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Sunday, October 25, 2026
Puzzle by
Broderick Justain
● Edited by
Kiran Parekh
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Sunday, October 25, 2026
Puzzle by
Broderick Justain
● Edited by
Kiran Parekh
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Shot target
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Full of hot air, say
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Org. with ads featuring the Sarah McLachlan song "Angel"
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Things to be paid
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Itty-bitty amount
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Rear of a boat
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Philosopher who wrote the statement "cogito, ergo sum"
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Done for
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Less orthodox
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Pair in a telescope
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Permanent fastener
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Flower symbolizing pride in Chinese culture
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Sign that there's no turning back?
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"All ___!" (cry in court)
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Setting for a joke with the punchline: "Ouch!"
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"Queen of Salsa" singer Cruz
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Global brand that sounds like its last two letters
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The last word?
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A little off the top, maybe ... or the service literally depicted in 17-, 24-, 51- and 61-Across
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PC's "brain"
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A few bucks, say
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Waterfowl depicted in 16 Federal Duck Stamp winning pieces
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Thwack
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Part of a foot
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Made a comeback, so to speak?
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Give the bare minimum effort
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Conversation starter
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Unoriginal Instagram meme, maybe
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Reddish brown hue
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Spot for a toothpick
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Annual upriver migration
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Bedroom fabric
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Timbuktu's land
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"But wait! There's more ..."
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Push (oneself)
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Some improvisational singing
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Get off course, as an airplane
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Put on top
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Feel penitence
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National Park whose name means "Green Table"
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Assistant who says, "He's as real as I am," when asked if Santa exists
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Church composition
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Wombs
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Step on it!
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"Jeopardy!" contestants, e.g.
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Author who made cameos in 38 Marvel films
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Soft drink with a red, white and blue logo
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Heartless
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Itching for action
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Bad thing to have loose
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Tack on
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Hawaiian floral necklace
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Dressed like Sonia Sotomayor
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With a vacant mind
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Words said before Thanksgiving dinner, perhaps
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Nay's opposite
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It can travel more than 11 million miles per minute
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Fuming feeling
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Academic
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Elevator pitch, perhaps
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Best
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Fair ___ (copyright term)
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Electronic dance genre
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Trampled
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Feel bitter toward
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Op. ___ (footnote abbreviation)
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Dye for a temporary tattoo
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Member of the working class, informally
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Genetic coil
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Air views
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Author Asimov
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_____ Wafers (Nabisco cookie)
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Send out, as radiation
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Texting format, for short
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Olympics cheer
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"By yesterday!"
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