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New York Times, Thursday, April 2, 2026

Author:
Joe Marquez
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Question after "Well, well, well ..."
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Joe Marquez

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FQX} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Marquez. Grid flow: 21.9 Thursday freshness: 6%
Jim Horne notes:

The overlay adds thick vertical bars that are interpreted as laugh lines (HA) in Across answers.

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© 2026, The New York Times4/2/26 ( No. 27,904 )
Across
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Fanatical groups : CULTS
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Dish often topped with lime and cilantro : PHO
9
Sci-fi warrior : JEDI
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One of 22 works by Mozart, but just one work by Beethoven : OPERA
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Team behind the cameras : CREW
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Actor Epps of "House" : OMAR
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Question after "Well, well, well ..." : WHATHAVEWEHERE
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Jerk : YANK
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"Family Guy" character with a nasal voice : LOIS
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Exec who manages a company's day-to-day affairs : COO
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Word with market or list : PRICE
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"Too late to do anything about it now" : THATSHIPHASSAILED
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One who has a lot to show? : REALTOR
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Bungee jumping requirement : CORD
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First name in beauty products : ESTEE
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Egg carton? : SAC
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Holders of hammers and anvils : EARS
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One cause of deterioration : USE
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Marine creatures that can grow to the size of double-decker buses : WHALESHARKS
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Genre for DMX or DMC : RAP
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Coffee maker inserts : PODS
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Actor Somerhalder of "Lost" : IAN
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Gas company with a triangular logo : CITGO
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One side in a "Holy War" rivalry in college football : UTES
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Player on the bench? : PIANIST
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Sarcastic response to an unwanted offer : THANKSBUTNOTHANKS
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Oodles : HEAPS
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Member of a Tolkien army : ORC
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Object in Pixar's logo : LAMP
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Demolish : RAZE
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Facial wrinkles ... or what's present in 16-, 22-, 36- and 50-Across? : LAUGHLINES
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School with a larger-than-life bronze statue of Henry VI : ETON
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Fun-size : TINY
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Irritating "cloud" : GNATS
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Beech or birch : WOOD
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Ernie who has won the British Open twice : ELS
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Shoelace protector : AGLET
Down
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Part of a Batman costume : COWL
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Until : UPTO
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Had an uplifting experience? : LEVITATED
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Bridge framework : TRESTLE
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Shop item with teeth : SAW
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Before surgery, in brief : PREOP
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"Let ___ Go" (2012 Passenger hit) : HER
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Be shy : OWE
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Some kicks on Route 66, maybe : JOYRIDE
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Bit of info on a résumé : EMAIL
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Ball : DANCE
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Teed off : IRKED
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Group in a loft : CHOIR
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Sound in a cave : ECHO
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Course standard : PAR
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Gumbo, e.g. : STEW
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Disney villain based on Shakespeare's King Claudius : SCAR
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Punch in the face, say : SOCK
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Extend a tour of duty : REUP
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The first letter in this gas brand's logo resembles a backward 3 : ESSO
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It's often identified by its last four digits, in brief : SSN
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Made in a nonmechanized way, as food products : ARTISANAL
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Cloths for custodians : RAGS
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TV ad : SPOT
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Stead : LIEU
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Like Alabama vis-à-vis Mississippi : EAST
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Create a PDF of, maybe : SCAN
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Hang : SUSPEND
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Slightest idea : INKLING
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Airer of the game show "Wipeout" : TBS
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Bess's beau on Broadway : PORGY
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Eczema symptom : ITCH
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Pitched : THREW
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"Cool beans!" : NEATO
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Instrument once known as a "toy trumpet" : KAZOO
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Followers of articles : NOUNS
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Parcel (out) : METE
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Whisper that might accompany a tap : PSST
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Broadband letters : LTE
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Need a day off, say : AIL
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Big Apple airport code : LGA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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