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New York Times, Saturday, January 17, 2026

Author:
Adam Aaronson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
13-Down : Flashy taekwondo moves
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Adam Aaronson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {HJQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Aaronson. Grid flow: 69.8 Saturday freshness: 52%
Jim Horne notes:
MMMDCCCLXXXVIII Let's break it down: MMM = 3000 D = 500 CCC = 300 L = 50 XXX = 30 VIII = ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times1/17/26 ( No. 27,829 )
Across
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Expressions of disbelief or exasperation : FACEPALMS
10
What "margarita" means in Spanish : DAISY
15
Reputable, in a way : BRANDNAME
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What Anora and Vanya do in 2024's "Anora" : ELOPE
17
Too late, say : OUTOFTIME
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Advocate for the political mobilization of the proletariat : LENIN
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People often manage with them, in brief : MBAS
20
You might say "Hmm" when something is this : ODD
21
Toppings blended with ice cream : MIXINS
22
Anti-troll measure : BAN
23
Tchotchke : KNICKKNACK
25
Protection from drops : RAINCOAT
26
With 27-Down, fateful time for a sorority pledge : BID
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City in Illinois's "Little Egypt" region : CAIRO
30
Demure : COY
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Plant with psychoactive leaves : COCA
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Offload (on) : FOIST
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Famous monogram found backward in the alphabet : MLK
34
Tall and thin : LANKY
35
Revel (in) : BASK
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One of five in a typical big band : SAX
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Archetypes : MOLDS
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"All that really matters is if your rhymes was ___" (MF Doom lyric) : ILL
39
Artificially unsophisticated : FAUXNAIF
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Units for a high-resolution camera : MEGAPIXELS
43
Interval : GAP
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Setups for some elaborate group pictures : RISERS
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Subject to careful appraisal : VET
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Lawyer's assignment : CASE
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Not budging : INERT
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Ones running along a road : SIDEWALKS
52
Bracket contents : TEAMS
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Where someone's height may be stretched? : TINDERBIO
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With 39-Down, pretentiously creative : ARTSY
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What antiperspirants can prevent : PITSTAINS
Down
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Crude thing to drop, familiarly : FBOMB
2
Westernmost territory of the Netherlands : ARUBA
3
Board game with resources : CATAN
4
Grandson of Eve : ENOS
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Many an attachment : PDF
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___ Carlos Jobim, father of the bossa nova : ANTONIO
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Made, as an easy basketball shot : LAIDIN
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Longest number writable in standard Roman numerals : MMMDCCCLXXXVIII
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Spy : SEE
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Use a roller on, as a jacket : DELINT
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Digital assistant : ALEXA
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In which opposites attract : IONICBOND
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Flashy taekwondo moves : SPINKICKS
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Cravings : YENS
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"All right," folksily : MKAY
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Super Mario ___ : KART
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Eccentric : KOOK
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Cybersecurity assessment : RISK
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See 26-Across : DAY
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Worker who's the subject of the song "Sixteen Tons" : COALMINER
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Cabin choice : AISLESEAT
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Baby rhino : CALF
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Part of the D.O.J. : FBI
33
So-called "Valley Isle" : MAUI
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Writer Lowry : LOIS
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Good marks? : SAPS
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Egg cream alternatives : MALTEDS
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See 54-Across : FARTSY
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Quaint contraction : NEEDNT
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Gentlemen, jocularly : GERMS
43
Korean barbecue rib dish : GALBI
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Greet hospitably at the door : ASKIN
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Dough at a taquería : PESOS
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Servant in "The Handmaid's Tale" : RITA
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Beloved, in Italian : CARA
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Product with the additive zinc dithiophosphate : STP
51
Like the weather in much of Equatorial Guinea : WET

Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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