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New York Times, Sunday, August 17, 2025

Author:
Amsay Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
What might confirm the worst for an athlete's injury?
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Sam Ezersky

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 132, Blocks: 76 Missing: {Q} Scrabble average: 1.70 This is puzzle # 60 for Mr. Ezersky. Sunday freshness: 97%
Will Shortz notes:
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Jim Horne notes:

The base phrases that Amsay Piglatinizes are:

  • Not your average Joe
  • The eighth wonder
  • Extra bold
  • Jumbotron
  • To be or not to be (double transformed)
  • Toss in the trash
  • All-time low
  • Emotional wrecks
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© 2025, The New York Times8/17/25 ( No. 27,676 )
Across
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Sign off on : AGREETO
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Feel the pain : SUFFER
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One of music's Three B's : BACH
18
They're paving the way : ROADGANG
20
Island with ferries to Ibiza : MINORCA
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Tangent line? : ALSO
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One of the better morning beverages? : NOTYOURAVERAGEOJ
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Zoom background option : BLUR
25
Hrs. for Augusta in August : EDT
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"___ Q" (1968 hit) : SUZIE
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Styling substance : GEL
28
"C'mon, the car door's open!" : GETIN
29
Avoid ___ (GPS option) : TOLLS
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Slice of the economy : SECTOR
35
First non-English-language film to win Best Picture : PARASITE
37
Just one inning left after this? : THEEIGHTHUNDERWAY
40
Annual gala locale, with "the" : MET
41
Meat sauce in Italian cooking : RAGU
42
Go-getter sorts : TYPEAS
43
Trifling : MERE
45
View from the Quai d'Orsay : SEINE
47
Character with a Jamaican accent in Disney's "The Little Mermaid" : SEBASTIAN
51
How a mountain road may rise or fall : STEEPLY
54
Threads, e.g. : APP
57
Query of worry : AREYOUOK
59
Units on a multimeter : OHMS
60
Seasoning preference when eating Maryland blue crab? : EXTRAOLDBAY
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Berry plant related to a hawthorn : SLOE
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The lion in summer? : LEO
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"So here's my question ..." : IASKYOU
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Humorous ending with hater : ADE
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Sephora competitor : ULTA
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Two-pound tomahawk steak, for instance? : JUMBOENTREE
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Underwater respirator : GILL
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Home on the internet, perhaps : MAINPAGE
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Prescriptions, for short : RXS
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Arouses : EXCITES
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Slimy scheme for profit : MONEYGRAB
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Listing that might include an explanation of benefits : CLAIM
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Anchors provide this : NEWS
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Casual shoe : LOAFER
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New Jersey? : CALF
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A.C.C. school : UVA
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"Do I *really* wanna start an online bidding war? Hmm ..."? : TOEBAYORNOTTOEBAY
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Czech brew : PILSENER
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Move (over) : SCOOCH
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Michael of R.E.M. : STIPE
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The government, at times : TAXER
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What Pomeranians do : YAP
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The (middle) sound of "silence" : SCHWA
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"___ but a scratch" : TIS
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Creature in Magic: The Gathering : OGRE
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Give an extra perk to a cigarette smoker? : TOSSINTHEASHTRAY
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Finish filming : WRAP
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___ Attucks, Revolutionary War casualty who posthumously became an abolitionist symbol : CRISPUS
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Cherish : TREASURE
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No side : NAYS
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Become gooey over, as cheese atop a hot burger : MELTON
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They're usually found to the left of Q's : TABKEYS
Down
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Actor Will of "BoJack Horseman" : ARNETT
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British cry of approval : GOODOH
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Scary snake : RATTLER
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Joseph who co-invented rocky road ice cream : EDY
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Obstruction to teamwork, maybe : EGO
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Greek crosses : TAUS
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Sudden surge : ONRUSH
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Round Table title : SIR
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"___ cerveza, por favor" : UNA
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Phileas in "Around the World in Eighty Days" : FOGG
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The power of social media from a marketing standpoint, informally : FREEPR
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Bit of green legislation : ECOLAW
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Hindi for "reign" : RAJ
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Sweethearts : BABES
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One of the best coffee beverages ever? : ALLTIMEAULAIT
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Top execs, collectively : CSUITE
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Charlotte N.B.A. player : HORNET
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Montreal newspaper continuously published since 1778, with "The" : GAZETTE
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Get-together : MEETUP
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French city from which a soup gets its name : VICHY
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Merriment, in one spelling : GAYETY
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Doesn't own, say : LEASES
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Largest college fraternity in the U.S., familiarly : SIGEP
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No U.S. area code starts with this : ONE
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Nutrition figs. : RDAS
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Minnesota county whose seat is St. Paul : RAMSEY
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Artfulness : GUILE
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Suffix with journal : ESE
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Some natural borders en México : RIOS
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Greek goddess of the night : NYX
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Emperor who founded the Mughal Empire : BABUR
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Palindromic constellation : ARA
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Noggin : NOODLE
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Latin for "only" : SOLUM
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What fugitives are on : THELAM
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What might confirm the worst for an athlete's injury? : EMOTIONALXRAY
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Many a Bahraini : ARAB
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Old El ___ (Tex-Mex brand) : PASO
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Game with an annual World Series since 1970 : POKER
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Collapses, with "over" : KEELS
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Smartphone clock function : TIMER
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A bobcat is one, technically : LYNX
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... : DOTS
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Actress Bancroft : ANNE
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Many-time N.B.A. All-Star Tatum : JAYSON
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Boot out of Australia? : UGG
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Creature with flat, transparent larvae called "leptocephali" : EEL
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___ change : EXACT
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Vodka-and-lime cocktail : GIMLET
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Metal material used for dishware before porcelain became popular : PEWTER
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Ta-tas : CIAOS
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In the style of : ALA
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School bathroom sign : BOYS
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Spin a yarn, perhaps? : CROCHET
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Progressive inits. in the U.S. Congress : AOC
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Puts icing on : FROSTS
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Methuselah's father : ENOCH
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Paramount+ docuseries with real-life crime stories : FBITRUE
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Like Manhattan in the 80s and 90s? : UPTOWN
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Cialis alternative : VIAGRA
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Long-eared pal of Pooh : EEYORE
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Country whose name Americans spell with a "z" : BRASIL
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Stymie : THWART
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Abode that's abuzz : APIARY
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"Ah, that's right!" : YESYES
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Trickles : SEEPS
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Vowelless attention-getter : PSST
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Traveling in waves, say : ASEA
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Vintage film channel : TCM
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Milestone for a start-up, for short : IPO
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Sister figure : NUN
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Pre-___ (exercise program in advance of surgery) : HAB
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Vowelless rebuke : TSK

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

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