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New York Times, Monday, September 1, 2025

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
32-Across : Rational selves, to Freud
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Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQV} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 103 for Ms. Lempel. Grid flow: 18.8 Monday freshness: 8%
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© 2025, The New York Times9/1/25 ( No. 27,691 )
Across
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RMS Titanic's undoer : BERG
5
City known for witch trials : SALEM
10
Barn space for storing hay : LOFT
14
Celeb with worshipful fans : IDOL
15
East Coast Amtrak service : ACELA
16
Carpet layer's calculation : AREA
17
Getaway where guests are out of fashion? : NUDISTCAMP
19
Dreary atmosphere : PALL
20
Descendants of the Dutch settlers of southern Africa : BOERS
21
Hand-dyed fabric : BATIK
22
"Six-pack" muscles, informally : ABS
25
Demilitarized space between antagonists : NEUTRALZONE
28
Scent for a gent : COLOGNE
30
Prefix with sex : UNI
31
Like hearts and diamonds : RED
32
Rational selves, to Freud : EGOS
33
Big health insurer : AETNA
35
Sarcastic question answered by the starts of 17-, 25-, 51- and 59-Across : SOWHATELSEISNEW
42
Voice for Amazon devices : ALEXA
43
Global extremity : POLE
44
Baseball official, familiarly : UMP
47
Popular tourist memento : TEE
48
Seasoning mined from brine : SEASALT
51
Annoying fee added to a price : NUISANCETAX
54
"Rumor ___ it ..." : HAS
55
Ticker in a taxi : METER
56
Military "lights out" instrument : BUGLE
58
X ___ xylophone : ASIN
59
Ramen or pho : NOODLESOUP
64
Flexible Flyer, for one : SLED
65
Sharpshooter Oakley : ANNIE
66
Untainted : PURE
67
Action after saying "I do" : KISS
68
Toys that have their ups and downs : YOYOS
69
One of Columbus's ships : NINA
Down
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Recycling container : BIN
2
Part of a campus URL : EDU
3
Word after hot or lightning : ROD
4
Smooth-talking : GLIB
5
Lustrous sheet material : SATEEN
6
Build up, as interest : ACCRUE
7
Smallest : LEAST
8
Oval-leaved tree : ELM
9
Weather report graphic : MAP
10
Capital of Bolivia : LAPAZ
11
Speechifier : ORATOR
12
Catlike : FELINE
13
Gabbed : TALKED
18
Spotify selection : SONG
21
Russian pancakes : BLINI
22
Tennis servers' wallops : ACES
23
Indicator of a half-price deal, in effect : BOGO
24
Snail-like : SLOW
26
Feels sorry about : RUES
27
Poker pot builder : ANTE
29
Worker protection agcy. : OSHA
33
Brownie ___ mode : ALA
34
Nile reptiles : ASPS
36
Spot to tie the knot : ALTAR
37
Target reader of the "Twilight" series : TEEN
38
Corp. bigwig : EXEC
39
Trevor who wrote "Born a Crime" : NOAH
40
"Queen of Jazz" Fitzgerald : ELLA
41
Drenches : WETS
44
Expose at a costume party : UNMASK
45
Oaty breakfast cereal : MUESLI
46
Feels sorry for : PITIES
48
Universal, Paramount or Disney : STUDIO
49
"Bald" birds : EAGLES
50
Shaft on which a wheel turns : AXLE
52
Dispatches : SENDS
53
Wood for black piano keys : EBONY
57
"Baseball Tonight" airer : ESPN
59
Opposition vote : NAY
60
Yoko from Tokyo : ONO
61
Yes, to Yves : OUI
62
Crowd-sized coffee server : URN
63
Vexation for a storied princess : PEA

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