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New York Times, Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Author:
Jonathan Baude
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Grey Goose competitor
TotalDebut
112/2/2025
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0010000
CircleScrabDebutFlowFresh
11.66528.614%
Jonathan Baude

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: {FQUWZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Baude. Grid flow: 28.6 Tuesday freshness: 26%
Jim Horne notes:

RAISING CAPITAL means the circled letters, reading upwards, are the names of capital cities: TOPEKA, SALEM, BOSTON, and DOVER.

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M
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A
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S
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T
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S
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E
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R
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I
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C
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M
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M
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A
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I
M
M
A
D
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R
A
T
A
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B
E
A
M
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N
O
O
K
S
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D
I
E
M
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E
G
G
O
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A
C
R
E
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S
O
S
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E
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C
L
A
I
R
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J
O
E
P
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E
S
C
I
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L
A
V
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O
N
E
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N
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B
A
T
E
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A
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M
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S
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C
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B
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S
T
V
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A
G
E
S
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D
R
A
G
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L
I
P
S
Y
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N
C
39
A
T
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H
E
A
R
T
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O
T
O
H
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O
N
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C
D
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A
R
B
Y
S
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D
E
T
O
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X
T
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A
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A
L
E
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T
I
S
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P
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G
M
O
V
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I
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E
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S
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O
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C
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A
S
I
O
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I
M
P
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O
S
L
O
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C
O
L
A
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B
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E
T
A
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A
D
L
I
B
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H
O
O
T
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A
C
A
I
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S
K
A
T
E
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O
P
T
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D
O
L
L
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L
A
M
E
R
© 2025, The New York Times12/2/25 ( No. 27,783 )
Across
1
Posts on a battleship, say : MASTS
6
Comic Idle of Monty Python : ERIC
10
Sport with striking and grappling, for short : MMA
13
"Grrr!" : IMMAD
14
Pro ___ (fairly divided) : RATA
15
Ray of light : BEAM
16
Cozy corners : NOOKS
17
Carpe ___ (seize the day: Lat.) : DIEM
18
Breakfast brand originally known as Froffles : EGGO
19
One of 14 in New York's Liberty Island : ACRE
20
"Please help!" : SOS
21
Decadent dessert : ECLAIR
23
Oscar-winning "GoodFellas" actor : JOEPESCI
25
British "facilities" : LAV
26
Number of U.S. states with a single-syllable name : ONE
27
The Hawks and the Pelicans, for two : NBATEAMS
32
Longtime home of Stephen Colbert : CBSTV
35
A million years, so to speak : AGES
36
Go on for-ev-er : DRAG
37
Many a TikToker's music rendition : LIPSYNC
39
Deep down : ATHEART
41
"That being said ...," to a texter : OTOH
42
Like most audiobooks before the rise of streaming : ONCD
44
"We have the meats" sloganeer : ARBYS
45
Herbal remedy in a cleanse : DETOXTEA
47
Blue Moon, for one : ALE
48
"If it be now, ___ not to come": Hamlet : TIS
49
Family-friendly film fare : PGMOVIES
54
The "O" of A.O.C. : OCASIO
57
Little devil : IMP
58
Scandinavian city that's home to a bunch of Munch : OSLO
59
Fizzy drink : COLA
60
Weak, submissive person, in modern slang : BETA
62
Wing it onstage : ADLIB
63
Blast : HOOT
64
"Superfruit" whose name has two diacritics : ACAI
65
Carhop's article of footwear : SKATE
66
Go (for) : OPT
67
Sweet person : DOLL
68
Not nearly as cool : LAMER
Down
1
Nicki ___, "Starships" rapper : MINAJ
2
Gas brand owned by BP : AMOCO
3
Dessert item usually eaten moments after it's made : SMORE
4
Criticize unfairly : TAKEPOTSHOTSAT
5
1960s antiwar grp. : SDS
6
Hospital staffer, for short : ERDOC
7
With 43-Down, seeking funding from investors ... or what you're doing in 4-, 9-, 15- and 38-Down? : RAISING
8
Suffix with Manhattan or Brooklyn : ITE
9
Brought up the rear : CAMELAST
10
Prefix that's bigger than kilo- : MEGA
11
Bible figures invoked by O. Henry : MAGI
12
Love of Spanish? : AMOR
15
Grey Goose competitor : BELVEDEREVODKA
20
Chicago-to-Indianapolis dir. : SSE
22
Hairball hacker : CAT
24
Subject of the Tenth Commandment : ENVY
28
Bit in a friendship bracelet : BEAD
29
Many a Mideast native : ARAB
30
1970s sitcom title character who "can turn the world on with her smile" : MARY
31
Superiors to cpls. : SGTS
32
Oaf : CLOD
33
What spicy food has : BITE
34
Lay eyes on : SPOT
35
Clearasil target : ACNE
38
"Huh, better than I expected" : NOTSOBAD
40
Ring of light : HALO
43
See 7-Down : CAPITAL
46
Top of the hour? : XII
47
Electric guitarist's accessory : AMP
50
Communication system for almost two billion people : GMAIL
51
Belief system for almost two billion people : ISLAM
52
Top-tier : ELITE
53
Not drunk : SOBER
54
Dos cubed : OCHO
55
Business that's owned and managed by its members : COOP
56
Frequently : ALOT
61
Prefix with conscious : ECO
62
Communication syst. in which the letter Z is drawn with one's index finger : ASL

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