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New York Times, Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Author:
Rena Cohen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Certain parent overseeing a child's career, in showbiz lingo
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Rena Cohen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVX} This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Cohen. Tuesday freshness: 38%
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© 2025, The New York Times9/2/25 ( No. 27,692 )
Across
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Número to tango : DOS
4
Sailboat's post : MAST
8
Holiday Inn competitor : RAMADA
14
Scrape (by) : EKE
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All over again : ANEW
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"All ___!" (conductor's call) : ABOARD
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"Grey's Anatomy" network : ABC
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Surgical implant : TITANIUMROD
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Line in a song : LYRIC
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Rejections : NOS
23
Duolingo and DoorDash : APPS
24
Soother for sore gums : TEETHINGRING
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Smidgen : TRACE
29
"This is more than a want!" : INEEDIT
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"Best Comeback Athlete," for one : ESPY
35
Brian of electronica : ENO
37
Caribbean hot spot : ARUBA
38
Eensy : LIL
39
Salty snack whose varieties are found at the ends of 18-, 24-, 52- and 61-Across : PRETZEL
42
Relatives : KIN
43
Astonished : INAWE
45
Khan of Khan Academy : SAL
46
Loch ___ monster : NESS
47
Ladies in Lima : SENORAS
50
Flowers in a Valentine's Day bouquet : ROSES
52
Core-strengthening exercise : RUSSIANTWIST
56
Greenland native : INUK
59
Anderson Cooper's channel : CNN
60
River critter : OTTER
61
Travel blogger's gadget : SELFIESTICK
65
Countdown ender : ONE
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"This decision is hard!" : IMTORN
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Nobel laureate Wiesel : ELIE
68
Patriotic chant : USA
69
Rose quickly, as prices : SOARED
70
Its symbol is Pb : LEAD
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Vietnamese New Year : TET
Down
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Passed out cards : DEALT
2
"I'm leaving now!" : OKBYE
3
What a schemer schemes : SECRETPLAN
4
Green tea variety : MATCHA
5
What makes a pan a pain? : ANI
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Bump, ___, spike (volleyball trio) : SET
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Part of many Southern accents : TWANG
8
Granola morsel : RAISIN
9
___ Dhabi : ABU
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Certain parent overseeing a child's career, in showbiz lingo : MOMAGER
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Org. for senior citizens : AARP
12
Roller coaster element : DROP
13
Does some math : ADDS
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Seaweed for sushi : NORI
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"Just doing my best" : ITRY
25
Bakery worker : ICER
26
Hawaiian goose : NENE
27
Young adult novelist Shusterman : NEAL
30
Fights : DUKESITOUT
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Long-legged wader : IBIS
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Sunbathes : TANS
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Some Ivy Leaguers : ELIS
34
Kind of wave : SINE
36
Tiebreaker periods, in brief : OTS
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Andean nation : PERU
40
Fashion retailer headquartered in Spain : ZARA
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North Carolina's ___ University : ELON
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Try earnestly to get : WORKFOR
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Small salamander : NEWT
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Climb : ASCEND
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IDs on W-2s : SSNS
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Enthusiastic, informally : STOKED
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Spy's gathering : INTEL
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Perceive : SENSE
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Reward for Rover : TREAT
56
Egyptian goddess of healing : ISIS
57
Dory's friend, in film : NEMO
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Chain with in-store salons : ULTA
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Rage : IRE
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Martinique, par exemple : ILE
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Org. that requires polygraph tests for all applicants : CIA

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