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New York Times, Thursday, July 31, 2025

Author:
Alexander Liebeskind
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
"There's no way!"
TotalDebutLatest
612/9/20217/31/2025
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Alexander Liebeskind

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Liebeskind. Thursday freshness: 46%
Jim Horne notes:
Good crossword solvers quickly reject initial assumptions. "State bordering Arizona" has to be CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, UTAH, or NEW ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times7/31/25 ( No. 27,659 )
Across
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The X-Men, e.g. : MUTANTS
6
Way off : AFAR
10
Blowout victory : ROMP
14
Home of the White Cloud Mountains : IDAHO
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Excellent sort of person to be a copy editor : PEDANT
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Dr. ___ (repeated Mike Myers film role) : EVIL
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: : COLON
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One with a vision : SEER
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Transfer from one bottle to another : DECANT
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Ring : ENCLOSE
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Empty spaces : LACUNAS
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Rita ___, "Anywhere" singer : ORA
25
Scout's work, informally : RECON
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Testing the limits, say : AVANTGARDE
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Little guys : KIDDOS
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Bloom in several Monet paintings : LILY
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Best Picture of 1958 : GIGI
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Bit of Chinese New Year décor : LANTERN
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Filled up with : ATE
39
Ones paying flat rates ... or, when read as two words, a hint to this puzzle's theme : TENANTS
41
Agcy. watching the skies : FAA
42
___ Gras : MARDI
44
Cut deeply : ETCH
45
Use to the fullest : MILK
46
"Full House" pair : OLSENS
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"There's no way!" : THISCANTBE
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Award-winning Donald Glover TV series, or where it was filmed : ATLANTA
52
Avalanche group, for short : NHL
53
Manage : OVERSEE
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Bore importance : MEANTALOT
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Ingredients in many potpies : PEAS
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Baby : INFANT
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Greek goddess of peace : IRENE
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Out-of-bounds : ERRANT
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Shred the ___ (conquer a mountain, in skiing slang) : GNAR
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Start of a counting rhyme : EENIE
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Launch party? : NASA
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Tennis champ Mandlikova : HANA
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Little brats : SNOTS
Down
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Laptop accessories : MICE
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Thick Japanese noodle : UDON
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Main component of steatite : TALC
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Collection of literary works : ANTHOLOGY
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State bordering Arizona : SONORA
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Only part of Italy's 900-year-old Basilica di Santa Giulia that remains : APSE
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Cost : FEE
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"River Lea" singer, 2015 : ADELE
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Did laps, say : RANTRACK
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Not adding any new information : REDUNDANT
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Where things might get heated : OVEN
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Flaky rock : MICA
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Some spies : PLANTS
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Certain military leader, informally : SARGE
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Orderly arrangements of wiring : COILS
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Something you might sail right through? : REGATTA
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Thrifty competitor : ALAMO
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Critical : VITAL
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Some hunting lodge décor : ANTLERS
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Have a nice meal, say : DINE
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Untamable : DEFIANT
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Big name in dental care : ORALB
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Animal with sea and coral varieties : SNAKE
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Move like a sloth : INCH
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Shades : TINTS
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Your, of yore : THINE
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Start of a wish-list letter : DEARSANTA
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Ferrari's Formula 1 rival : MCLAREN
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Seasonal carrier : SLEIGH
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Huts : SHANTIES
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Part of a bug : ANTENNA
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Like some questions or doors : OPEN
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___ Farmiga, Best Supporting Actress nominee for 2009's "Up in the Air" : VERA
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Corn units : EARS
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"Location, location, location," to many real estate agents : MANTRA
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Jay in the Television Hall of Fame : LENO
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Doing the job : ONIT
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Some shirts : TEES
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Item for which "This thing blows" would be a positive review : FAN

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