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NYT Daily • August 4, 2025

Image from a drone

Answer:

AERIALPHOTO

Hint:

["\"Picture taken from above\""]

Explanation:

The clue "Image from a drone" leads to the answer "AERIALPHOTO" through a straightforward definition. Here's how: 1. **Drone**: A drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can fly and capture images from above. 2. **Image from a drone**: This refers to a photograph taken from the air using a drone. 3. **AERIALPHOTO**: The term "aerial" refers to something related to the air or atmosphere, and "photo" is a short form of "photograph." Therefore, "AERIALPHOTO" means a photograph taken from the air. So, the clue is defining the answer directly: an image (photograph) taken from a drone (an aerial vehicle) is an AERIALPHOTO. There are no puns or complex wordplay involved in this clue-answer pair.

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