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New York Times, Saturday, August 9, 2025

Author:
Aidan Deshong and Akshay Seetharam
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
41-Across : "Stop! We get it!"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
65/31/202410/2/20254
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFlowFresh
111.562234.566%
Aidan Deshong
TotalDebutCollabs
18/9/20251
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0000001
ScrabDebutFlowFresh
1.57534.493%
Akshay Seetharam

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FQXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Deshong. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Seetharam. Grid flow: 34.4 Saturday freshness: 71%
Constructor notes:

Many thanks to David P. Williams for showing us that NYT loves accepting this grid shape.

Jim Horne notes:

This is the 9th time this grid pattern has been used. Mr. Williams has 6 of them.

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© 2025, The New York Times8/9/25 ( No. 27,668 )
Across
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Approach boldly : ACCOST
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Word with fixed or net : ASSETS
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Purple-hatted Nintendo character : WALUIGI
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Mildew, e.g. : BLIGHT
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Little Italian toasts : CROSTINI
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One choice at a dry cleaner : HANGER
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Say but not really mean : MOUTH
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English town known for its mineral water : EPSOM
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Historical event that acquired its name almost two decades after it ended, in brief : WWI
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Car once promoted with the slogan "It's Your Money ... Demand Better," informally : OLDS
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Joy of television : BEHAR
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Windjammer, e.g. : SHIP
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33-Down platform, for short : NES
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Deceived, maybe : LEDON
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Retreats : LAIRS
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Move around from here to there : CUTANDPASTE
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Unhelpful response to "Why?" : JUSTBECAUSE
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Rabbit food? : EASTERCANDY
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Pats (down) : TAMPS
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Progresses slowly : EASES
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Something chewed over : CUD
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Sections of history : ERAS
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Has legs : LASTS
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Something to climb in a WWE match : ROPE
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"Stop! We get it!" : TMI
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Rube : YOKEL
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Literature Nobelist who wrote "Siddhartha" : HESSE
44
People whose flag depicts the Lion of Judah : RASTAS
46
Animal that sleeps while floating on its back : SEAOTTER
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University of California campus locale : IRVINE
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"The Ultimate Trivia Destination," per its website : SPORCLE
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Moves in the shadows : SKULKS
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Parts of cassette players : SPOOLS
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"Really, now!" : AWCMON
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Actress Lombard of classic Hollywood : CAROLE
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"Above the ___, as high as heaven itself?": Shak. : CLOUDS
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Ejects : OUSTS
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Villainous group of science fiction : SITH
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___ Fridays : TGI
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Can't stand : ABHOR
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Dis : SLAM
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"The only ___ is mediocrity": Martha Graham : SIN
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Ingredient in meringue cookies : EGGWHITE
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#1 on BBC's list of greatest 21st-century TV series : THEWIRE
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Comics : STRIPS
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"This work is getting to be too much" : INEEDABREAK
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Apple skins? : IPHONECASES
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Buildings that aren't water-resistant : SANDCASTLES
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"La Cousine ___" (Balzac novel) : BETTE
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Overly wise, say : SASSY
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Feels thirsty : LUSTS
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Gives accolades : LAUDS
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Edges : CUSPS
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You can see right through them : PANES
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Phenomenon of experiencing something as strangely new even though one has experienced it before : JAMAISVU
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Designate, as funds : EARMARK
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Series of mental blocks? : TETRIS
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Retail giant that opened its first store in Seattle in 1983 : COSTCO
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Persuade to pay more than originally intended : UPSELL
37
Popular farm vehicles : DEERES
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Falls short, say : LOSES
40
Lead-in to active : RETRO
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American in Paris? : YANK
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Certain earring : HOOP
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Poetic contraction : TIL
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Some courses for honor students, for short : APS

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