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New York Times, Monday, September 29, 2025

Author:
Brian Keller
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Makeup set containing shadow and mascara
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Brian Keller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {BQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Keller. Monday freshness: 61%
Brian Keller notes:
This theme originally started with the GREETING CARDS revealer and envisioned different synonyms for hello, with HIJACK and YOKING ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times9/29/25 ( No. 27,719 )
Across
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Division of a bowling game : FRAME
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Roomba target : DUST
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See 70-Across : FIVE
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Touch-and-go : DICEY
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Opening stake : ANTE
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Awestruck : AGOG
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Words of empathy : ICARE
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Bog down : MIRE
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Caramel-filled candy : ROLO
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Fast-food alternative to a nugget : CHICKENTENDER
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Hyphenated brand of fruit-flavored drinks : HIC
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Pie ___ mode : ALA
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3, 4 or 5, for a golf hole : PAR
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Headwear usually worn metaphorically : THINKINGCAP
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Free souvenirs : SWAG
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Yoko to whom the 1971 song "Oh Yoko!" is dedicated : ONO
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Homes for Plains tribes : TEPEES
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"Feel me?" : YADIG
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Walgreens rival : CVS
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A dance or a dip : SALSA
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Egyptian god of the underworld : OSIRIS
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Hunky-dory : AOK
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Schedule opening : SLOT
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Coach of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant : PHILJACKSON
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Photo ___ (media events) : OPS
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Fertilization targets : OVA
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Without precedent : NEW
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Hallmark products … or a hint to what to find in the circled squares : GREETINGCARDS
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Longtime film rating org. : MPAA
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Encouraging start? : ATTA
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Secure with ropes : TIEUP
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Seeming eternities : EONS
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Fertile soil : LOAM
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Vegan skin products brand : AVEDA
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With 10-Across, alternative to a fist bump : HIGH
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Singer Lovett : LYLE
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Send to a specialist, say : REFER
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Bank-backing grp. since 1933 : FDIC
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Very well-off : RICH
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Berry that's a "superfood" : ACAI
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Purchased souvenirs, informally : MERCH
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Makeup set containing shadow and mascara : EYEKIT
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"Shucks!," only stronger : DAMN
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Condo, e.g. : UNIT
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Run out of clothes? : STREAK
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"Twilight" and "The Hunger Games" genre : TEENLIT
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Uber cost : FARE
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Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
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Button on a remote: Abbr. : VOL
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Id's counterpart : EGO
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Amazon speaker : ECHO
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Copenhageners, e.g. : DANES
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Military mind game, for short : PSYOP
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Covered with water : AWASH
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Diameters halved : RADII
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Popular business magazine : INC
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Tennis star Djokovic : NOVAK
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4.0s are excellent ones : GPAS
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Stringed instrument that's often as tall as its seated musician : CELLO
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Man of morals : AESOP
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Exams for H.S. sophs. and jrs. : PSATS
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"You go, ___!" : GIRL
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Soldier who can stand at attention indefinitely : GIJOE
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Castaway's call for help : SOS
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Loss-prevention command : SAVEALL
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Donkey ___ (game) : KONG
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Laser pointer or rubber mouse : CATTOY
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Sweet drink : NECTAR
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Voluntarily relinquish, as a right : WAIVE
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Jets or Sharks not found in the N.H.L. : GANG
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Reckless : RASH
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Slanted type: Abbr. : ITAL
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Word after pen, pet or proper : NAME
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Endangered underwater ecosystem : REEF
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Bro : DUDE
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Trade punches : SPAR
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Unimpressed reaction : MEH
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Luau paste : POI

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

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