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New York Times, Saturday, March 7, 2026

Author:
Fritz Juhnke
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {QXZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Juhnke. Grid flow: 28.9 Saturday freshness: 17%
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Fritz Juhnke invented the Crossword Flow formula. He explains his thinking in this blog post. This grid is an interesting example. ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times3/7/26 ( No. 27,878 )
Across
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One who makes a living from fish : CARDSHARK
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Taxing, as a test : STERN
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Screen grab? : STARPOWER
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Prefix with -centric : HELIO
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Like the crescendo in Ravel's "Boléro" : POCOAPOCO
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Prayer presenter : RABBI
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What travellers typically have in America? : ONEL
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Flash : ELAN
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Word that comes from the Japanese for "picture" + "character" : EMOJI
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M.R.I. induction units : TESLAS
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Makeup of a plot : LAND
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Walked off with : WON
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Part of a Grim Reaper costume : COWL
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Controller of floods in the video game Pharaoh : OSIRIS
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Closing : FINAL
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Directive in an order : ASAP
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R&B's Braxton : TONI
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"Does anyone else sense impending doom?" : AMINUTS
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Sémillon rouge and Médoc noir : MERLOTS
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Noncommittal : CAGY
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You might dance on one : WHIM
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Location of a notorious 33-Down: Abbr. : ELMST
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Envelop with a ring : ENHALO
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When strikes go on the longest? : NOON
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Cavity : PIT
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No. 2 : ASST
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Like the layout of the central 13 black squares in this puzzle : DOTTED
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Open the gate for : ADMIT
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What first has over second : LEAD
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Woman central to electioneering? : IONE
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"Big Little Lies" author Moriarty : LIANE
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Totality of everything, in sci-fi-speak : OMNIVERSE
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Ninnyhammer : MORON
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"Say whatever you're gonna say!" : SPITITOUT
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It keeps a narrow passage passable : STENT
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"Heavens!" : HOLYMOSES
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100 bones : CSPOT
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Act constructively from contrition : ATONE
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Wife-carrying in Finland and cheese-rolling in England : RACES
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Waggish : DROLL
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Spot for a sweat : SPA
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"God willing!" : HOPESO
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Ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen's status, repeatedly, in "Catch-22" : AWOL
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Takes off-road? : RECALLS
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Money in Reykjavík : KRONA
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Throws spray, in surfer lingo : SHREDS
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Band : TEAM
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What's lacking in a crowded elevator : ELBOWROOM
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Establishments where smoking is allowed : RIBJOINTS
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Reply while fighting for the check : NOIINSIST
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First Amendment protector, in brief : ACLU
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"Far from it" : NOPE
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Dry streambed : WASH
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"___ do" : ITLL
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Gestures of incredulity : FACEPALMS
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"D'oh!" : IMANIDIOT
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Cause of a cold sweat, perhaps : NIGHTMARE
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Taylor-Joy of "Furiosa" : ANYA
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What arms may hold, informally : AMMO
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Low notes, but not the lowest : TWOS
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Home of the National Automobile Museum : RENO
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At the designated speed : INTEMPO
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Not yet seen, say : LATENT
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Rare bird : ODDITY
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Move about, as liquid : SLOSH
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Connect with : TIETO
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Estoques are pointed at them : TOROS
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Transpire thereupon : ENSUE
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Not just the headline gossip, slangily : DEETS
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Part of, as a racket : INON
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Dye-yielding shrub : ANIL
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Energy : VIM

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