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New York Times, Saturday, September 27, 2025

Author:
Adrian Johnson and Christina Iverson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
___ Lines (ancient Peruvian geoglyphs)
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
134/7/20219/27/20252
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1.588079%
Adrian Johnson
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377/30/20199/27/202527
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116512471
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331.5821452%
Christina Iverson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JKQWX} This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Johnson. This is puzzle # 37 for Ms. Iverson. Saturday freshness: 56%
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© 2025, The New York Times9/27/25 ( No. 27,717 )
Across
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Thin underlayer : SLIP
5
Comment often made with an eye roll : ASIF
9
African capital whose name translates to "ants" : ACCRA
14
Derby, e.g. : HORSERACE
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Commit a library taboo : SHOUT
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Ship-to-ship communication : AHOYMATEY
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Lacks : HASNT
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Parent whose child is taking steps to improve? : DANCEMOM
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Backbiter? : FLEA
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Puts in a protected place : ENSHRINES
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They arose from Ra's tears, according to Egyptian mythology : BEES
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Cries of disappointment : OYS
25
Components of some brick buildings : LEGOSETS
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It might be living on the edge : SHRUB
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Showing tough love, say : STERN
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Mash at a luau : POI
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"Please avoid brutal honesty!" : LIETOME
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Wise : PRUDENT
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Certain drug classification, in brief : OTC
38
Ally of Athens during the Peloponnesian War : ARGOS
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Fathers : SIRES
41
Two-humper : BACTRIAN
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Period that begins on July 23 : LEO
44
It's not an option : NEED
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Zest source : LEMONRIND
50
Brown alternative : PENN
51
Enterprise enterprise : RENTACAR
52
WWE star Randy ___ : ORTON
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Part of a high-tech security system : LASERMAZE
55
"Lift ___ Voice and Sing" (protest anthem) : EVERY
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They go from season to season : STORYARCS
57
Short : TERSE
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Hibernation stations : DENS
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Seven ___ : SEAS
Down
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Contempt, in slang : SHADE
2
Actress with a dual role in 1998's "The Parent Trap" : LOHAN
3
Tends to some pressing matters : IRONS
4
Punk : PSYCHOUT
5
The first Musketeer, alphabetically : ARAMIS
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Kept hidden, as information : SATON
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Product for winter sidewalk safety : ICEMELT
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"Mean Girls" writer : FEY
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Firewood choice, or its destiny : ASH
10
Rubs the wrong way : CHAFES
11
Alternative to a crib : COSLEEPER
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Classic rock? : RUNESTONE
13
Paratha flour : ATTA
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Digital file? : EMERYBOARD
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Runs slowly : SEEPS
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Kind of contest with multiple chances to participate : BONUSENTRY
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[This makes me mad!] : GRR
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Is on the bottom? : SITS
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One who's slow to pick things up : SLOB
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What an insensitive joke might do : HITANERVE
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Locale for many community courts : RECCENTER
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"Love Story" author Erich : SEGAL
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Diagnostic tool, in brief : MRI
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Natural history museum collection : DIORAMAS
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Simplest possible phone plan : ONERATE
42
Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye, among others : TENORS
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Solo sorts : LONERS
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Particle accelerator byproduct : MESON
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Statement that might follow a hug : ICARE
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___ Lines (ancient Peruvian geoglyphs) : NAZCA
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Bandage : DRESS
50
Burns, e.g. : POET
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What comes before 1/1 : NYE
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Drug discussed in Aldous Huxley's "Heaven and Hell" : LSD

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

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