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New York Times, Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Author:
Jonathan Daly
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
A shopper, not a buyer, informally
TotalDebut
19/16/2025
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ScrabDebutFlowFresh
1.60422.824%
Jonathan Daly

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Daly. Grid flow: 22.8 Tuesday freshness: 47%
Jim Horne notes:

The word BOARD can attach to each half of each starred clue answer. BLACKBOARD, CARDBOARD, etc.

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© 2025, The New York Times9/16/25 ( No. 27,706 )
Across
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Relatives, informally : FAM
4
Carved bit of jewelry : CAMEO
9
Figure out : SOLVE
14
Pub pintful : ALE
15
___ Dictionary (crowdsourced online reference) : URBAN
16
Frog's sound : CROAK
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*High-status American Express offering : BLACKCARD
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Cause of food poisoning, for short : ECOLI
20
Thin and graceful : LITHE
21
Revolutionary Trotsky : LEON
23
Barbie's boyfriend : KEN
24
"Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)" singer : ENYA
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*Task for a locksmith : KEYCUTTING
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Science fiction princess : LEIA
30
Destiny : KISMET
31
*Motion of receding waves : BACKWASH
35
Office paper fastener : CLIP
37
Spanish article : UNA
38
Miss Havisham's ward in "Great Expectations" : ESTELLA
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Lennon's love : ONO
43
Japanese soup flavoring : MISO
45
*Bottom of the ocean : SEAFLOOR
47
Drinking aids : STRAWS
51
"At Last" singer James : ETTA
52
*Product of meat scraps that, despite its name, is dairy-free : HEADCHEESE
54
Not bad, but not great : SOSO
58
Donkey : ASS
59
Monk's hood : COWL
60
Theater employee : USHER
61
Shade akin to cream : BEIGE
63
Train conductor's cry ... or a hint to each word in the answers to the starred clues : ALLABOARD
66
Strung along : LEDON
67
Rock with a crystal-filled cavity : GEODE
68
Hwy. : RTE
69
Highly skilled : ADEPT
70
Opposite of delete : ENTER
71
Floppy part of a beagle : EAR
Down
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Story with a moral : FABLE
2
Bold poker bet : ALLIN
3
Substantial : MEATY
4
Long, green veggie : CUKE
5
Curved path : ARC
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Wall St. credential : MBA
7
Premature : EARLY
8
Next to bat : ONDECK
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Aromas : SCENTS
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Elf's foe : ORC
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A shopper, not a buyer, informally : LOOKIELOO
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Fashion house named for its founder, Signor Garavani : VALENTINO
13
Scraping (by) : EKING
18
Sidewalk writing medium : CHALK
22
Non's opposite : OUI
25
Soul and Sorento : KIAS
26
Sunrise direction : EAST
27
Cable inits. for cinephiles : TMC
29
Farm mother : EWE
31
Mooch, as a cigarette : BUM
32
Licorice-flavored spice : ANISESEED
33
Rejected : CASTASIDE
34
"___ Just Not That Into You" (2009 film) : HES
36
___ favor : POR
39
Levi's alternative : LEES
40
Behind : LATE
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Rear, in the boat : AFT
44
Chicago airport code : ORD
46
Rodeo rope : LASSO
48
Southern drawl, for example : ACCENT
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Owl's question? : WHO
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Waste that's been flushed : SEWAGE
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"Se ___ español" : HABLA
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Actress Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy" : ELLEN
55
Chicago airport : OHARE
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Sealy competitor : SERTA
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Big Mac meal with a Coke, e.g. : ORDER
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Ride from an airport, maybe : UBER
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Republicans, for short : GOP
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Place to park : LOT
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Citrus drink suffix : ADE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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