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Recent entries

15 Dec 2025 (Mon)

ALI
Thrilla in Manila boxer
APT
Suitable, as a unit in a bldg.?
AREA
Side's length squared, for a square
ARESO
"You ___ right!"
ARI
Singer Grande, to fans
ARTOO
"Star Wars" droid, familiarly
ASA
Cool ___ cucumber
ASIMOV
Sci-fi writer Isaac
BADSEED
One who's rotten from the start
BANC
Judge's seat, from the French
BUNKBEDS
Camp sleeping spots ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters
CARUSO
Opera great Enrico
CHIN
Location for a goatee or soul patch
COUPE
Two-door auto
DAS
Karl Marx's "___ Kapital"
DDAY
Turning point in W.W. II
DDE
Prez before 10-Across
DEEPSEA
Beyond the continental shelf, say
DICK
Comic actor Van Dyke
DISROBED
Prepared to bathe
DOVER
Capital of Delaware
DRY
Funny in a subtle way
EARED
Dog-___ (like the pages in some books)
EBB
Be on the wane
EMOTE
Show feelings onstage
ENYA
One-named Grammy winner from Ireland
FALA
"Deck the Halls" syllables
FLEEK
On ___ (looking great, in slang)
HERBERT
President Hoover
HUNTS
Outings for foxhounds
IMO
"If you ask me ...," to texters
INE
Suffix with Benedict or elephant
IUD
Alternative to the pill, in brief
JABBA
Sluglike "Star Wars" crime boss
JFK
N.Y.C. airport
KIDD
Colonial-era pirate captain
LIES
"Balderdash!"
LORE
Tales of yore
NEON
Like bright signs on the Las Vegas Strip
NESS
Loch ___ monster
NOT
"I'm kidding!!," in "Wayne's World"
NTSB
Crash-investigating org.
OBOE
Orchestral woodwind
ODD
Unconventional
ODE
Many a Wordsworth poem
PELE
One-named Brazilian soccer star
PETER
___ Cottontail
PIBB
Mr. ___ (Dr Pepper competitor)
POD
Pea holder
RED
Like a ripe strawberry
RES
Lo-___ graphics
RESTUP
Recharge one's batteries
RIB
Part of a barbecue rack
SAINT
___ Nicholas
SARAH
Wife of Abraham, in the Bible
SEIZESUP
Suddenly stops working, as an engine
SOAK
Good, long bath
SUBBED
Filled in (for), for short
TBAR
Lift on the slopes
THO
But, briefly
TOP
Do one better than
TOUCAN
Big-beaked tropical bird
TOULOUSE
Artist Henri de ___-Lautrec
TRUSS
Bridge support
TSE
When doubled, an African fly
TUBB
Ernest in the Country Music Hall of Fame
UNABLE
Lacking the capacity
UNITE
Join in marriage
WALZ
Gov. Tim ___, 2024 running mate
YESWEDO
"You take credit cards?" response

