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New York Times, Monday, April 20, 2026

Author:
Freddie Cheng
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
"Don't mention it — it was easy"
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Freddie Cheng

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 44 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Cheng. Grid flow: 19.7 Monday freshness: 65%
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© 2026, The New York Times4/20/26 ( No. 27,922 )
Across
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Solicit with a goodie : TEMPT
6
School support grps. : PTAS
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Egyptian cobra : ASP
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Well-informed : AWARE
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Teaser, for short : PROMO
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Word before Kim, Wayne or Nas X in hip-hop names : LIL
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Low red card in a deck : TWOOFHEARTS
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George Gershwin's lyricist brother : IRA
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Window shades : BLINDS
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Follow orders : OBEY
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Locomotives, to kids : CHOOCHOOTRAINS
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Comic figure at a circus : CLOWN
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"Impressive!" : OOH
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Stir up, as waters : ROIL
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"The worst!" : THISSUCKS
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___-backward : ASS
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Walk wearily : TRAIPSE
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___-Magnon (early human) : CRO
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City and its surroundings : METROAREA
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German refusal : NEIN
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Alternative to .com or .edu : ORG
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Ridiculous : SILLY
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"Don't mention it — it was easy" : NOTROUBLEATALL
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"Just doin' my job" : ITRY
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Insect with pincers : EARWIG
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X, for a sorority : CHI
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"I need to use the bathroom" ... or what the shaded squares spell? : NATURECALLS
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Skirt feature : HEM
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Decorations around the United Nations : FLAGS
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"Sauer" hot dog topping : KRAUT
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Triage sites, for short : ERS
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Mascara coats one : LASH
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Full of know-how : SAVVY
Down
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Butterfly on the ankle, say, informally : TAT
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"Gross!" : EWW
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Chinese revolutionary : MAO
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Football all-star game : PROBOWL
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Cookware coating : TEFLON
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National museum in Madrid : PRADO
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Trunk for a sculptor to sculpt : TORSO
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Fig. from an out-of-order ATM? : AMT
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...---... in Morse : SOS
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Cover story, in court : ALIBI
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Sound that warns of a tornado : SIREN
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What coins are exchanged for at an arcade : PLAYS
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Phnom ___, Cambodia's capital : PENH
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Kool-Aid rival : HIC
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Site of Pearl Harbor : OAHU
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Not far away : CLOSE
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Lift : HOIST
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Throw (out) : TOSS
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Valentine's Day flower : ROSE
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Stow tightly, with "in" : CRAM
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Cigarette substance : TAR
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Move in a hurry, old-style : HIE
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Craft brew designation letters : IPA
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Medium-sized battery : CCELL
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Filtered food for whales : KRILL
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PlayStation maker : SONY
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Matador charger : TORO
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Pasta sauce brand : RAGU
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Golfer McIlroy : RORY
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Big U.S./Canada falls : NIAGARA
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(The) boondocks : STICKS
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Specialty : NICHE
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Catchall survey option : OTHER
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Cuts at the margins : TRIMS
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Apps undergoing testing : BETAS
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"Sometimes you just gotta ___" : LAUGH
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Flubs : ERRS
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Slack-jawed feeling : AWE
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Grp. for the Jets and Jaguars : NFL
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In the style of : ALA
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Bathroom, informally : LAV
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Sweetie, to Brits : LUV
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Total dump : STY

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