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New York Times, Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Taunt that may follow a failed gullibility test
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 122 for Mr. Collins. Wednesday freshness: 78%
Peter A. Collins notes:
I like that the two fingers crossed in the grid are INDEX and MIDDLE, since those are the fingers one crosses when one crosses one's ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times9/24/25 ( No. 27,714 )
Across
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Light touches : DABS
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Domino features : PIPS
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Maine-to-Spain direction : EAST
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Frequently : ALOT
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MacDowell of "Groundhog Day" : ANDIE
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Start of a new deal : ANTE
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Participate in a blindside on "Survivor," say : VOTE
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Dance craze named for a Southern city : CHARLESTON
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Possible meaning of 54-/57-Across : IHOPESO
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Possible meaning of 54-/57-Across : IMLYING
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Cannonball Adderley's musical instrument, informally : SAX
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Lead-in to struck or luck : DUMB
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Fashionable time to arrive, it's said : LATE
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"Odyssey" figure with many suitors : PENELOPE
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Carry a debt : OWE
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Business magnate : BARON
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A hawk carrying a dove in its talons, in Book 15 of the "Odyssey" : OMEN
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Affectionate sign-off : XOX
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Like thrifted goods : USED
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What's heard exactly twice in a lifetime? : LONGI
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The Emerald Isle : EIRE
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Tabs with psychedelic properties : LSD
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Hang in the balance : PEND
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Soft volleyball hits : DINKS
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Jazz genre for Cannonball Adderley : BOP
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Worked to learn : INTERNED
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James of "The Godfather" : CAAN
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Thailand, once : SIAM
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A.L. West team, on scoreboards : LAA
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With 57-Across, gesture depicted by this puzzle's circled letters : FINGERS
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See 54-Across : CROSSED
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Taunt that may follow a failed gullibility test : MADEYALOOK
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Bit of merchandise : WARE
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___ impasse : ATAN
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Put off for now : TABLE
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Situated above : ATOP
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Witty remark : JEST
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Craft store item : BEAD
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"Hey!" : PSST
Down
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Viola of "The Woman King" : DAVIS
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"So long, Oahu!" : ALOHA
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Wrinkle smoother : BOTOX
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Part of a flight : STEP
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Clothing chain that began as a surf shop : PACSUN
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Like some tutoring and eldercare : INHOME
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Smooching on a park bench, e.g., for short : PDA
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One who's given many instructions nowadays : SIRI
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G.P.A. enhancer : EASYA
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Neutralizing serum : ANTITOXIN
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Masonry : STONEWORK
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100 C-notes : TENG
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Stately shade provider : ELM
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2011 Peace Nobelist ___ Johnson Sirleaf : ELLEN
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Word aptly hidden in "unspoiled enclave" : EDEN
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Lightheaded sorts? : BLONDES
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Capsule : POD
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[Shocking!] : OMG
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Least-populous Canadian province: Abbr. : PEI
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Ones paying or receiving alimony : EXES
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Future amaryllis, e.g. : BULB
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Colleague : ASSOCIATE
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Colorful ring-tailed mammals of Asia : REDPANDAS
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Spy novelist Deighton : LEN
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Most-populous Canadian province: Abbr. : ONT
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Festival at the end of Ramadan, informally : EID
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Like the scent of some air fresheners : PINEY
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Floor model, often : DEMO
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Swiss cough drop brand : RICOLA
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Squealed: Var. : NARKED
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Word with double or free : AGENT
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Hurdles for future J.D.s : LSATS
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Nestlé bars filled with tiny bubbles : AEROS
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Skillful : ADEPT
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Key of Mozart's Symphony No. 6: Abbr. : FMAJ
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Squealer : RAT
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Thick piece : SLAB
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Cashless deal : SWAP
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U.K. award : OBE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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