be used as scoops : PITAS
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Nullifies : OVERTURNS
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Pleasing cadence : LILT
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"Don't stress yourself" : EASY
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Hybrid feline whose coat may feature rosettes : BENGALCAT
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One of two official languages of Kosovo : ALBANIAN
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Caregiver known as a "nutrix" in ancient Rome : WETNURSE
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Org. with a serpent in its logo : AMA
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Warriors for a cause : CRUSADERS
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Bouts held in a dohyo : SUMO
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Medieval warrior's weapon : AXE
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Turned : SOUR
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#@$% and &?*!, by implication : CUSSWORDS
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Sister of Helios : EOS
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Table tennis or beach volleyball : COEDSPORT
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Abbr. on a pay stub : YTD
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Letters said out of embarrassment : TMI
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Pops : FATHER
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Face-plant, so to speak : EATIT
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Iris ___, author of "The Chinese in America" : CHANG
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Animal that's mostly white, helping it hide in its natural habitat : PANDA
46
Pitch-perfect : ONKEY
47
Alexis, Feodor and Peter, among others : TSARS
48
Slight : SNUB
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What's hard to read in a text : TONE
50
Floor : STUN
51
Rare bills and dice rolls : TWOS
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Sign of a sellout : SRO

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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