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New York Times, Saturday, August 16, 2025

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Down : Tony-winning actress who provided the singing voice for the Disney princesses Jasmine and Mulan
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Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 24 Missing: {JKQZ} Average word length: 6.28 This is puzzle # 109 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 98%
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© 2025, The New York Times8/16/25 ( No. 27,675 )
Across
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Beauty lounge, of a sort : BLOWDRYBAR
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Calm : HUSH
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Mexico's Chamber of Deputies or France's National Assembly, for example : LOWERHOUSE
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Cash on hand? : ANTE
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French kiss kissers : OPENMOUTHS
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Pull : SWAY
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Leading counsel? : BESTADVICE
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Parting word : TATA
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One of the First Nations : CREE
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Tied up : ALLEVEN
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Évariste ___, 19th-century French math prodigy for whom a differential theory is named : GALOIS
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Melancholy 1964 #1 hit for Bobby Vinton : MRLONELY
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Sponge brand originally spelled with two hyphens : OCELO
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Spots : SITES
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N.B.A. stat: Abbr. : REB
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Slightly : ATAD
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Practitioner of black magic : HEXER
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Kind of box for media watchers : TIVO
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"___ the Damn Season" (Taylor Swift holiday song) : TIS
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Machine for a highway crew : PAVER
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Like bismuth and bitcoin : MINED
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Swimwear that can be worn as shorts : BOARDIES
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Full of snickers : GIGGLY
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Try to break, as a bad habit : UNLEARN
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Curve that's high and outside? : ARCH
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Abbreviated first name found three times on the signed Declaration of Independence : THOS
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1990 novelty dance inspired by a comics superhero : THEBARTMAN
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Staple of an outdoor reception : TENT
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Became a marquee name, say : ROSETOFAME
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Logical connective : ERGO
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Lovers of "Emma" and "Persuasion" : AUSTENITES
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Equine color : ROAN
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Way to begin gaming, say : PRESSSTART
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Appearance of the marine creature called "by-the-wind sailor" : BLOB
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Run easily : LOPE
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Hasn't settled up : OWES
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Foundered, as an investigation : WENTCOLD
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Nintendo title character with a head mirror : DRMARIO
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Largest of the Dodecanese Islands : RHODES
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"___ changed" : YOUVE
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"___ disagree" : BUTI
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Barack Obama's final secretary of defense (2015-17) : ASHCARTER
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One who profits from eBay, say : RESELLER
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Expedite : HASTEN
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Rock solid : UNWAVERING
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Where the 10th Amendment leaves many issues : STATELEVEL
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Call to whomever : HEYANYBODY
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___ Alamitos, Calif. : LOS
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Dairy spread in a health food store : GOATBUTTER
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Bond classification : ACTIONHERO
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Tony-winning actress who provided the singing voice for the Disney princesses Jasmine and Mulan : LEASALONGA
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Is a social butterfly : MIXES
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Like a typical flight from New York to London : SEVENHOUR
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Shower drain protector : HAIRTRAP
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Property of a wet suit or shapewear : TIGHTFIT
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Smack in the middle of a crowd, in brief? : PDA
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Units for measuring bacteria and dust : MICRONS
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Surmount : RESTON
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Hazards for high heels : GRATES
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Provides job assistance? : ABETS
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To be, to Brutus : ESSE
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___ Hari : MATA
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Part of A.S.L.: Abbr. : AMER
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Group of spies, say : NEST

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

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