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New York Times, Monday, September 22, 2025

Author:
Dena R. Verkuil and Andrea Carla Michaels
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Canadian P.M. who is the son of another Canadian P.M.
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411/25/20249/22/20252
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Dena R. Verkuil
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906/12/20009/22/202559
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766122300
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
241.6431721%
Andrea Carla Michaels

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Verkuil. This is puzzle # 90 for Ms. Michaels. Monday freshness: 66%
Constructor notes:
Dena: As someone who has been watching The Simpsons since it debuted in 1989 (when I was the same age that Bart somehow still is), I ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times9/22/25 ( No. 27,712 )
Across
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School stat like 3.5 or 4.0 : GPA
4
Yeast, mold and mushrooms : FUNGI
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Desert plants with needles : CACTI
14
Tree with "American" and "slippery" varieties : ELM
15
Alaskan native : INUIT
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Synthetic fabric once common in sweaters : ORLON
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Born as : NEE
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Wine choice in southern France : REDBORDEAUX
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Bonkers : ZANY
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Compete (for) : VIE
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Changes with the times : ADAPTS
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Females that may be fleeced : EWES
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Cinema showing : FILM
27
Canadian P.M. who is the son of another Canadian P.M. : JUSTINTRUDEAU
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Cyber Monday sector : ETAIL
33
Put to work : USE
34
Ask God (for) : PRAY
37
Identify in a Facebook photo : TAG
38
Where canines sleep : DOGBEDS
42
"Du-u-ude!" : BRO
43
Basketball's O'Neal, to fans : SHAQ
45
Keanu Reeves's character in "The Matrix" : NEO
46
To no ___ (ineffectively) : AVAIL
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Platform for Donkey Kong Country : SUPERNINTENDO
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Ingredient in many hand lotions : ALOE
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The lion's share : MOST
54
Cigarette butt receptacle : ASHCAN
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Major N.Y.C. concert venue : MSG
58
Do the backstroke or breaststroke : SWIM
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Chunks found in Ben & Jerry's Half Baked ice cream : COOKIEDOUGH
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Avant-garde musical artist Yoko : ONO
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Fixed, as a piano : TUNED
67
"The Godfather" author Puzo : MARIO
68
Frequently, to a poet : OFT
69
Winter coasters : SLEDS
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Surgical tube : STENT
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Cry from Homer … or a phonetic hint to the ends of 18-, 27-, 48- and 62- Across : DOH
Down
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Kids these days : GENZ
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"Not guilty," e.g. : PLEA
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"You got that right, sister!" : AMEN
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Certain evergreen : FIR
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Like some bars in gymnastics : UNEVEN
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One who is barely seen? : NUDIST
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Jeer : GIBE
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"How was ___ know?" : ITO
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Pamper : CODDLE
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Tour guide? : AREAMAP
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Crash of thunder : CLAP
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Promote enthusiastically : TOUT
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"Need You Tonight" rock band : INXS
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Like speakeasies and refrigerators, at times : RAIDED
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Brand of cooler that shares its name with a Himalayan legend : YETI
25
Opposite of tame : WILD
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Join into one : FUSE
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Jacuzzi features : JETS
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Where to find the Jazz : UTAH
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Long-winded tales : SAGAS
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Apply, as ointment : RUBON
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City-related : URBAN
35
Desertlike : ARID
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Carefree motto, in modern lingo : YOLO
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Low-scoring deadlock : ONEONE
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Richard of "Pretty Woman" : GERE
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Hurdles for srs. : SATS
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Sounded like a duck : QUACKED
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Farm docs : VETS
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Tartan patterns : PLAIDS
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"Yeah, right" : IMSURE
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Bean : NOGGIN
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Does some theater work : ACTS
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Word before food or mate : SOUL
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Refine, as a skill : HONE
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Castle defense : MOAT
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What a whittler whittles : WOOD
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Facts : INFO
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Relative of a butterfly : MOTH
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Private online chats, for short : DMS
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Spicy : HOT

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