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New York Times, Monday, June 1, 2026

Author:
Kenneth Cortes
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Coolness, in Gen Alpha slang
TotalDebutLatest
310/30/20236/1/2026
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1.5334.517%
Kenneth Cortes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 14 Words: 71, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FKVZ} Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Cortes. Grid flow: 30.4 Monday freshness: 37%
Jim Horne notes:
Remarkable audacity. Bravo. I wonder if this will start a crossword trend: Mom, Dad, I'm broke / sorry / quitting college / ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times6/1/26 ( No. 27,964 )
Across
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Fruit preserves : JAM
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Bottled water brand : DASANI
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Status ___ : QUO
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"Long, long ___ ..." : AGO
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High school assessment scored from 1 to 5 : APEXAM
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Address starting "http" : URL
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Pearl or peridot : GEM
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Despise : DETEST
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Conclusion : END
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Quick punches : JABS
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"You," archaically : THEE
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One taking office dictation : STENO
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Blunder : ERROR
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Concert pianos : GRANDS
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Like haunted houses and lifelike dolls : CREEPY
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Sardine container : TIN
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Accede to an agreement without getting everything one wants : SETTLE
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"___-haw!" : YEE
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Dominican slugger Sammy : SOSA
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Coolness, in Gen Alpha slang : AURA
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Roosters' mates : HENS
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Nightmare scenario : DYSTOPIA
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Emerged victorious ... or what this puzzle's constructor did, as indicated by the shaded squares : CAMEOUTONTOP
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Smokey Robinson's record label : MOTOWN
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Capital of Oman : MUSCAT
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North Carolina university : ELON
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Leo XIV, for one : POPE
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Jingle or ditty : TUNE
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Filing job, for short? : MANI
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Touch : ABUT
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___ Menken, composer of "Little Shop of Horrors" : ALAN
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Poems of praise : ODES
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More than a few, but less than a lot : SOME
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A village in Wales has one with 58 letters — the world's longest : NAME
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It might read "Miss Universe" : SASH
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Burn the surface of : SEAR
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"Curses!" : DRAT
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Spree : JAG
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What the number of candles on a birthday cake signifies : AGE
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High-waisted fashion trend of the 1990s : MOMJEANS
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Physiques that aren't quite perfect : DADBODS
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Copies : APES
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Actor's workplace : SET
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Cut out : AXE
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Thomas ___, early political cartoonist and critic of Boss Tweed : NAST
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"Sign me up!" : IMTHERE
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Reality show starring the "Fab Five" : QUEEREYE
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Big coffee holder : URN
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Dated : OLD
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Newswoman Curry : ANN
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Before, to Shakespeare : ERE
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Certain members of a police dept. : SGTS
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Musical threesome : TRIO
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Go on before the main show, say : OPEN
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Liquors that go in Manhattans : RYES
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Superfan's ticket purchase : SEASONPASS
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It measures audience feedback : CLAPOMETER
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Ballerina's skirt : TUTU
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Gait faster than a walk : TROT
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Give a tut-tut, e.g. : ADMONISH
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Place to hang a fedora : HATSTAND
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Classic archery wood : YEW
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Shiba ___ (Japanese hunting dog) : INU
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Piña ___ : COLADA
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Makes up (for) : ATONES
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Sight-related : OCULAR
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Southernmost country in Central America : PANAMA
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Short office messages : MEMOS
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Core belief : TENET
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Thin woodwind : OBOE
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Pouncing predator : PUMA

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