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New York Times, Friday, March 20, 2026

Author:
Rafael Musa and Rebecca Goldstein
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Giant Jesus
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2510/21/20223/20/202618
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Rafael Musa
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2612/2/20213/20/202614
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7324532
RebusCircleScrabDebutFlowFresh
241.6314939.143%
Rebecca Goldstein

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Musa. This is puzzle # 26 for Ms. Goldstein. Grid flow: 79.1 Friday freshness: 19%
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© 2026, The New York Times3/20/26 ( No. 27,891 )
Across
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Rush order : ASAP
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Political commentator Piker : HASAN
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Like a workhorse : SHOD
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Animal sanctuary : GAMEREFUGE
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Kachina-carving people : HOPI
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Going against the grain? : GLUTENFREE
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Sign to be read : OMEN
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"Easy peasy!" : ITSASNAP
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Pesos or euros : DINERO
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Knack for details, say : EYE
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World capital split by the world's longest river : CAIRO
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Some scenery in "The Road Runner Show" : MESAS
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Fare ways to go? : BUSRIDES
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Law with an "individual mandate" provision, for short : ACA
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Athlete nicknamed "O Rei" : PELE
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Farm female : SOW
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Giant Jesus : ALOU
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Words before confirming something : JUSTSOWERECLEAR
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Fundamentals : ABCS
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Gym circuit : LAP
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Remove unceremoniously : OUST
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Exec who leads software engineers : CTO
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Philosophy of a devil's advocate? : SATANISM
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Danish money : KRONE
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Step heavily : TRAMP
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Word repeated in "With a ___ ___ here and a ___ ___ there ..." : MOO
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Feels sympathy for, in a way : PITIES
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Publishes an exposé, say : TELLSALL
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It'll warm your buns : OVEN
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Biological building blocks : AMINOACIDS
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Get spent : TIRE
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"Be gentle" : GOEASYONME
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Give guff : SASS
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Desirable feature : ASSET
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Gukesh Dommaraju, upon becoming world chess champion in 2024 : TEEN
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Texas A&M athlete : AGGIE
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Like foods that increase thirst : SALTY
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Tickle : AMUSE
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Pro-vegan org. : PETA
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Applies a certain hair dye to : HENNAS
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Fling : AFFAIR
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Things that send people into hiding : SURPRISEPARTIES
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Dating app listing : AGE
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Basic ___ : NEED
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Beamed : SHONE
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Zillow data : HOMESALES
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Dramatic outerwear for the theater : OPERACOAT
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Very old-fashioned sort : DINOSAUR
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Some adopted pets : RESCUES
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Pings, for short : IMS
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Stink : ODOR
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Sandwiches that are neither kosher nor halal : BLTS
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Farm female : EWE
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Drinking game? : PUBTRIVIA
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Modern urban transportation options : ESCOOTERS
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Reunion attendee, informally : ALUM
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Lotto prizes : JACKPOTS
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Greeting often followed by "Como vai?" : OLA
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British engineer James : WATT
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Be a hero, say : COSPLAY
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"Get it?" : SEE
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Viral 2010s dance that Hillary Clinton performed on TV : NAENAE
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"This makes no sense" : IMLOST
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Poker hand known as a "Wayne Gretzky" : NINES
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It has more than 4,000 islands off its coast : MAINE
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Pre-transformation self : OLDME
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Actress Elizabeth of "Eternity" : OLSEN
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It's a long story : SAGA
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Participant in the Jacobite rebellion of the 1740s : SCOT
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Approaches, in brief : MOS

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