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Matthew Stock
Matthew Stock
Brooke Husic
Brooke Husic

NY Times, Sun Nov 9, 2025 Diagramless

Author:
Matthew Stock and Brooke Husic
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 63, Blocks: 120
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G
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A
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M
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E
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S
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D
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L
I
V
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R
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S
O
N
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T
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N
A
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S
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Q
U
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S
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L
O
V
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S
U
B
S
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R
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A
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P
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H
I
T
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M
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E
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N
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D
D
R
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R
O
N
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P
A
R
A
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S
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O
O
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F
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M
E
E
T
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M
E
I
N
S
T
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L
O
U
I
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S
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A
D
S
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O
D
D
S
A
R
E
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D
N
C
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T
R
E
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C
O
A
S
T
L
I
N
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E
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D
O
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C
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E
I
N
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U
R
L
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P
D
T
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I
R
A
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S
E
V
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E
R
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S
H
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I
N
E
S
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T
C
E
L
L
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A
N
G
S
T
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L
U
L
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S
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N
A
T
A
L
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A
R
O
D
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S
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P
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P
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E
M
U
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S
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D
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C
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N
T
© 2025, The New York Times
Across
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Fun and ___ : GAMES
6
Give birth to : DELIVER
8
Short pieces for piano or violin : SONATINAS
10
One-named drummer who sometimes stylizes his name with a "?" : QUESTLOVE
11
Foot-long sandwiches : SUBS
12
Harvest, as a crop : REAP
14
Popular song : HIT
15
Chess pieces : MEN
18
Abbr. for East Germany on old maps : DDR
19
Director Howard : RON
20
Some legal assistants, informally : PARAS
22
"That's gotta hurt!" : OOF
24
1944 Judy Garland film that hints at this puzzle's grid shape ... as well as a three-letter sequence in the answers to the italicized clues : MEETMEINSTLOUIS
28
Things removed in a premium subscription, maybe : ADS
29
"If I were a gambler, I'd say ..." : ODDSARE
30
Blue political grp. : DNC
31
What's slightly past due? : TRE
32
Land/sea separator : COASTLINE
34
Word file, for short : DOC
36
A, in Aachen : EIN
37
Address that starts with "www" : URL
38
Summer hrs. in Seattle : PDT
39
Apt name for someone investing for old age? : IRA
40
Intense : SEVERE
42
Glimmers : SHINES
44
Immune system agent : TCELL
45
Deeply anxious feeling : ANGST
46
Humdingers : LULUS
47
Relating to birth : NATAL
48
Former Yankee who appeared on "Shark Tank," familiarly : AROD
49
Apple assistant : SIRI
50
Organ part : PIPE
51
Down Under birds : EMUS
52
Something that's sowed : SEED
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Little bit of change : CENT
Down
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Heredity units : GENES
2
"Unfortunately ..." : ALAS
3
Softball glove : MITT
4
Word that's an apt anagram of VILE : EVIL
5
Spanish title spelled with a tilde : SENOR
6
Not fully believe : DOUBT
7
Took part in a techno dance party : RAVED
8
Try to make out something in the distance, perhaps : SQUINT
9
Jet Ski alternative : SEADOO
11
Loafers and such : SHOES
13
Having a puffed-up chest : PROUD
15
___ of honor (members of wedding parties) : MAIDS
16
Dadaist Max : ERNST
17
Like the consonants "m" and "n" : NASAL
19
Traditional Lunar New Year gift with money inside it : REDENVELOPE
20
Bike part : PEDAL
21
Get naked : STRIP
23
Making space on one's schedule : FINDINGTIME
24
Only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields : MARIECURIE
25
Hollywood's Dudley or Mary Tyler : MOORE
26
Lets borrow : LENDS
27
Crosses home plate : SCORESARUN
31
Prerace circuits : TESTLAPS
32
Hair ringlets : CURLS
33
One of the Coen brothers : ETHAN
35
Information in a playbill : CASTLIST
41
Managed to avoid : ELUDED
43
"Just one moment!" : INASEC
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle.

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