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New York Times, Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Author:
Kevin Curry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Ones taking baby pictures in the delivery room, maybe
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Kevin Curry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 41 Missing: {JQXZ} Grid is asymmetric. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Curry. Grid flow: 19.6 Tuesday freshness: 60%
Kevin Curry notes:
When my first crossword ran almost two years ago, my kids made a big congratulatory sign to await me when I woke up. The whole family ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Draw lines to connect every A in the grid to form a large letter A.

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© 2025, The New York Times8/26/25 ( No. 27,685 )
Across
1
Something tapped at a bar : KEG
4
___ monster (only venomous lizard native to the U.S.) : GILA
8
Go caroling, say : SING
12
British weekly on business, politics and culture, with "The" : ECONOMIST
15
Devils' center, appropriately : EVIL
16
Ones taking baby pictures in the delivery room, maybe : PROUDPAPAS
18
Stead : LIEU
19
University just north of Harvard : TUFTS
20
Overall impact : NETEFFECT
22
Like drone photography : AERIAL
23
"Look here ..." : SEE
24
Study of the mind, for short : COGSCI
29
Tavern owner who's often prank-called by Bart Simpson : MOE
31
Attire for a contemporary dancer : UNITARD
33
Source of a certain essential oil : TEATREE
37
R, as in a Rolls-Royce? : REVERSE
38
Hush-hush : ONTHEDL
39
What the shepherd heard, perhaps : BLEAT
40
Highest level of minor-league baseball : AAA
42
They spike during the holidays : SALES
43
Apt name for a socialite? : DEB
45
Some pre-streaming music purchases : CDS
47
Goose of Hawaii : NENE
48
Global movement to end violence against women : VDAY
51
That's unbelievable! : LIE
53
"That's unbelievable!" : WHOA
55
Fish that can burrow into the seabed : EEL
56
Subtle acknowledgment : NOD
57
Carpenter or plumber's kit : TOOLSET
60
Fruit traditionally eaten with the fish it's named for : SALMONBERRY
63
Toilette water : EAU
64
Like goods bought before they hit the shelves : PREORDERED
65
Alternative to AOL : MSN
66
Unusual feature of this puzzle ... or, when parsed as two words (1,8), another unusual feature of this puzzle : ASYMMETRY
67
When a plane is due in, in brief : ETA
Down
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Didn't tell, as a secret : KEPT
2
Light beige : ECRU
3
Blooper : GOOF
4
Combatants in the Titanomachy : GODS
5
Teacher's pest : IMP
6
Former NPR host Hansen : LIANE
7
In line with : ASPER
8
Beginning of consciousness? : SELF
9
Group of elite colleges : IVIES
10
Mother's daughter's daughter, perhaps : NIECE
11
Largest human muscle, informally : GLUTE
13
Little fastener : NUT
14
Comic actor Jacques : TATI
17
Sailors : SEAMEN
21
A&W specialties : FLOATS
22
Broadcasts : AIRS
24
Where the sidewalk ends : CURB
25
First-year legal student, informally : ONEL
26
Donate : GIVE
27
Like a good sharpshooter's hand : STEADY
28
À la ___ : CARTE
30
Renewable gasoline additive : ETHANOL
32
Anti-trafficking org. : DEA
33
___ Hall ("The Wind in the Willows" residence) : TOAD
34
Cry to a captor : RELEASEME
35
Idyllic spot : EDEN
36
Ultimatum word : ELSE
41
___ in the hole : ACE
44
Marilyn Monroe or Britney Spears : BLONDE
46
Cutlass, e.g. : SWORD
48
Italian scooter brand : VESPA
49
Darlings : DEARS
50
Spot for cats and rats : ALLEY
52
"My gut says ..." : IDBET
54
Today, in Tijuana : HOY
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What you'd expect when you're expecting? : NORM
57
Shot that made its N.B.A. debut in 1979, slangily : TREY
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Big ___ (college conference) : EAST
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Common sushi fish : TUNA
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Certain parent : MOM
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Make a typo, say : ERR

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