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New York Times, Friday, April 24, 2026

Author:
Andrew Spooner
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
49-Across : It has a light bulb
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Andrew Spooner

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 25 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Spooner. Grid flow: 53.3 Friday freshness: 94%
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© 2026, The New York Times4/24/26 ( No. 27,926 )
Across
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Once-in-a-lifetime events : BIRTHS
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They might have good track records : ATHLETES
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"Ah, right right right" : OHISEE
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Field for both Martin Luther and Martin Luther King Jr. : THEOLOGY
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Oscar winner for "The African Queen" : BOGART
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Low volume? : TEASPOON
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Treat mercifully : SPARE
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Charges : BILLS
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Concern for a seamstress : FIT
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"Sounds good!" : LETS
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Best-selling author who founded Paris's Théâtre Historique : DUMAS
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"Green" : CASH
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Rocker Brian : ENO
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Green spots : OASES
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Game with a board numbered from 1 to 20 : DARTS
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Peace sign? : DONOTDISTURB
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"The best cheese of its type in the world," per George Orwell : STILTON
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Approach surreptitiously : SNEAKUP
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Where somebody might be washed up? : DESERTISLAND
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One who's generous to a fault, say : DOTER
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They're held in bondage : SERFS
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Org. whose motto translates to "Through adversity to the stars" : RAF
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Neural transmitter : AXON
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Certain exposition : ESSAY
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Children's author Kinney : JEFF
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?!?!?! : WTF
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Something you might get at a wedding : INLAW
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Grand duke of Luxembourg until 2025 : HENRI
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It has a light bulb : DAFFODIL
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No comment? : DENIAL
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Toss and turn, perhaps : LIEAWAKE
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Role for John Travolta on "Welcome Back, Kotter" : VINNIE
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Takes to the next level : ELEVATES
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Tree nymphs : DRYADS
Down
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Goes downhill at the Olympics, in a way : BOBSLEDS
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"Perish the thought!" : IHOPENOT
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Tubes that go down? : RIGATONI
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The first of these was Terrible : TSARS
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Accounted for : HERE
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Murderer of Osiris, in myth : SET
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Every now and then : ATTIMES
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You just can't take it : THELASTSTRAW
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Recovers : HEALS
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Competitor's setback : LOSS
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Half of hip-hop's Run the Jewels, alongside Killer Mike : ELP
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How a troublemaker might go : TOOFAR
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One prioritizing self-care? : EGOIST
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Electronica instruments, informally : SYNTHS
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Professional : BUSINESSLIKE
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Woodworkers' grooves : DADOS
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Vicious circle? : CABAL
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Animal known to hold another's paws while sleeping : OTTER
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Attire : DRESS
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From time past : OLDEN
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Coalesce : UNIFY
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Surname of a Tolstoy heroine : KARENINA
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Game : UNAFRAID
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Acrobat's display : PDFFILES
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Secondhand offerings : RESALES
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Dillydally : DAWDLE
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Hearty soup ingredient in Caribbean cooking : OXTAIL
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Brittle confection : TOFFEE
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Finish up with : ENDAT
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Female donkey : JENNY
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Where the Red Delicious apple originated : IOWA
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Dauphin, e.g. : HEIR
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Number one, informally : FAV
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It might have a director's commentary : DVD

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