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New York Times, Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Author:
Erik Agard
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
People living abroad for financial reasons
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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281.6057661%
Erik Agard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 2 Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 83 for Mr. Agard. Tuesday freshness: 94%
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© 2025, The New York Times8/12/25 ( No. 27,671 )
Across
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Take to the slopes : SKI
4
Abolitionist Tubman : HARRIET
11
Shade of gray or blond : ASH
14
"That's rough!" : OOF
15
Quantities : AMOUNTS
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Dubai's country, for short : UAE
17
Pales in comparison : CANTHOLDACANDLE
20
Greeting in Oahu : ALOHA
21
French article : LES
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Countrified : RURAL
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After the buzzer : LATE
24
Typical People cover subject, informally : CELEB
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Pharmacy bottlefuls, informally : MEDS
27
Edible Christmas ornament : CANDYCANE
30
Planet with the most moons (274) : SATURN
33
Not out of the ordinary : NORMAL
37
Container for oranges : CRATE
38
Certain significant others, informally : BFS
41
2016 Disney movie : MOANA
42
King, in Latin : REX
43
Visual features of a 27-Across : STRIPES
46
U.S. soldiers : GIS
47
Blown away : AWED
49
___ cart (type of food stand) : HALAL
50
University in western Pennsylvania, familiarly : PITT
51
Chicana, for example : MEXICANAMERICAN
54
Bad news for vegetation : BLIGHT
55
1990s-'00s sitcom starring Brandy : MOESHA
56
Rapper ___ Wayne : LIL
57
Conscience-stricken : ASHAMED
61
He/___ : HIM
62
Time to look ahead : EVE
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Birds phonetically suggested by a feature of 17-, 27- and 51-Across : TOUCANS
64
Fútbol cheer : OLE
65
___ Moines : DES
66
Prepared to pray : KNELT
67
Partner of "ty" : PLS
Down
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L.A.'s region : SOCAL
2
Eucalyptus eater : KOALA
3
"Otherwise ..." : IFNOT
4
"Serves you right!" : HAHA
5
"Te ___" ("I love you," in Spanish) : AMO
6
Like some R's and oats : ROLLED
7
"As I was saying before I was so ___ interrupted ..." : RUDELY
8
Shortly : INASEC
9
And the like, for short : ETC
10
Russian ruler of old : TSAR
11
Lorde who wrote "Sister Outsider" : AUDRE
12
Partner of soup : SALAD
13
What the Beyoncé title "6 Inch" refers to : HEELS
18
Online publication of Vox Media : THECUT
19
Tres o cuatro : NUMERO
24
"Have I Got News for You" channel : CNN
25
Prohibit : BAN
28
Greek war god : ARES
29
Chances at awards, informally : NOMS
30
Like this: ESMCLDRBA : SCRAMBLED
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"Has our broadcast started?" : AREWELIVE
32
People living abroad for financial reasons : TAXEXILES
34
Business selling trick coins and marked decks : MAGICSHOP
35
Law professor played by Kerry Washington in 2016's "Confirmation" : ANITAHILL
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Things alphabetized in telephone books : LASTNAMES
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Raisin ___ : BRAN
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Sneaker brand : FILA
40
A dispiritingly large percentage of phone calls : SPAM
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"No worries" : THATSOK
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He or I, but not she : ELEMENT
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Like, informally : DIG
50
Dessert with a shell : PIE
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Casual conversation : CHAT
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Cones' counterparts in the eye : RODS
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Follower of Attila : HUN
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Great serve : ACE
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Opposite of bien : MAL

Answer summary:
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