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New York Times, Friday, September 26, 2025

Author:
Larry Snyder
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Problem for someone who's pushing 90, say
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Larry Snyder

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Snyder. Friday freshness: 70%
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© 2025, The New York Times9/26/25 ( No. 27,716 )
Across
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Hogwash : SWILL
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Smart : CHIC
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Dip that can be made in a molcajete, for short : GUAC
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Start of a count-off : EENIE
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Stream with a lot of shade? : HATEWATCH
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"You interested?" : WANNA
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Something a newlywed usually lacks : ALONETIME
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Embark : SETSAIL
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Some wraps : STOLES
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Flock : geese :: business : ___ : FERRETS
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Comic book sound : POW
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"Alea iacta ___" ("The die is cast") : EST
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Politician who organized the first congressional hearing on global warming (1981) : ALGORE
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Indigenous person of northern South America : CARIB
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It holds the line : REEL
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Lots and lots : ATON
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"Hogwash!" : PAH
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Takes in the trash? : DELETEDSCENES
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It gets pumped at a party : KEG
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"Is this seat taken ...?" : MAYI
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Pet food brand whose name reflects its founding in Allentown, Pa. : ALPO
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Blowouts : ROMPS
43
Chew on : PONDER
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"The Walking Dead" network : AMC
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Call at the table? : SEE
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In need of an evening out? : CREASED
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Greeting that combines a handshake and an embrace : BROHUG
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Put together : GROUPED
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Sign before picking up : ORDERHERE
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Border (on) : VERGE
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Digitally altered videos of celebrities, say : DEEPFAKES
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Race, in a way : REVUP
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Icelandic saga : EDDA
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Creature that can be "red-spotted" : NEWT
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Novelist Ferrante : ELENA
Down
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Put in stitches : SEW
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Talked one's way (out of) : WEASELED
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It might be on display at Comic-Con : INNERGEEK
4
Cleaning product commonly used by pet owners : LINTROLLER
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One making monthly payments : LEASER
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Drinks made with cardamom : CHAIS
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Word with study or city : HALL
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"Who am ___ question?" : ITO
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Bowdlerize, maybe : CENSOR
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Enemigo de un ratón : GATO
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Serving a purpose : UTILE
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High points : ACMES
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It's where the heart is : CHEST
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Diaper bag item : WETWIPE
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Patronized, in a way : ATEAT
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Repeated word in the "Star Wars" prologue : FAR
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Variety of violet : PANSY
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Closing bars : CODAS
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Classic thing to slip on : BANANAPEEL
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City east of Phoenix : TEMPE
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Didn't get broken : HELDSERVE
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Search for oneself : EGOSURF
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Antibiotic used to treat anthrax : CIPRO
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Problem for someone who's pushing 90, say : SPEEDGUN
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Chicago airport code : ORD
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Duchess of Sussex beginning in 2018 : MEGHAN
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The works? : OEUVRE
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Building … or a building material, if you swap its consonants : ABODE
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Cincinnati sports mascot : MRRED
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Made some Java, say : CODED
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Cockatoo feature : CREST
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Purifying filter acronym : HEPA
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Waxed, in a way : GREW
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Scrape (out) : EKE
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Org. that measures A.Q.I. : EPA

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

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