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New York Times, Saturday, September 20, 2025

Author:
Katie Hoody
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
"Hell no!"
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510/12/20249/20/2025
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Katie Hoody

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 29 Missing: {QXYZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Hoody. Saturday freshness: 59%
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© 2025, The New York Times9/20/25 ( No. 27,710 )
Across
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"Hell no!" : SCREWTHAT
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Group that believes in Gelassenheit (submission to God's will) : AMISH
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New customs might incite them : TRADEWARS
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Verso's counterpart : RECTO
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Spare no indulgence : LIVELARGE
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Prime : IDEAL
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Free of typos, say : EMEND
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Hill folk, informally : POLS
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Lay off : IDLE
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Special ___ : OPS
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Secure over : RETIE
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M.L.B. third baseman ___ Bohm : ALEC
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Chilling : FEARSOME
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Sports org. in a 1976 merger : ABA
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Loose sheets in a program, e.g. : INSERTS
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More constricting : TIGHTER
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Sullen sorts : MOPERS
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Hit the horn : TOOTED
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"Need anything else from me?" : AMIDONE
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Kate and Allie of 1980s TV, e.g. : MOTHERS
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Conference acronym : TED
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"Seems like it" : RECKONSO
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Typically exaggerated length of time : AGES
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Have a standout performance : SHINE
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Keep to oneself : HOG
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Watch unseen : LURK
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Typically exaggerated quantity : TONS
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Strip of wood from which a bow is carved : STAVE
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___ acid (staining agent used in electron microscopy) : OSMIC
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"Later!" : IGOTTAJET
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Big names : STARS
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Blow it! : SMOKERING
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Famous around-the-world traveler : SANTA
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Slower, musically : MENOMOSSO
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Catholic university in Florida or its home town : STLEO
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Kink : CRIMP
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"Love, love, love!" and the like : RAVES
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Original plot : EDEN
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Connect with a flame : WELD
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Carrier that offered pioneering coast-to-coast service beginning in the 1930s : TWA
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Monthly magazine of politics and culture since 1850 : HARPERS
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Specialized languages : ARGOTS
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Who wrote "Humankind cannot bear very much reality" : TSELIOT
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Actor Millen of BBC America's "Orphan Black" : ARI
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Charcoal and wood, for two : MEDIA
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Beverage sometimes topped with whipped cream : ICEDLATTE
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Drink drunk the morning after, maybe : STALEBEER
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Hidden assets : HOLECARDS
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B to C, but not A to B : SEMITONE
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Big mess : RATSNEST
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Word after chicken or breast : FEED
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What's wrong? : ERROR
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Rare showbiz collections : EGOTS
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"Hmm, no idea" : IMATALOSS
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"I don't like it," in Spanish : NOMEGUSTA
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Web master? : SPIDERMAN
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Sounds from 59-Across : HOHO
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Self-effacing personality trait : ECHOISM
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Phenomenon brought about by seasonal wind shifts : MONSOON
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Demand upon reaching an "enemy border" : KINGME
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Bottom of many an ensemble : SKIRT
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Some pilgrims : HAJIS
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Sheets might be placed in them : OVENS
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Commencement : GETGO
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Apple attachment : STEM
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Powdered ingredient in sweet teas and smoothies : TARO
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Farmer's market alternative, in brief : CSA
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Result of the '64 Clay/Liston fight : TKO

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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