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New York Times, Friday, March 27, 2026

Author:
Zachary David Levy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Across : Decorative, so to speak
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Zachary David Levy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {QVX} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Levy. Grid flow: 23.5 Friday freshness: 86%
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© 2026, The New York Times3/27/26 ( No. 27,898 )
Across
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Decorative, so to speak : JUSTFORSHOW
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"Local Equals Fresh" sloganeer : IGA
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Ahead : INTHEFUTURE
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E, in a code : DIT
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Affliction also known as "cold neuralgia" : BRAINFREEZE
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3,600 secondi : ORA
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Computer runs : JOBS
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Company acquired by Panasonic in 2009 : SANYO
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Malarkey : BULL
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"Do we have a problem here?" : ALLOK
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L.A. subdivision? : LOS
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Epithet for Bill Clinton : BUBBA
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Some coffee merchants' offerings : BLENDS
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Hackman's "The Royal Tenenbaums" co-star : HUSTON
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One whose work is barely seen? : EROTICARTIST
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"You should keep those details to yourself" : TMI
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Slightly off : ABITODD
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Org. that releases an annual list of the year's most interesting contraband : TSA
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Some brunch dishes : HAMOMELETTES
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Restraining maneuver in judo : ARMBAR
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How journalists and detectives may act : ONATIP
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Firs and beeches, but not furs and beaches : TREES
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Tahoe runner : MAC
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Treat that occasionally catches fire : SMORE
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Light : AIRY
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Kitchen gizmo : PARER
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Bit of bellyaching : MOAN
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Served as : WAS
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"You win, all right? Geez!" : DONTRUBITIN
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Store in oak casks, say : AGE
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Spoke before the court : ARGUEDACASE
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No no : YES
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Totally missing the big picture : NEARSIGHTED
Down
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E-card site with a reduplicative name : JIBJAB
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Spread : UNROLL
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Like noble gases, chemically : STABLE
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Nearest item to pick : THISONE
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Land consisting predominantly of sedges : FEN
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Drop-___ : OFFS
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Like 97% of the United States, per the Census Bureau : RURAL
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Old hand at shorthand : STENO
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Some choppers : HUEYS
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Dish whose name means "barley" in Italian : ORZO
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Lilliputian : WEE
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"Seems suspect" : IDOUBTIT
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Reductive neologism for a strong female lead : GIRLBOSS
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Figure in Greek mythology who was brought up by a bear : ATALANTA
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Hit 22, say : BUST
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"Squid Game" and "The Red Sleeve," for two : KDRAMAS
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Crosses to bear : BURDENS
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Unlit? : SOBER
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Lacked an alternative : HADTO
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Before, informally : TIL
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Suburban attachment? : ITE
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Camp bed : COT
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Direction in many a spaghetti western : THATAWAY
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Zsa Zsa Gabor entered into it nine times : MARRIAGE
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Dunks : IMMERSES
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Rebel's opposite : OBEY
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PB&J, e.g., informally : SAMMICH
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Greet with a beep : TOOTAT
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Bluffer's pronouncement, maybe : IRAISE
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Put down on paper : PENNED
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Comics often printed in black and white : MANGA
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Pianist Rubinstein : ARTUR
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Dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter : CERES
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Tiny opening : PORE
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George's computer friend on "The Jetsons" : RUDI
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N.F.L. coach Quinn : DAN
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Forte, slangily : BAG

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