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New York Times, Sunday, March 8, 2026

Author:
Kelly Richardson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
131-Across : "Therefore ..."
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Kelly Richardson

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 22 Words: 145, Blocks: 86 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Richardson. Grid flow: 67.2 Sunday freshness: 53%
Will Shortz notes:
Kelly Richardson is a freelance writer in northern Michigan. This is her second puzzle for The Times and her first Sunday. Its starting point was the timely 71-Across. Amazingly, every answer that ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Brava!

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© 2026, The New York Times3/8/26 ( No. 27,879 )
Across
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Clip on, say : ATTACH
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Facing the pitcher : ATBAT
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Some budget-friendly grocery stores : ALDIS
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It's on a roll! : HOAGIE
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Sculpted : SHAPED
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Minimalist swimwear : SPEEDO
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Mineral found in seaweed : IODINE
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Certain supervisor on a film set : KEYGRIP
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Cozy garment : SWEATER
25
Giveaway : TELL
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Setting for "Gorillas in the Mist" : RWANDA
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Spot for a grill : AIRVENT
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Starters : ATEAM
32
"Rumor has it ..." : IHEAR
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Most slipshod : SLOPPIEST
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On the ___ : LAM
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Etta James record in the Grammy Hall of Fame : ATLAST
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Fungal structure : MOLD
40
Californie, par exemple : ETAT
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"Big Blue" : IBM
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So-called "rooster sauce" : SRIRACHA
44
Fails ignominiously, in slang : EATSIT
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Drag show accessories : BOAS
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"___ Song" (Taylor Swift hit) : OUR
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30 minutes to 3, in British English : HALFTWO
51
Beethoven's ___ (the "Fate" Symphony) : FIFTH
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Caitlin Clark's alma mater : IOWA
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Gritty genre : NOIR
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___ tai (cocktail) : MAI
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What makes a dresser dressier? : ANI
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"Je vous en ___" (French words of politeness) : PRIE
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Fuss : ADO
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Eager : KEEN
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Relay race segment : LEG
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"Vous êtes ___" (notation on a French map) : ICI
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Not Dem. or Rep. : IND
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March 8 observance connecting billions of people around the world ... including the 22 people whose names cross this answer : INTERNATIONALWOMENSDAY
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Member of the fam : SIS
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Feel bad : AIL
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Like some humor : DRY
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Style for Detroit's Fisher Building : DECO
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Kind of moment : AHA
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Make out, in Manchester : SNOG
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Backwoods refusal : NAW
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Soft shoe, informally : MOC
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Ephron who wrote "When Harry Met Sally ..." : NORA
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Similar : AKIN
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Sch. in College Station, Tex. : AANDM
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It's dangerous to ride a bicycle with this : NOHANDS
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Reactor safety agcy. : NRC
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Get one's feet wet? : WADE
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Become rich and successful, so to speak : ARRIVE
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Like raw footage vis-à-vis enhanced footage : GRAINIER
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Pronoun for most of the people in this puzzle : HER
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Ancient Greek instrument : LYRE
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Muppet who was once a regular guest on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" : ELMO
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Lustrous : GLOSSY
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Loo : LAV
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Formal notes : MEMORANDA
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"City of a Thousand Minarets" : CAIRO
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French school : ECOLE
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Storage unit : MEGABIT
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Settle in, say : UNPACK
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Used-up crayons : NUBS
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"Nearly done!" : ONETOGO
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Big name in sparkling water : PERRIER
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Kathmandu resident : NEPALI
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Some paintings of water lilies at 116-Down : MONETS
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Role for Geena Davis in "A League of Their Own" : DOTTIE
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Casino worker : DEALER
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"Therefore ..." : ANDSO
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Verbally notify : SAYTO
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Highly embellished : ORNATE
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Poke fish, often : AHI
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As well : TOO
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Touch : TAD
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Feeling of distress : AGITA
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Movie palaces : CINEMAS
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Cry from a dog walker : HEEL
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Inquire : ASK
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___ May, former British P.M. : THERESA
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Drama series co-starring Pamela Anderson : BAYWATCH
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___ score (neonatal measure) : APGAR
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Seabird : TERN
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Predinner beverage : APERITIF
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Show gratitude for service : LEAVEATIP
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Loathe : DETEST
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Part of PIN: Abbr. : IDENT
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Photocopier function : SORT
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Simple rebuttal : DIDSO
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Makes a choice on Tinder, e.g. : SWIPES
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Structure in a shipping container : PALLET
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Sucker : SAP
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First (and last) queen of Hawaii : LILIUOKALANI
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Good thing for a suspect to have : ALIBI
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Verboten : TABOO
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Actress who portrayed Hermione Granger : EMMAWATSON
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Tubman of the Underground Railroad : HARRIET
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Indigenous people of the Great Lakes : ODAWA
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Sci-fi franchise that takes place in "the Grid" : TRON
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2014 Peace Prize laureate Yousafzai : MALALA
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Green eggs' partner : HAM
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Author who won a Pulitzer for "Beloved" : TONIMORRISON
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One-named singer of "Smooth Operator" : SADE
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Sally with two Oscars : FIELD
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Mexican painter known for her self-portraits : FRIDAKAHLO
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Turner who was twice inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame : TINA
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Inventor and actress Lamarr : HEDY
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Tara of "Sharknado" : REID
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___ Spice, Grammy-nominated rapper : ICE
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"R.I.P." singer Rita ___ : ORA
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Silent film star Talmadge : NORMA
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___ Stefani, lead vocalist for No Doubt : GWEN
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Celebrity chef Garten : INA
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Rae who co-created "Insecure" : ISSA
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Singer and civil rights activist Simone : NINA
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Memoirist Anaïs who wrote "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage" : NIN
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Oscar winner Lupita : NYONGO
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Groundbreaking Supreme Court justice appointed in 1981 : OCONNOR
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Anna Howard ___, leader in the suffrage movement : SHAW
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Aussie greeting : GDAYMATES
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Like some textiles : WOVEN
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Burnable storage unit, in brief : CDR
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They can't be returned : ACES
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As good as it gets : IDEAL
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Skydiving requirement : NERVE
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Styx song that starts "Domo arigato" : MRROBOTO
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Delayed : HELDUP
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Wisdom : SAGACITY
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Equips again, as a ship : RERIGS
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"Not bad!" : ILIKEIT
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Roggenbock, e.g. : RYEBEER
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Babe the Blue Ox, e.g. : LEGEND
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Like zebras, but not tigers : MANED
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Baseball announcer's update : MENON
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From ___ Z : ATO
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Spanish letter : CARTA
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Floor show? : CSPAN
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See 128-Across : MOMA
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Experts : PROS
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Ctrl-Z action : UNDO
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___ Speedwagon : REO
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In the manner of : ALA
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Tennis call : LET
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Fuming feeling : IRE

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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