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Evan Kalish
NY Times, Sun Dec 7, 2025 Vowelless Crossword
Author:
Evan Kalish
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32
1 N | 2 S | 3 C | 4 M | 5 P | 6 L | 7 N | 8 T | 9 S | 10 C | 11 L | 12 D | 13 P | 14 N |
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15 S | L | N | T | P | R | T | S | T | 16 R | G | N | R | T |
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17 S | V | N | T | H | N | N | N | G | 18 S | T | R | T | C | H |
19 M | L | T | 20 L | S | T | T | C | H | 21 M | C | H | S |
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22 N | R | T | 23 R | 24 C | T | 25 D | 26 L | S | T |
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27 G | S | H | V | 28 R | 29 H | 30 G | H | N | N | 31 T | W | R |
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32 N | M | 33 M | N | T | 34 G | B | 35 T | W | N | S |
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36 T | 37 H | T | S | N | T | S | 38 R | P | R | S | N | G | ||
39 D | L | R | S | H | P | 40 R | V | L | V | R | ||||
41 S | K | M | 42 T | R | 43 R | N | G | 44 R | C | 45 C | 46 H | 47 T |
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48 T | N | T | 49 S | S | T | 50 S | H | B | X |
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51 M | G | C | 52 N | 53 N | T | 54 T | 55 W | 56 N | 57 T | 58 C | R | C |
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59 T | H | R | S | 60 N | T | R | N | N | G | B | 61 C | K | N | W |
62 T | D | B | T | S | 63 P | C | K | N | G | P | N | T | S |
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64 R | S | S | N | S | 65 S | N | D | R | S | T | N | D | T |
© 2025, The New York Times
Across
1
Buzzkills for loud parties, perhaps (5,10) : NSCMPLNTS
10
Starting skit on "Saturday Night Live" (4,4) : CLDPN
15
Sit-in or taking a knee (6,7) : SLNTPRTST
16
Grow back, as a starfish's arm (10) : RGNRT
17
Break toward the end of a baseball game (7-6,7) : SVNTHNNNGSTRTCH
19
Diacritic in "über" (6) : MLT
20
Stopped communicating (with), over time (4,5) : LSTTCH
21
Chocolaty coffee orders (6) : MCHS
22
Encourage the growth of (7) : NRTR
24
Played a part (5) : CTD
26
[Either word in] "____ but not ____" (4/5) : LST
27
Heap praise on (4,4) : GSHVR
29
Midday, in the Wild West (4,4) : HGHNN
31
Skyscraper (5) : TWR
32
"Be right with you" (3,6) : NMMNT
34
Intermediaries (2-8) : GBTWNS
36
"Sounds about right" (5,3,10) : THTSNTSRPRSNG
39
Business with a lot of cars, literally (10) : DLRSHP
40
Six-shooter, e.g. (8) : RVLVR
41
Kind of milk (4) : SKM
42
Mark of annual growth (4,4) : TRRNG
44
Carom (8) : RCCHT
48
Contaminate (5) : TNT
49
Afternoon rest (6) : SST
50
Keds container (7) : SHBX
51
Performer pulling a rabbit out of a hat (8) : MGCN
53
Taking no prisoners, as a competitor (2,2,2,3,2) : NTTWNT
58
Word before an approximate date (5) : CRC
59
"At this point, we're in too deep!" (6,2,7,4,3) : THRSNTRNNGBCKNW
62
Morsels of food or gossip (7) : TDBTS
63
Small foam pieces in a cardboard box (7,7) : PCKNGPNTS
64
Moscow residents (8) : RSSNS
65
"To the best of my knowledge ..." (2,1,10,2) : SNDRSTNDT
Down
1
Lacking in arrogance (10) : NSSMNG
2
Coastal hazard attributable to global warming (3,5,4) : SLVLRS
3
Neighbors of incisors and premolars (6,5) : CNNTTH
4
New Hampshire's "Live Free or Die," e.g. (5) : MTT
5
Hotel door feature (8) : PPHL
6
Acquires, as a skill (6) : LRNS
7
Purpose or motive (6) : NTNT
8
Erodes, as profits (4,4) : TSNT
9
Horse-drawn transport (10) : STGCCH
10
Zagreb's country (7) : CRT
11
Concern for a tall airline passenger, perhaps (7) : LGRM
12
Person sharing 100% of another's genetics (9,4) : DNTCLTWN
13
Outdoor seating that moves (5,5) : PRCHSWNG
14
Fated (2,3,5) : NTHSTRS
18
Up against a shark, perhaps (8,4) : SHTNGPL
23
Ducts behind grilles (3,5) : RVNTS
25
It flows through Budapest and Belgrade (6,5) : DNBRVR
28
Joke-accentuating percussive riffs (8) : RMSHTS
29
Puzzle-solving aid (4) : HNT
30
Scores in baseball (4,1,3) : GTSRN
33
Always around (11) : MNPRSNT
35
Fills from overseas, say, as a company job (10) : TSRCS
36
Pundits on cable news, dismissively (7,5) : TLKNGHDS
37
Shell-borrowing sea creatures (6,5) : HRMTCRBS
38
Wreak havoc on (6) : RVG
39
"Is this relevant?" (4,2,6) : DSTMTTR
43
Slummy dwellings (8) : RTTRPS
45
Drop by to see (5,2,2) : CHCKNN
46
Slept through the winter, maybe (10) : HBRNTD
47
Hazardous chemicals from industrial processes (5,5) : TXCWST
52
Scientist named Time's Person of the Century in 1999 (8) : NSTN
54
Either end of a toy "phone" tied to a taut string (3,3) : TNCN
55
Gave a ;-) (6) : WNKD
56
Bridge expert? (8) : NGNR
57
They steep in mugs (3,4) : TBGS
60
Schnozzes (5) : NSS
61
Per ____ income (6) : CPT
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