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New York Times, Thursday, September 18, 2025

Author:
Adam Wagner
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Quality to which a unique six-character code is assigned, in graphic design
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JKQWX} This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Wagner. Thursday freshness: 99%
Adam Wagner notes:
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Jim Horne notes:
That six-character code at 28-Down is the RGB value. The colors of the pixels on the screen you're looking at have 0 to 255 values for ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times9/18/25 ( No. 27,708 )
Across
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Customizable, all-in-one internet digest : RSSFEED
8
Shoots for the stars : GOESBIG
15
Game played on an 8x8 board : OTHELLO
16
"Thumbs down from me" : IVOTENO
17
Meditation chant, in a sense : TOOMUCH
18
Sought-after : DESIRED
19
Variety of bark? : ARF
20
Something you might change on a bed : DIAPER
22
___ Ulrich, Metallica drummer : LARS
23
Gave a sneak preview of : TEASED
25
Tennis do-over, in a way : ROULETTE
27
Counterparts of countesses in British peerage : EARLS
28
Equine hybrid : HINNY
29
One in Bonn : EIN
30
Sch. with a satellite campus in Calexico : SDSU
31
Terse reply to "Why?" : CUZ
32
Thingum : DOODAD
34
Superman portrayer Christopher, in so many words : RAREEVENT
37
Heart-pumping stuff? : PLASMA
40
Goal to shoot for : PAR
41
___ Kong : HONG
45
Steeplechase unit : LAP
46
Bar from the bank? : INGOT
48
Borderer of the Indian state of Sikkim : NEPAL
49
Passport or driver's license, in a manner of speaking : ACCIDENT
51
Who wrote "Existentialism Is a Humanism," 1945 : SARTRE
52
First person? : SELF
53
Spread some dirt : GOSSIP
55
Gershwin brother : IRA
56
Muscle car whose name evokes a U.S. road trip : TRANSAM
58
Action star Jet, in a nutshell : PELICAN
60
"Don't worry about the check" : ITSONME
61
Close contemporary : AGEMATE
62
O-O and O-O-O, in chess notation : CASTLES
63
Like some shoes at a cobbler's : RESOLED
Down
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Takes turns : ROTATES
2
One might say "Big savings all week!" : STOREAD
3
Rosh Hashana horns : SHOFARS
4
Like some nouns: Abbr. : FEM
5
Gets away from : ELUDES
6
Nickname for the medieval Spanish knight Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar : ELCID
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Mideast capital : DOHA
8
Victorious military underdog in the Bible : GIDEON
9
Sports bet based on total points scored : OVERUNDER
10
Sister of Helios, in Greek myth : EOS
11
Barrier to entry, perhaps : STILE
12
Chewed out : BERATED
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Slothfulness : INERTIA
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Fortuitous gift : GODSEND
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Holdings of winnings : PRIZEPOTS
24
Curved lines on sheet music : SLURS
26
France's third-largest city, after Paris and Marseille : LYON
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Quality to which a unique six-character code is assigned, in graphic design : HUE
31
Arcade staple with a joystick : CRANEGAME
33
Multiple-choice catchall : OTHER
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Inside of : AMID
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Large chemical container : VAT
37
Credit cards, so to speak : PLASTIC
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Constellation whose name is Latin for "lizard" : LACERTA
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U.S. History or Calculus BC, e.g. : APCLASS
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Kind of illusion : OPTICAL
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Do some storytelling : NARRATE
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Ascertained bit by bit : GLEANED
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Garden guardians : GNOMES
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Italy's third-largest city, after Rome and Milan : NAPLES
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Words before a contingency plan : IFNOT
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Invader's tactic : SIEGE
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Play-fight : SPAR
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Its youngest host was a 7-year-old Drew Barrymore in '82 : SNL
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"If u ask me …" : IMO

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle.

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