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New York Times, Friday, March 6, 2026

Author:
Adrian Johnson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
The good life, in Spanish vernacular
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Adrian Johnson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 17 for Adrian Johnson. Grid flow: 40.3 Friday freshness: 90%
Jim Horne notes:

Nice first impression at 1-Across.

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© 2026, The New York Times3/6/26 ( No. 27,877 )
Across
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First impression of a new video game? : STARTBUTTON
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After-afterthought, for short : PPS
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Drone's image : AERIALPHOTO
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Choler : IRE
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"We should grab a meal sometime" : LETSDOLUNCH
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Snaps : PIX
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A narwhal's "horn," technically speaking : TUSK
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Many Snapchats, informally : VIDS
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Unfolds, with "out" : OPENS
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Author Roald Dahl, during World War II : SPY
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Command+F, on a Mac : FIND
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Veronica ___, author of the "Divergent" novels : ROTH
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Reached the top of one's game : PEAKED
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Grain that once fed the Roman army : FARRO
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Heroic tale of romance : GEST
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Seeing someone wealthier, say : DATINGUP
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Worker involved in firings? : POTTER
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Montenegrin, e.g. : BALKAN
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You can't cut through it : CULDESAC
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Fictional subjects of 13 movies between 2000 and 2020 : XMEN
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Fiery spirit : ARDOR
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Sylvan : WOODED
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The Green Hornet's sidekick : KATO
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"___ have guessed?!" : WHOD
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"Uh-huh!" : YEP
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Medgar ___, one inspiration for the 1964 protest anthem "Mississippi Goddam" : EVERS
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Device such as a qamutiik, an Inuk means of Arctic transportation : SLED
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Relinquish : CEDE
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"Missile" in many a slapstick fight : PIE
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Eschewing modesty, say : LIVINGLARGE
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Home security inits. since 1874 : ADT
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Summer confection : ICECREAMBAR
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"Hard pass" : NAH
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Digital deals for young people? : PINKYSWEARS
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NH4NO3 and others : SALTS
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Get set to drive : TEEUP
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Bohemian : ARTSY
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Consideration in setting insurance rates : RISK
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Just a ___ : TAD
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Emits a stream of hot air : BLOVIATES
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Satellite transmission path : UPLINK
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Hit the ground loudly : THUDDED
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Hyperbolic amount of work : TONS
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Unscripted, for short? : OTC
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Neighborhood once home to N.Y.C.'s so-called "Gasoline Alley" : NOHO
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The world's biggest one contains seven keyboards : PIPEORGAN
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Publisher's order : PRINTRUN
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Pleasurable place to do business? : SEXSHOP
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Made the fool : PRANKED
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Grow progressively more rancid : FESTER
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Lab access point? : PETDOOR
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Trifling bit : DAB
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Made a scene, say : FILMED
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Some yellowish canines : GOLDTEETH
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Shelters some look to when duty calls? : TAXDODGES
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The good life, in Spanish vernacular : PURAVIDA
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Like some emotions and recruits : RAW
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One might frequently be buttered up : CAKEPAN
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Feature of Alfalfa's hair in "The Little Rascals" : COWLICK
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Annual award for short stories : OHENRY
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___ Buena (island in San Francisco Bay) : YERBA
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Exiled character in "King Lear" : EDGAR
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Age-mates : PEERS
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Little mistake : SLIP
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Longtime soccer manager ___-Göran Eriksson : SVEN
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Cost in total, with "to" : CAME
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Pas ___ (somewhere else: Fr.) : ICI
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"It's the ___!" : LAW

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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