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New York Times, Thursday, July 17, 2025

Author:
Sam Brody
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
(Stops (false (not any) witness) filming)
TotalDebutLatest
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Sam Brody

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Brody. Thursday freshness: 1%
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© 2025, The New York Times7/17/25 ( No. 27,645 )
Across
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Top tier : ATTIC
6
Environmental concern in Dr. Seuss's "The Lorax" : SMOG
10
Mild cheese : EDAM
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Search engine giant based in China : BAIDU
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Flaky white fish : HAKE
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Drag : TOKE
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Microsoft offering whose name sounds like two letters of the alphabet : EXCEL
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Ones who are out of cite, in brief? : ETAL
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Skip over : OMIT
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Hang outdoors, say : AIRDRY
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Expensive topper : TIARA
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Subj. of evaluation by a college panel : APP
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Intrusive : NOSY
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Like respect for a parent : FILIAL
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It has its ups and downs : SEESAW
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Characters in "There Will Be Blood" : OILMEN
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Navigate : STEER
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Talking point at a political debate : ISSUE
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Small sticking point : NIT
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Layout of solar panels, e.g. : ARRAY
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Elvis Costello hit featured in "Notting Hill" : SHE
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Film heroine in search of the demigod Maui : MOANA
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Precursor of the International Space Station : MIR
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Similar : ALIKE
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Something carried into battle : ARMOR
45
Section at the end of a textbook, often : ERRATA
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Manner of speaking : ACCENT
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Jet wing fasteners : RIVETS
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Sprint : DASH
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Word before foot, fire or free : SET
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Grand tales : EPICS
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Badlands discovery, maybe : FOSSIL
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Surface ___ : AREA
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Afflicts : AILS
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Explosive stuff, familiarly : NITRO
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Setting for some White House events : LAWN
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Like some chatter : IDLE
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Cartoon character who says "Shhh. Be vewy vewy quiet" : ELMER
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Pioneering puzzle-laden computer game : MYST
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Yearbook superlative : MOST
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Smart : STING
Down
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Prez on a penny : ABE
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Burden : TAX
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Nervous twitch : TIC
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That's a thought : IDEA
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(Stops (false (not any) witness) filming) : CULINARYARTS
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Makes a mess, in a way, as a pet : SHEDS
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Compact wooden figures ... and a hint to 5-, 11-, 22- and 25-Down : MATRYOSHKADOLLS
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Agree to : OKAY
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Come together : GEL
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Alpha Centauri A, par exemple : ETOILE
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(Bucks' (lady's (roadside stopover) title) mates) : DOMAINNAMES
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Director Kurosawa : AKIRA
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Headbanger's genre : METAL
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Part of a seat assignment : ROW
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(Baseball (German (physicist Ernst) possessive) rarities) : TIMEMACHINES
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Region known for its silk and tea : ASSAM
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___ dish : PETRI
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(Church (Buffalo's (minister, informally) waters) seats) : PEERREVIEWS
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Seasonal malady : FLU
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Pirates' sphere : SEA
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"Gotcha" : ISEE
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"You sure?" : ISIT
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Words often appearing after a number and a hyphen : INONE
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Jamie ___, "Ted Lasso" character : TARTT
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Tolkien creature : ORC
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___ Vegan (resident of Nevada's largest city) : LAS
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Withdraw one's testimony : RECANT
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Pack animal : ASS
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Kingdom : REALM
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"Here's hoping …" : IPRAY
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Plus : ASSET
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Classic pet name : FIDO
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Cheerful air : LILT
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Target : AIM
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"You're oversharing" : TMI
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Cartoon canine : REN
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Alternative to .com : ORG

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