14 Dec 2025 (Sun)

ABC
"Black-ish" airer
ABEL
The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?"
ACT
Play a part, or part of a play
AGENT
Star pitcher?
AIDAN
"Game of Thrones" actor Gillen
ALDRIN
Interview guest whom Ali G calls "my man Buzz Lightyear here"
ALEVE
Brand name for naproxen
ALI
Who said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am"
ALIENS
Sci-fi sequel of 1986
ALTO
Amy Winehouse, e.g.
ANAL
Particularly particular
ARTY
Like many indie films
ASSAM
Kind of tea
AVA
Director DuVernay
AVOW
Swear
AXIOMS
Fundamental rules of math
BASES
They turn red litmus paper blue
BATHING
Enjoying a soak
CANTEENS
Cafeterias
CARDS
Parts of a hand
CEDE
Relinquish
CHAFE
Irritate
CLAD
Bundled up
COLD
Frosty
CURSIVE
Loopy writing
DINGO
Australia's largest carnivorous mammal
DOTTED
Like lowercase i's and j's
DRAFTEE
Opposite of volunteer
DURAG
Hair-care item associated with Black culture
DWELL
___ on the past
ELISHA
Engineer Gray who, arguably, invented the telephone — and battled Alexander Graham Bell over it in court for years
ELLEN
Astronaut Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space
ELOPES
Skips all the ceremony?
EMT
911 responder
ENEMY
Ernst Stavro Blofeld, to James Bond
ENOS
First chimpanzee to orbit Earth
EPA
Pollution-fighting org.
ERNIE
He had a Billboard Hot 100 hit with "Rubber Duckie"
ETAS
Brief announcements from a pilot
ETE
Season to enjoy une glace
EVE
Part of N.Y.E.
FACEID
Thumbprint alternative on iPhones
FAVE
#1 choice, in slang
FEWER
Like the number of Oscars vis-à-vis the number of Emmys
FIRETRAP
Urban safety hazard
FLESH
Shylock's security
GALES
Rough drafts?
GEL
Hair-raising stuff
GLEECLUB
Where high schoolers work on their numbers?
GMC
Sierra automaker
GOALNET
Football blocker?
HATED
Word used 10 times in Roger Ebert's review of "North" (1994)
HELLO
Adele song with the lyric "I must have called a thousand times"
HOT
Like hell!
IFS
"No ___, ands or buts!"
INERTIA
Subject of Newton's first law
IRONWOOD
Exceptionally hard timber
IWANTIN
"Sign me up!"
KEN
Doll that comes in multiple body types, skin tones, eye colors and hair colors
KENO
It's a numbers game
LISA
"The Simpsons" character who becomes obsessed with crossword puzzles
LSU
Shaquille O'Neal's alma mater, for short
LURK
Be in a chat room but not chat
MALL
Site of some Santa sightings
MEAD
Drink known also as "honey wine"
MEME
Internet ___
MIKA
TV host Brzezinski
MIME
Wordless entertainment
NEAL
Beat poet ___ Cassady
NEGATOR
¬ or ~, in logic
NEO
Prefix with natal
NEWELL
Gaming mogul Gabe
NOTIP
Indication of bad service
OAHUAN
Resident of Honolulu, e.g.
OLE
___ Miss
ONVIDEO
Like YouTube offerings
OPENS
Commences
ORS
Surgery sites, in brief
OSHA
Plant watcher, for short
OTRA
Other, to Octavio
OUTS
Ballpark figure
PACMAN
Video game character with an endless appetite
PADAWAN
Jedi-in-training
PAINT
Area inside the free-throw line, in basketball slang
PANSY
Variety of violet
PETEY
Nickname for Mark's unsevered best friend in "Severance"
PLEA
What might be made while clasping one's hands
POLEAXE
Ren faire prop akin to a halberd
PROSE
Articles are written in this
PRUDENT
Sensible
RAGU
___ alla bolognese (slow-cooked sauce)
RAVEL
"Gaspard de la Nuit" composer
RCA
Longtime record label of Elvis Presley
REVERE
Paul whose house is one of the 16 historic sites of Boston's Freedom Trail
REWINDS
Turns back the clock, maybe?
RFID
Touchless payment tech
RHINE
River that borders the Black Forest
RVLOT
Parking space for an Airstream, say, in brief
SCOPED
Surveyed, with "out"
SENSORS
Parts of many robots in robot-sumo
SHY
Reluctant to ask out one's crush, maybe
SICKBAY
Starship's medical facility
SLR
Camera type, in brief
SNARLSAT
Addresses angrily
SORT
Put into piles, perhaps
SPEARMEN
Soldiers with long arms
SPILT
Like some milk, idiomatically
STORM
Marvel superhero who can manipulate weather patterns
SUDSY
Like a bubble bath
TAPA
Tortilla de patatas, por ejemplo
TATTLED
Did some school reporting?
TBA
Letters for an unscheduled event
TEENS
Many characters in the 2007 comedy "Superbad"
THORPE
Early track star Jim
TOP
Something fun to take out for a spin
TRY
"Don't give up!"
TSAR
Ruler before 1917
TWOTIME
Cheat on, in a way
UBERX
Non-premium option in a rideshare app
UNALIKE
Dissimilar
UNTO
"Render ___ Caesar ..."
USD
Alternative to the euro, in brief
VAPE
Puff piece?
VENI
Part of a legendary boast
VESTS
Clothing for SWAT teams
WRAPUPS
Recaps
YEASTY
Like soft rolls
YENTE
"Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker

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