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Sam Ezersky
Sam Ezersky

NY Times, Sun Aug 31, 2025 Puns and Anagrams

Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 30
Notepad: In print, the clue for 32-Across has the letters J O U R N E Y arranged in a circle.
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S
2
E
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M
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I
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N
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A
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R
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A
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B
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L
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E
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S
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T
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S
E
A
R
C
H
M
E
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B
R
A
N
C
H
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C
A
T
H
O
L
I
C
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B
E
T
R
A
Y
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R
E
C
O
N
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G
Y
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R
A
T
I
O
N
S
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A
E
R
O
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L
O
C
H
S
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N
U
D
E
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G
L
O
P
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I
S
L
E
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T
O
T
A
L
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S
W
E
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P
T
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E
T
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C
H
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E
L
F
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R
O
U
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N
D
T
R
I
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P
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R
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E
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V
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K
P
O
P
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E
S
I
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G
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N
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E
L
I
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T
E
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F
L
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A
W
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L
O
O
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T
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D
E
B
I
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P
E
A
R
S
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E
T
T
U
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P
A
R
C
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H
E
E
S
I
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S
I
T
A
R
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I
N
A
T
I
E
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T
A
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K
E
N
O
F
F
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N
O
T
A
L
L
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I
N
E
R
T
G
A
S
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E
R
E
C
T
S
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C
A
R
T
O
O
N
© 2025, The New York Times
Across
1
Many a Marine's course : SEMINAR
8
Most stable for the job : ABLEST
14
"Cashmere? No idea!" : SEARCHME
15
Q: What's your favorite salad dressing? a) Italian ___ c) Thousand Island : BRANCH
16
Someone who *really* loves cats : CATHOLIC
17
Sell out Bayer tea : BETRAY
18
Swindle again : RECON
19
Whirling moves from a signatory : GYRATIONS
21
___-head (aviation chief) : AERO
22
Bodies of water with fish, according to report : LOCHS
23
Without 'is undies on : NUDE
24
Part of Anglophile's unappetizing dish : GLOP
25
Land that lies in the ocean : ISLE
26
Lotta money to pay : TOTAL
27
Took every win in September : SWEPT
29
Carve, etc., at hospital : ETCH
31
K__eb__er __igure : ELF
32
JOURNEY (in a circle) : ROUNDTRIP
35
Erie preceder : REV
38
Texter's "All right, Dad!" : KPOP
39
"Exit" or "Emergency stopping only" : ESIGN
42
Top-notch 'E' tile : ELITE
44
Problem surrounding federal law : FLAW
46
Whoole bunch : LOOT
48
Girl I'd be happy to meet : DEBI
49
Audibly cuts fruit : PEARS
50
Words that Caesar could almost utter back : ETTU
51
Board game that is cheaper : PARCHEESI
53
One-star instrument : SITAR
54
Even dressed for the office, maybe : INATIE
55
Fake font that's left : TAKENOFF
57
Some backing in poll at onset : NOTALL
58
Angriest one that doesn't react well : INERTGAS
59
Builds in secret : ERECTS
60
No actor in a Pixar film : CARTOON
Down
1
A lessee with congers : SEAEELS
2
Admit a two-acre mistake : EATCROW
3
Human "Sesame Street" character in her promo : MRHOOPER
4
Symbol on a coin, e.g. : ICON
5
Breathe vowellessly : NHL
6
Spanish friends in Miami gossiping : AMIGOS
7
ACILPST : RECYCLEDPLASTIC
8
Belonging to a noted Swedish band : ABBAS
9
Pal of Bert : BRET
10
Many a NoLita resident : LATINO
11
In a ten-euro taxi, say : ENROUTE
12
Two states that border GA : SCANDAL
13
Felt shy about using an old pronoun : THYSELF
14
__ __ __ __wny __uy : SCRAG
20
The arty Clark Gable character : RHETT
22
T
I
L : LITUP
26
One of these hits : THIS
28
Nudge a bowl of Hawaiian food : POKE
30
Announcement of cruise groups : CREWS
33
__ __minally __r__ __ : NOFEE
34
Enter, in polite language : PILEINTO
35
Ripened tree : REDPINE
36
First lady who was a real one : ELEANOR
37
A verb: It means "swing rapidly back and forth" : VIBRATE
40
Tricked an African country I'm leaving : GOTTOGO
41
Not interested in the Fontana di Trevi, say : NOTAFAN
43
Bit of strategy with halves switched : TICTAC
45
Grande singing an aria : ARIANA
47
Domains of fluorine and rust : TURFS
49
Rest up : PEELS
52
Handle in long tools, initially : HILT
53
Un artista de tres murales : SERT
56
Lead-in to chief : KER
Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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