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New York Times, Monday, April 27, 2026

Author:
Neville Fogarty
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Snack with celery, peanut butter and raisins
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Neville Fogarty

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Fogarty. Grid flow: 31.6 Monday freshness: 44%
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© 2026, The New York Times4/27/26 ( No. 27,929 )
Across
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Paths for lobbed tennis balls : ARCS
5
Tribe of Arizona : HOPI
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Flinch, say : REACT
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Short blast from a horn : TOOT
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Actor McGregor of "Trainspotting" : EWAN
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Han Solo's response to Leia's "I love you" : IKNOW
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Singer's recovery period : VOCALREST
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"Catch my drift?" : GETME
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Shop : STORE
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Spot for a soak : TUB
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Dear ___ (letter start) : SIR
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Pumice or basalt : VOLCANICROCK
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Chemical that speeds up a fruit's aging process : RIPENER
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Film director Coen : ETHAN
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"Our Lips ___ Sealed" (hit by the Go-Go's) : ARE
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Youngest woman ever elected to Congress, familiarly : AOC
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Betraying surprise, in a way : AGASP
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Spinoff of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" : VANDERPUMPRULES
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Big name in microprocessors : INTEL
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"Who's Who in the Cast" blurb : BIO
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Tie-breaking periods, for short : OTS
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How a picture book may be read at bedtime : ALOUD
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___ of hand (magician's skill) : SLEIGHT
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Congressional history : VOTINGRECORD
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Palindrome akin to "Aha!" : OHO
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Work well together : GEL
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Florida's ___-Dade County : MIAMI
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Jousting weapon : LANCE
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Device worn by a video gamer ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 39- and 53-Across : VRHEADSET
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Basic piano chord : TRIAD
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Notes of indebtedness : IOUS
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Gets eyes on : SEES
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Sends frisky messages : SEXTS
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Strong soapmaking solutions : LYES
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Like bourbon : OAKY
Down
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Four-wheelers, in brief : ATVS
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Word before beer or after square : ROOT
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Pixar film with the Oscar-winning song "Remember Me" : COCO
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"Feed a cold, ___ a fever" (dubious medical advice) : STARVE
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That girl : HER
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Have debts : OWE
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Many an Olive Garden entree : PASTA
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Sounding good, as a musical instrument : INTUNE
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18-wheeler : RIG
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Barely get (by) : EKE
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Snack with celery, peanut butter and raisins : ANTSONALOG
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"Peanuts" or "Pickles" : COMIC
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Do some booty-shaking : TWERK
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Spinks who defeated Muhammad Ali : LEON
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One-eighth of a byte : BIT
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Titular Shakespearean king : LEAR
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Remove outer parts from, as a photo : CROP
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Burn until black : CHAR
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Prego alternative : RAGU
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Sitar virtuoso Shankar : RAVI
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Tehran's land : IRAN
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Grammy-winning a cappella group famous for their Christmas albums : PENTATONIX
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Chicago slugger : CUB
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"Late Night" host Meyers : SETH
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"Hey! Over here!" : PSST
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Place to purchase pastrami : DELI
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North Carolina university : ELON
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Catchall category: Abbr. : MISC
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Sport on a horse : POLO
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Sheepskin boot brand : UGG
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Role for Mike Myers in the Austin Powers movies : DREVIL
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Columnist Bombeck : ERMA
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Doubling-down assertion : IDIDSO
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Battery measure : VOLTS
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Chicago airport : OHARE
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"The Jetsons" boy : ELROY
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On the waves : ASEA
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Gentle and submissive : MEEK
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___-bitsy : ITSY
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Garfield in the funny pages, e.g. : CAT
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Magazine bigwigs, in brief : EDS
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Gradation of color : HUE
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Letter before tee : ESS

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