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New York Times, Friday, September 5, 2025

Friday, September 5, 2025•Friday

Author

Bryan Cheong

Editor

Will Shortz

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Across

1
One who tries to make a good impression
DENTIST
8
Go with
ESCORT
14
It has its X's and O's
LOVENOTE
15
Manscapes, perhaps
SHAVES
16
Money wasted on poor decision-making, jocularly
IDIOTTAX
17
Destroyed emotionally
TOREUP
18
Greg ___, author of the 1994 science fiction novel "Permutation City"
EGAN
19
Ones who might be looking toward careers at museums
ARTMAJORS
21
Elated
SENT
22
Goal of a squeeze bunt, for short
RBI
23
😔
IMSAD
25
Pro whose work might be shocking
EMT
28
Alley ___
OOP
30
Sched. placeholder
TBA
36
Ground-breaking invention?
DYNAMITESTICK
37
Big N.Y.S.E. news
IPO
38
Formal duds
TUX
39
Kyrgyz city on the ancient Silk Road
OSH
40
What the "sans" refers to in Comic Sans
SERIF
43
Bang into
RAM
45
Musical lead-in to beat
AFRO
52
Bird that can build tools and remember human faces
CROW
53
Not family-friendly, in a way
RATEDR
54
Logical inconsistency in a story
PLOTHOLE
56
Game with a 32-card deck
ECARTE
57
Refreshers that can be served with green wedges
LIMEADES
58
Present
BESTOW
59
Gently presses, as a gas pedal
EASESON

Down

1
Skirt
DODGE
2
Water brand whose logo shows the Alps
EVIAN
3
Colorful fish with iridescent stripes
NEONTETRA
4
Need for a demo, maybe
TNT
5
Really small amount
IOTA
6
Belle ___, real-life 19th-century outlaw celebrated in film and TV
STARR
7
Paragon
TEXTBOOKEXAMPLE
8
"___ bien!" ("All right!," in Spanish)
ESTA
9
Sliding screen in a Japanese tearoom
SHOJI
10
Bounce
CAROM
12
Like canvas grocery bags
REUSABLE
13
Cookbook qty.
TSP
14
Does some stretching?
LIES
20
Constriction of the pupils
MIOSIS
24
Daniel ___ Kim of "Hawaii Five-0"
DAE
26
Seriously harm
MAIM
27
"Come on, just once!"
TRYIT
29
Topping dolloped on fresh Italian tomatoes, maybe
PESTO
31
Misses watching a bullfight?
SENORITAS
32
Word with human or second
NATURE
33
Spot for a speaker
DAIS
36
Lead-in to integration
DIS
41
Not going anywhere
INERT
42
Provided with, as anonymous tips
FEDTO
44
Obama family member with credits as a TV writer
MALIA
46
Noted ring bearer
FRODO
47
Slugger Scott with eight Gold Gloves
ROLEN
48
Has an unsettled Venmo request, say
OWES
50
Cold one
BREW
51
Monks' honorifics
DOMS
53
Jewish honorific
REB
55
Bit of concert merch
TEE

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