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New York Times, Monday, January 12, 2026

Author:
Carolyn Davies Lynch and Christina Iverson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Rhyming advice to a spitting talker
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Carolyn Davies Lynch
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407/30/20191/12/202630
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331.5922341.850%
Christina Iverson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 81, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Lynch. This is puzzle # 40 for Ms. Iverson. Grid flow: 28.6 Monday freshness: 75%
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© 2026, The New York Times1/12/26 ( No. 27,824 )
Across
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Intimidate, with "out" : PSYCH
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Bird's dramatic dive : SWOOP
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Place to store a lawn mower : SHED
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Hawaiian greeting : ALOHA
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___ cold brew : NITRO
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Concluding part of a song : CODA
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Rhyming advice to a spitting talker : SAYITDONTSPRAYIT
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"Halt!" : STOP
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___-anxiety (fear of harm to the environment caused by human activity) : ECO
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Use, as machinery : OPERATE
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Lots and lots : SOMANY
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Acronym of affection in ASL : ILY
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E.M.T. process often administered to the beat of "Stayin' Alive" : CPR
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Rhyming advice to a gym rat : NOPAINNOGAIN
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Avoids, as capture : ELUDES
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French "not" : PAS
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Prefix that means "all" : OMNI
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Garage jobs involving grease guns : LUBES
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"If all ___ fails ..." : ELSE
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Comic/TV host O'Brien : CONAN
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Man's name that's a citrus fruit spelled backward : EMIL
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Substance that's a homophone and anagram of 51-Across : ORE
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Reddish-brown antiseptic in a first-aid kit : IODINE
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Rhyming advice to a renter of VHS tapes : BEKINDREWIND
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Contraction that's a homophone and anagram of 45-Across : OER
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Massachusetts' Cape ___ : COD
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Smooched : KISSED
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"I'll take the blame here" : MYFAULT
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Liquid that circulates in a plant : SAP
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Locale for Adam and Eve : EDEN
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Rhyming advice to a procrastinator : YOUSNOOZEYOULOSE
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Fairy tale villain : OGRE
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Lock of hair : TRESS
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Leaf on a sushi tray : SHISO
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Broad inlets : BAYS
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Handle, as matters : SEETO
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Conceal for the time being, as information : SITON
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Get a grade other than an F : PASS
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Mattress supporter : SLAT
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Toy that can go "around the world" : YOYO
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You might let these "fall where they may" : CHIPS
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A chef might wear a puffy white one : HAT
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Chocolate treat designed to look like a mountaintop : SNOCAP
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Actress Ryder of "Beetlejuice" : WINONA
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Baseball's Mel : OTT
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" ... in that range" : ORSO
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Mary who sings "In every job that must be done there is an element of fun" : POPPINS
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So great it's unnerving : SCARYGOOD
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Georgetown athlete : HOYA
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Put in a good word, perhaps? : EDIT
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Something circled on a calendar : DATE
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Presentations during a product unveiling : DEMOS
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Move, to a Realtor : RELO
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More than 10 billion of them are currently in circulation in the U.S. : ONES
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Plaints of puppies : YIPS
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One with many Insta followers, perhaps : CELEB
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Fancy feather : PLUME
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Toy cube inventor Erno : RUBIK
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Scottish negative : NAE
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Test an OB may perform in the second trimester : AMNIO
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Silly : INANE
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Football player with a team name inspired by the California gold rush : NINER
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Where meats and cheeses are often displayed : DELICASES
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Blunder : ERR
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Vegetable that looks like a large scallion : LEEK
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Girls Who ___ (nonprofit promoting women in computer science) : CODE
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Incomplete sets on sale : ODDLOTS
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Source of motivation, in modern lingo : INSPO
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Verb preceder, typically : NOUN
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Most sagacious : WISEST
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Parent's declaration in response to defiance : ISAYSO
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New ___, capital of India : DELHI
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"Get outta my hair!," in a text : MYOB
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Discipline for the flexible : YOGA
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Rage : FURY
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Ripped (up) : TORE
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Phrase sometimes chanted after a dare : DOIT
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Canadian gas brand : ESSO
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Element with the symbol Ne : NEON
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Last of 26 letters : ZEE
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Initialism on a Navy carrier : USS

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