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New York Times, Thursday, March 12, 2026

Author:
Joe Marquez
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Game point?
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Joe Marquez

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Marquez. Grid flow: 18.9 Thursday freshness: 9%
Jim Horne notes:
The theme is FALLEN ANGELS, and three Across answers follow an ANGEL falling down before completing the rest of the Across ... read more
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A
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R
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D
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F
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S
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G
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P
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G
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B
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© 2026, The New York Times3/12/26 ( No. 27,883 )
Across
1
Game point? : ARCADE
7
Settings for "Nurse Jackie" and "The Pitt," in brief : ERS
10
Mideast's Gulf of ___ : SUEZ
14
"Das Lied von der Erde" composer : MAHLER
15
Camper's foldout : COT
16
Natural hairstyle : AFRO
17
Celebrity supercouple of the 2000s : BRANGELINA
18
Incredibly committed : HARDCORE
20
Slowly, in scores : LENTO
21
Second-most-populous city in the U.S. : LOSANGELES
22
100 nanojoules : ERG
23
Citrus portmanteau : TANGELO
25
Sticks around for a demo? : TNT
26
Doraphobe's fear : FUR
29
Bookings for a D.J. : EVENTS
32
Did very well on the final, say : GOTANA
34
Star of a three-time World Cup champion team : PELE
36
Classic '60s muscle car : GTO
37
Rejoices : EXULTS
38
Sultanate that once controlled Zanzibar : OMAN
39
Stand for a portrait : EASEL
41
Snippet : CLIP
42
Slip-on or slide : SANDAL
44
Hullabaloo : ADO
45
Collectible frames : CELS
46
Rest period : SIESTA
47
Get right down to business : DIVEIN
49
Sports great Ernie known as "The Big Easy" : ELS
50
Funny : ODD
52
Half a score : TEN
53
Work on a picture, perhaps : ACT
56
Some double-headed drums : SNARES
58
Camper's craft : CANOE
60
Turpitude : PUREEVIL
63
Setting for "Quincy, M.E.," on 1970s-'80s TV : MORGUE
64
Operating system developed at Bell Labs : UNIX
65
Toeholds : INS
66
Get positioned : ORIENT
67
Lush hair's quality : BODY
68
Caribbean music genre : SKA
69
Abundance : WEALTH
Down
1
Saunter : AMBLE
2
Like black opals vis-à-vis diamonds : RARER
3
Move to pass, perhaps : CHANGELANES
4
Touched down : ALIT
5
Symbolize : DENOTE
6
"Folklore" or "Evermore," for Taylor Swift : ERA
7
Guitar pedal effect : ECHO
8
Comedic takedown : ROAST
9
Mad scientist in a 1964 Kubrick title : STRANGELOVE
10
Natural fluid containers : SACS
11
What a drone might be mistaken for : UFO
12
Carry the ball in volleyball, e.g. : ERR
13
Actress Kravitz : ZOE
19
Step in rehab : DETOX
21
"Whole ___ Red" (2020 Playboi Carti album) : LOTTA
24
Activist/scholar known for her work in the prison abolition movement : ANGELADAVIS
26
Heavenly outcast ... or a hint to something found three times in this puzzle : FALLENANGEL
27
Up to : UNTIL
28
Barely speaks : RASPS
30
Hawks : VENDS
31
"Such a shame" : SOSAD
33
Stanley of "Conclave" : TUCCI
34
Group surrounding a star : POSSE
35
Item in a drafts folder : EMAIL
40
Text tweaks : EDITS
43
Make right : ATONE
48
Cry for more : ENCORE
51
Hurricane or mudslide : DRINK
54
Be important : COUNT
55
Things to bare : TEETH
56
Hot : SEXY
57
Disney heroine who builds her own palace : ELSA
59
Tchaikovsky's "Letter Scene," e.g. : ARIA
60
Trivia night locale : PUB
61
Shout in a card game : UNO
62
Purge : RID
63
Do some lawn work : MOW

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

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