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New York Times, Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Author:
Gary Larson and Amy Ensz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Taco tortilla option?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1012/28/20178/5/20254
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21.563920%
Gary Larson
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27/9/20248/5/20252
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0020000
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1.4944%
Amy Ensz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQXZ} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Larson. This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Ensz. Tuesday freshness: 15%
Jim Horne notes:
  • A CUTE ANGLE
  • A SCENT OF MAN
  • A HEAD OF TIME
  • A CORN SHELL

A cute theme.

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© 2025, The New York Times8/5/25 ( No. 27,664 )
Across
1
Leftover part of a ticket : STUB
5
Church assembly : SYNOD
10
Support to which drywall is attached : STUD
14
Zap, in a way : TASE
15
Broadcast again : REAIR
16
Janis's spouse in the funny pages : ARLO
17
Adorable perspective on things? : ACUTEANGLE
19
Plant with tendrils : VINE
20
"Kinda ___" : SORTA
21
Longest key on a keyboard : SPACEBAR
23
Driving force : IMPETUS
26
"Famous" cookie maker : AMOS
27
Carrier to Sweden : SAS
28
Axe or Old Spice? : ASCENTOFMAN
33
"Lift" : STEAL
34
Satchel in Cooperstown : PAIGE
35
Something an employee wouldn't want to be given : BOOT
38
Mascara mishap : SMEAR
41
Posse : CREW
42
Competition that offers a lot of bucks? : RODEO
44
"You're getting warmer!" : CLOSE
46
Major newsmagazine's C.E.O.? : AHEADOFTIME
49
Messy class for kindergartners : ART
52
Flaky rock : MICA
53
Member of the myrtle family that's the source of an essential oil : TEATREE
55
Funny outtake compilations : GAGREELS
59
Angry with : MADAT
60
Cookie that's readily stackable : OREO
61
Taco tortilla option? : ACORNSHELL
64
Fred Flintstone's pet : DINO
65
"Really!" : NOLIE
66
"I'm buying this round" : ONME
67
Come across as : SEEM
68
Nose-in-the-air type : SNOOT
69
Website whose sellers are crafty : ETSY
Down
1
Equilibrium : STASIS
2
City that shares an international airport with Seattle : TACOMA
3
Seizes, as control : USURPS
4
___ Midler a.k.a. "The Divine Miss M" : BETTE
5
Spanish woman's title: Abbr. : SRA
6
Hankering : YEN
7
Gives orders yet again, say : NAGS
8
Bottom of a crankcase : OILPAN
9
Imagined : DREAMT
10
Maintains one's dignity : SAVESFACE
11
Chicago paper, for short : TRIB
12
Arm bone on the pinkie finger side : ULNA
13
Go-getter : DOER
18
Bother immensely : EATAT
22
Certain apartment (with a hyphen) or farm housing (without one) : COOP
24
Employs : USES
25
Deal that's too good to be true, often : SCAM
29
Choose : ELECT
30
First modular space station : MIR
31
Let develop over time : AGE
32
Unfamiliar : NEW
33
Spot to sit and sweat : STEAMROOM
35
Garment with cups : BRA
36
"That's so interesting!" : OOH
37
Poetic tribute : ODE
39
Came down to the ground : ALIT
40
World capital that's home to the Spanish Steps : ROME
43
"Garfield" pooch : ODIE
45
Sewer lines? : SEAMS
47
About 71% of the earth's surface : OCEANS
48
Bird with exceptional vision : FALCON
49
Gung-ho : ARDENT
50
Kingdoms : REALMS
51
Brand for a cuppa : TETLEY
54
Chevy model whose name references a body of water : TAHOE
55
Mercury and Mars, for instance : GODS
56
Singer India.___ : ARIE
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Good name for a biomedical researcher? : GENE
58
How Slovenia's Benka Pulko motorcycled over 111,800 miles, according to Guinness : SOLO
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Kia model whose name references a body of water : RIO
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Bring home : NET

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