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New York Times, Thursday, November 27, 2025

Author:
Alexander Liebeskind
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
3-Down : Lucky scientist, perhaps
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Alexander Liebeskind

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Liebeskind. Grid flow: 66.6 Thursday freshness: 52%
Jim Horne notes:

The circled ONE, TWO, and THREE become ONE, FOUR, and NINE for the Down answers.

The Krebs Cycle is also known as the citric acid cycle.

1
R
2
I
3
D
4
G
5
E
6
O
7
Z
8
S
9
Y
10
A
11
B
12
B
13
A
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A
R
I
A
L
15
F
O
E
16
E
N
R
O
N
17
W
I
S
H
B
18
ONE
F
O
R
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M
A
T
I
O
N
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E
S
C
21
A
D
T
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E
E
R
I
E
R
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R
H
O
24
S
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G
O
26
I
N
T
O
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V
A
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L
E
29
F
A
S
TWO
30
R
31
K
32
E
33
R
34
P
E
T
E
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S
E
D
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L
A
R
G
E
37
S
E
R
U
M
38
H
E
E
39
O
D
E
O
N
40
U
T
E
R
O
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O
L
D
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R
I
B
S
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E
A
R
THREE
N
44
T
R
Y
45
A
D
O
S
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T
I
T
A
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N
S
48
S
C
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A
50
T
51
A
52
D
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W
A
R
S
54
Y
E
55
T
56
Y
O
W
57
S
Q
U
A
R
E
T
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H
E
C
I
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R
C
L
E
60
A
U
D
I
T
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O
U
T
62
M
E
L
E
E
63
C
A
S
T
S
64
P
B
S
65
E
X
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© 2025, The New York Times11/27/25 ( No. 27,778 )
Across
1
Feature of a mountain or fingerprint : RIDGE
6
Deli counter units: Abbr. : OZS
9
"___ dabba doo!" : YABBA
14
Type type : ARIAL
15
Thanos, to the Avengers : FOE
16
Company that's the subject of the documentary "The Smartest Guys in the Room" : ENRON
17
Football offense arrangement that resembles an inverted Y shape : WISHBONEFORMATION
20
High key? : ESC
21
Big inits. in home security : ADT
22
Stranger : EERIER
23
Symbols for density, in physics : RHOS
25
Select, as a career : GOINTO
27
Low-lying area : VALE
29
Good person to give a time-consuming project, maybe : FASTWORKER
34
St. ___ (city on a bay, informally) : PETE
35
Latin for "but" : SED
36
One way to live : LARGE
37
Skin-care product thinner than a moisturizer : SERUM
38
"Tee" follower : HEE
39
Greek theater : ODEON
40
In ___ (developing) : UTERO
41
Like nonagenarians : OLD
42
Joshes : RIBS
43
Process for a descending spacecraft : EARTHREENTRY
45
Kerfuffles : ADOS
46
Losers to the Olympians : TITANS
48
Sing like Ella Fitzgerald : SCAT
51
Coke-versus-Pepsi and Apple-versus-Samsung, e.g. : ADWARS
54
So far : YET
56
"Ouch!" : YOW
57
Complete an impossible task ... or a hint to reading three Down answers in this puzzle : SQUARETHECIRCLE
60
Check someone's checks? : AUDIT
61
Openly gay : OUT
62
Total brawl : MELEE
63
Tosses out : CASTS
64
"Antiques Roadshow" network : PBS
65
Use, as one's influence : EXERT
Down
1
More cold and wet : RAWER
2
Like some wolfhounds and whiskeys : IRISH
3
Lucky scientist, perhaps : DISCOVERER
4
"This is terrible!" : GAH
5
Actor Idris : ELBA
6
Bound for : OFFTO
7
Wild scene : ZOO
8
Sang to : SERENADED
9
"Anno Domini" period : YEAROFOURLORD
10
Against : ANTI
11
Creamy pairing with fig jam : BRIE
12
Obnoxious sort : BOOR
13
___ Petry, first African American woman to write a million-selling novel ("The Street," 1946) : ANN
18
Anxious : ONEDGE
19
M.L.B. team that awarded a record-breaking $765 million contract to Juan Soto in 2024 : METS
24
Gloomy, as an atmosphere : SATURNINE
26
"That's relatable" : IFEELYA
28
Some citrus desserts : LEMONTARTS
30
Ship-to-shore communicators : RADIOS
31
Essential biochemical process that releases energy in cells : KREBSCYCLE
32
Big ones might clash : EGOS
33
___ Faire (medieval-themed festival) : REN
34
Grp. that's down on all furs? : PETA
35
Person who's off-base? : SHORTSTOP
37
Go after, in a way : SUE
44
Tread on me! : TIRE
45
See 53-Down : ASEC
47
Russian refusals : NYETS
49
Many an early internet user, informally : AOLER
50
#'s place : TWEET
51
Cousin of turquoise : AQUA
52
Disappointments : DUDS
53
With 45-Down, "Hey, hold on!" : WAIT
55
"Put your pens and pencils down" : TIME
57
California's capital, in some of its nicknames : SAC
58
Center of activity : HUB
59
"Vivat ___" ("Long live the king") : REX

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

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