NYT Mini Crossword for August 19, 2025

Across

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Things "read" by fortune tellers
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George ___, "Middlemarch" author
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Animal that falls in love with a tape dispenser, in a classic New Yorker cartoon
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Singer Presley or Costello
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Language written in Devanagari script
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Down

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Blind followers
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Heavy item falling from the sky in some classic cartoons
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"In a pickle" or "in a jam"
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They might end with "etc."
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___ wafers (Nabisco treat)
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