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Make No Mistake

New York Times, Sunday, October 12, 2025

Author:
Michael Schlossberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Men who marry later in life
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Michael Schlossberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 82 Missing: {JQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Schlossberg. Grid flow: 26.5 Sunday freshness: 19%
Will Shortz notes:
Michael Schlossberg is an internist in Bend, Ore. This is his 16th crossword for The Times. He says he got the idea for it when he heard one of his sons say 63-Across to the ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
Abbreviated units of measurement appear twice in each theme answer, separated by at least one letter that cuts the sequence. The scissors in the graphics show where ONCE is cut from the ... read more
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© 2025, The New York Times10/12/25 ( No. 27,732 )
Across
1
Common sight near the entrance of a mall : MAP
4
Words that might precede "Out, darned Spot!"? : BADDOG
10
Gives some heat, say : ARMS
14
Cry of frustration : ARGH
18
Like : ALA
19
Blew out : EXHALED
21
Sound from a horn : BEEP
22
Bull in a Chihuahua shop : TORO
23
Boast accompanying an evil laugh [120 sec.] : MINEALLMINE
25
Low-pitched jazz instruments, for short : BARISAXES
27
Angler's lure : BAIT
28
Words on a juice carton : NOTFROMCONCENTRATE
30
What many monks and yogis are : ASCETICS
34
"Project Hail Mary" creatures, in brief : ETS
35
Director Rob : REINER
36
Lampshade-shaped candy piece : ROLO
37
Rock band? : SEAM
40
Tidbits : MORSELS
41
Licorice-flavored vegetables [32 oz.] : FENNELBULBS
45
Faint : SWOON
47
"Please. It's my ___" : TREAT
48
Letter opener? : TOWHOMITMAYCONCERN
54
Young girl in Scotland : WEELASSIE
57
Rumspringas in Amish communities, e.g. : RITES
58
Greeting on Talk Like a Pirate Day : AHOY
59
Word with straw or exit : POLL
60
Writer Silverstein : SHEL
62
Like a certain cartoon coyote, you might say : WILY
63
Carpenter's adage illustrated four times in this puzzle : MEASURETWICECUTONCE
71
Song in a book of songs : HYMN
72
Chance : RISK
73
Biohazard regulator, in brief : OSHA
74
Platoon or battalion : UNIT
75
"The Facts of Life" girl : BLAIR
78
Aerodynamic quality : SLEEKNESS
83
Scientist who spent his last years under house arrest [8 qt.] : GALILEOGALILEI
87
Plug, as water : DAMUP
88
Tech giant based in Santa Clara, Calif. : INTEL
89
Observe the expected formalities : STANDONCEREMONY
92
Nays : NOVOTES
96
Job requirements for top research positions, in brief : PHDS
97
Facility : EASE
98
Leveled : EVENED
99
Put on : ADD
101
Buddhist riddles : ZENKOANS
105
Split something equally [24 in.] : WENTFIFTYFIFTY
110
Creature that can leap more than 150 times its own body length (!) : FLEA
111
Lamborghinis, to some : DREAMCARS
112
Waving the white flag, so to speak : CONCEDINGDEFEAT
116
Citrus drinks : ADES
117
Rock's Nirvana, for one : TRIO
118
When mating typically occurs : ENDGAME
119
Org. that collaborates with MADD : PTA
120
Quirky sort : DORK
121
John, across the pond : SEAN
122
"Uh, your point is ...?" : YEAHSO
123
Sweets : HON
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Green or black African menace : MAMBA
2
Spider-Man, for one : ALIAS
3
Freak out : PANIC
4
Good name for an apiarist? : BEA
5
Rocker ___ Rose : AXL
6
UPS competitor : DHL
7
Sends to Hades : DAMNS
8
Mishmash : OLIO
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Bloke : GENT
10
Religious title whose name comes from the Hebrew for "father" : ABBOT
11
Chews (out) : REAMS
12
Classic car that shared its name with a planet, informally : MERC
13
Postdebate areas : SPINROOMS
14
Some old game consoles : ATARIS
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___ Gay, author of "Bad Feminist" : ROXANE
16
Fairy tale sibling : GRETEL
17
Doofuses, north of the border : HOSERS
20
Absolutely, in slang : DEF
24
Never-ending : ETERNAL
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CPR pressure points : STERNA
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Cycle at night? : REM
31
Core-strengthening Pilates exercises : TOETAPS
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Badly : ILL
33
It's covered in kernels : COB
37
___ gin fizz : SLOE
38
"Charlotte's Web" author's inits. : EBW
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Wood found in restaurant furniture : ASH
40
Speck : MOTE
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Online shorthand meaning "Victory!" : FTW
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Afore : ERE
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Previously known as : NEE
44
Of help : UTILE
45
"Turn that frown upside down!" : SMILE
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Clever sort : WIT
49
Big name in vacuum cleaners : ORECK
50
[It's time for bed!] : YAWN
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Sharply dressed : CHIC
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Part : ROLE
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The Bronx Bombers, on scoreboards : NYY
55
Pittance : SOU
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Camera type, for short : SLR
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Barista's flourish : SWIRL
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___ Eminence : HIS
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Mouthy bird? : MYNA
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Name found in "whole milk" : EMIL
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Prefix with matter : ANTI
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One of many in the book of Job : TRIAL
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Actor Firth : COLIN
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Employ : USE
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Hot French beverage : THE
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"Resolute" item in the Oval Office : OAKDESK
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Hold dear, perhaps : HUG
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Men who marry later in life : BENEDICTS
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Rafts : LOTS
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Ripen : AGE
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Settings of many Patrick O'Brian novels : SEAS
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Recite : NAMEOFF
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Moody music genre : EMO
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Light up? : SUN
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Worker with a handler : SPY
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Easy-listening radio category : LITEFM
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"More or less" : ISH
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Business name abbr. : LTD
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Poor grade : DEE
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Took off : RAN
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Man who might be installing a baby gate : NEWDAD
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Gild the lily, with "it" : OVERDO
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Facade : VENEER
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Not distracted at work : ONTASK
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Email attachment type : PDF
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Body parts examined for arrhythmia : ATRIA
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Big name in vacuum cleaners : DYSON
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Company that owns Words With Friends : ZYNGA
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A, in Ashkelon : ALEPH
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"Totally cool!" : NEATO
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Old Scratch : SATAN
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Chow : FARE
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Pretty cool stuff : ICE
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Big Apple's bravest, in brief : FDNY
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Something a beach lifeguard monitors : TIDE
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Cry of frustration : GAH
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Insta chats : DMS
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Fair-hiring inits. : EEO

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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