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New York Times, Sunday, April 5, 2026

Author:
Samuel A. Donaldson
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Samuel A. Donaldson

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 66 Missing: {QVX} This is puzzle # 42 for Mr. Donaldson. Grid flow: 59.5 Sunday freshness: 71%
Will Shortz notes:
Sam Donaldson is a law professor at Georgia State University. He recently joined the board of directors of Dogs for Better Lives, a national organization that trains and places assistance ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times4/5/26 ( No. 27,907 )
Across
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They need fans to stay cool : IDOLS
6
Philippine marinades : ADOBOS
12
Second first lady, after Martha : ABIGAIL
19
Cheap cigar : STOGIE
20
Philippine capital : MANILA
21
Contrition : REMORSE
22
Prime-time time : NINEPM
23
We're literally giving away our rental cars! : FREEENTERPRISE
25
Resembling bone : OSTEOID
27
Overnight option : INN
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Pull some strings? : UNTIE
29
Phony social media follower : BOT
30
It hurts how much we're overcharging for this detergent! : NOPAINNOGAIN
34
___ Constitution : USS
37
Winter measure : SNOWFALL
40
"Nostalgia is a seductive ___": George W. Ball : LIAR
41
Spider's pouch : EGGSAC
43
Inappropriately appropriated : USURPED
45
Crush a test : ACEIT
48
Muse depicted with a lyre : ERATO
49
Like raw footage : UNCUT
51
Alexander ___, 1980s secretary of state : HAIG
53
Competition with clowns, maybe : RODEO
55
Showbiz "grand slam," familiarly : EGOT
56
Scrooge's shout : BAH
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Our planes don't have seats! : UNITEDWESTAND
61
Social worker? : ANT
62
Undertake, as a journey : ENTERON
64
College admissions fig. : GPA
65
Whence St. Francis : ASSISI
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Quite spirited : RAHRAH
68
Bulletin board addition : POSTING
71
A chair might cover one : AGENDA
74
Place to store magazines : ARMORY
76
Broody genre : EMO
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First college in the modern era to boast a 15-0 football team : CLEMSON
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Bump on the head, say? : ZIT
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Our tech products fall apart easily! : APPLECRUMBLES
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However, in texts : THO
85
Sportsbook figures : ODDS
87
Grinning Face With Sweat, for one : EMOJI
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Winnow : PARE
89
Some exits in Exeter : TATAS
91
Japanese healing discipline : REIKI
93
Hägar the Horrible's dog : SNERT
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Like a wrung-out mop : DAMPISH
97
Some commotion in a sheepfold : BAAING
99
Rep : CRED
101
Most ridiculous : GOOFIEST
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Monopolist's portion : ALL
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Our cable channel is devoted to censorship! : LIFETIMEBANS
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Dripping, say : WET
110
White's longtime co-host : SAJAK
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Many a book fair sponsor, for short : PTA
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[Look below for more info] : SEENOTE
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Go ahead and shoplift one pair of our jeans! : JUSTTAKEAGUESS
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Bolts (down) : SCARFS
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Home country of the Center for Civil Liberties, jointly awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize : UKRAINE
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Monkey's place, maybe : BARREL
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Article of jewelry worn around the biceps : ARMLET
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Erudite : LEARNED
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Stylishly elegant : CLASSY
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Shoe leather for Elvis : SUEDE
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"This. Means. War!" : ITISON
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Our soap is deadly! : DONTTOUCHTHATDIAL
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Serpentine shape in architecture : OGEE
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Certain cosmetic surgery, familiarly : LIPO
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High class? : SEMINAR
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Big letters in bowling : AMF
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"Beavis and Butt-Head" spinoff : DARIA
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Common soccer score : ONENIL
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Two-year periods : BIENNIA
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Common soccer cheer : OLE
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With 44-Down, home of the U.S.'s most-visited municipal zoo : SAN
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___ rock (music genre) : ARENA
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Nickname for Britain's King Edward VII : BERTIE
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Encroach (on) : IMPINGE
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Horror movie staple : GORE
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Grande's perfume line : ARI
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Major research lab for astronauts, for short : ISS
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Actress Jamie ___ Curtis : LEE
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Highfalutin sorts : SNOBS
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Yank : TUG
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Creature with a signature whistle it can use to identify itself : DOLPHIN
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Accordion fold : PLEAT
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Iridescent shell material : NACRE
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Dirt pie ingredients : OREOS
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Our magazine hates everything and everyone! : USAGAINSTTHEWORLD
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Squelched : SATON
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Michael ___, Steve Carell's role on "The Office" : SCOTT
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Sch. endearingly called "Wazzu" : WSU
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Animated TV series set in the 31st century : FUTURAMA
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LSAT alternative, for some law schools : GRE
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See 11-Down : DIEGO
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Lab label : IDTAG
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Afternoon socials : TEAS
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It'll take you for a ride : UBER
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Mama's mama : NANA
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Natl. economic yardsticks : GDPS
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Discounted : ONSALE
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Zero chance : NOHOPE
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Something well-taken? : WATER
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Chartreuse or brandy, e.g. : DIGESTIF
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Mess up : ERR
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Part of a sch. year : SEM
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Orange cone, say : PYLON
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"No cause for alarm!"? : IMUP
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Land rover : NOMAD
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Home of Qatar Airways : DOHA
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A long time, in Spain : ANOS
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Tach stats : RPMS
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Sax player Clarence : CLEMONS
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"The Greek" in a 1964 film : ZORBA
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Optimal : IDEAL
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Emergency option for a fighter pilot : EJECT
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High, wispy clouds : CIRRI
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Alice of TV's "Queen of the South" : BRAGA
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Manage moguls, say : SKI
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"___ expected" : ASI
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Like many legal phrases : INLATIN
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Fried Japanese fare : TEMPURA
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Impersonates : POSESAS
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1997 Demi Moore military drama : GIJANE
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Hampers : DETERS
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Fixed rate : SETFEE
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Statistics tool used to find significant differences : TTEST
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Not real : FAKED
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___ out an existence : EKE
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They might be loaded or stolen : BASES
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Headliner : STAR
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Neutral tone : ECRU
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April or May, e.g. : NAME
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Q3 starter: Abbr. : JUL
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Luau instrument, in brief : UKE
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Mme., across the Pyrenees : SRA
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"The Bachelor" network : ABC
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Actress Gadot : GAL
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Foxy : SLY

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10 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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