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Books of the Bible

New York Times, Sunday, February 22, 2026

Author:
Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Sodom and Gomorrah
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 82 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Rafaloff. This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Sontarp. Grid flow: 32.1 Sunday freshness: 0%
Will Shortz notes:
Jill Rafaloff, of Forest Hills, Queens, and Michelle Sontarp, of Manhattan, are friends who met more than 30 years ago when they happened to join the same law firm at the same time. This ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times2/22/26 ( No. 27,865 )
Across
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Ease up : ABATE
6
Setting for a landscape : CANVAS
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Like pickles, but not cucumbers : ACIDIC
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Turn up : LOCATE
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If all goes perfectly : ATBEST
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Certain head jurors : FOREMEN
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Like some 401(k) contributions : PRETAX
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The Ten Plagues : DEATHONTHENILE
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Freeze : HALT
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Bolo, e.g. : TIE
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Farmyard call : BAA
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Print-ready : EDITED
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Sodom and Gomorrah : ATALEOFTWOCITIES
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Literary fairy queen : MAB
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Outpouring of Pandora's box : ILLS
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Erelong : ANON
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Part of T.G.I.F.: Abbr. : FRI
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Singsong syllable : TRA
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Season ticket holders, presumably : FANS
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Shoofly desserts : PIES
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Hopeless from the start, for short : DOA
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Janis ___, "At Seventeen" singer : IAN
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Samson and Delilah : DANGEROUSLIAISONS
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Baseball Hall-of-Famer Mel : OTT
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Fix : RIG
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Calendar notation: Abbr. : APPT
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Diamond stats : RBIS
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Certain trig functions : SINES
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So-called "Hollywood of the South" : ATLANTA
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Big name in bubbly : MOET
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Painter's medium : OIL
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Nonclerical : LAY
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Get the better of : LICK
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Like Constantinople, in 1930 : RENAMED
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Interior style : DECOR
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Ballet bend : PLIE
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Europa, Ganymede or Callisto vis-à-vis Jupiter : MOON
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The third : III
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Ruckus : ADO
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Garden of Eden : THEAGEOFINNOCENCE
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"Scrumdiddlyumptious!" : MMM
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Crew need : OAR
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Get the ___ (finally become aware) : MEMO
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Ingredient in some gels : ALOE
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Designated H.M.O. doctor, in brief : PCP
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Vintage film channel : TCM
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Letters on a crucifix : INRI
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Word with rabbit or all : EARS
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Sully : MAR
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Moses Parting the Red Sea : THEPRINCEOFTIDES
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Rush uncontrolledly : CAREER
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Most common last name in Somalia : ALI
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Pressure meas. : PSI
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It's verboten : NONO
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Jonah and the Whale : THEGREATESCAPE
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Title woman in a 1965 Beach Boys hit : RHONDA
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Took turns : ROTATED
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Brimless topper : BEANIE
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One bringing home the bacon : EARNER
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Surprisingly enough : NOLESS
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Bars, legally : ESTOPS
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Follows : HEEDS
Down
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Leader of the pack : ALPHA
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2006 mockumentary about a Kazakh journalist : BORAT
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High-speed travel option : ACELA
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Squealer's activity : TATTLING
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H, to Hera : ETA
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West Pointer : CADET
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Thoroughly enjoyed, with "up" : ATE
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Org. with the Nuggets and Nets : NBA
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Screen : VET
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Rubbish receptacle : ASHBIN
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Weasel with a black-tipped tail : STOAT
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Where the coxswain sits : AFT
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Unity : COHESION
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In a fury : IRED
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Blue material : DENIM
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Counterfeit : IMITATION
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Whoop it up : CELEBRATE
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Glorify : EXTOL
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___ Stark, "Game of Thrones" patriarch : NED
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Gullible sort : NAIF
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Hypotheticals : IFS
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Besides : ELSE
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Part of a trunk : WAIST
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First-year law student, informally : ONEL
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"___ Fan Tutte" : COSI
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Mathematician Paul : ERDOS
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___ on a log (celery-stick snack studded with raisins) : ANTS
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Confidence : FAITH
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What may be right but not left? : ANGLE
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New Yorkie, say : PUP
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Delegate : ASSIGN
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Pull to open : DRAW
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Dilapidated : RATTY
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Moonfish : OPAH
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Yankees nickname until 2016 : AROD
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"My eye!" : IBET
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Wielder of a red lightsaber : SITH
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"Casablanca" role : ILSA
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Folk singer Guthrie : ARLO
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Approaching : NEARTO
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1964's Nobel Peace laureate, for short : MLK
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Common bridge bid, informally : ONENO
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Spanish "she" : ELLA
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Kristen of "Bridesmaids" : WIIG
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Slushy brand : ICEE
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Press : IRON
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Protein-building acid, informally : AMINO
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Treat again, as a sprain : REICE
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Actress Falco : EDIE
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Clammy : DAMP
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"Heeere's Johnny!" announcer : EDMCMAHON
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Measure against : COMPARETO
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Tree branch or power line, for a bird : PERCH
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One making an impression? : MIMIC
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Woman honored in John Lennon's "Woman" : ONO
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Where boaters hang with bowlers : HATTREES
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Hyatt alternative : OMNI
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Spore-producing plant : FERN
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Transport (around) : CART
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Castle in "Hamlet" : ELSINORE
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Heart of the matter : MEAT
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Subject for van Gogh : IRISES
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Aurora's counterpart in Greek mythology : EOS
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Lit : AFIRE
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Big name in movie theaters : REGAL
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First-year West Pointer : PLEBE
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Olympic blades : EPEES
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"No man is an island" writer : DONNE
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Was over : ENDED
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Glides high : SOARS
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Middle: Abbr. : CTR
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Noted Art Deco designer : ERTE
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Sponsored spots : ADS
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Persian or Abyssinian : CAT
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Enero a diciembre : ANO
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Domino dot : PIP
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"Yeah, right!" : HAH

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5 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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