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New York Times, Saturday, January 24, 2026

Author:
Adrian Johnson and Ryan McCarty
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
24-Down : Fan group that often wears black-and-white face paint
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164/7/20211/24/20264
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1.5710242.479%
Adrian Johnson
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336/17/20171/24/20263
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1.6028752.096%
Ryan McCarty

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 16 for Adrian Johnson. This is puzzle # 33 for Mr. McCarty. Grid flow: 36.6 Saturday freshness: 19%
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© 2026, The New York Times1/24/26 ( No. 27,836 )
Across
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Used as a rendezvous point : METAT
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Put to rest : DISPEL
12
Hangouts for golden agers : SENIORCENTERS
14
Feeling that a new haircut or a new set of clothes might bring : GENDEREUPHORIA
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Child support? : SECURITYBLANKET
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"The Addams Family" member voiced by Snoop Dogg in 2019 : ITT
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___ Ivanovic, former #1-ranked female tennis player : ANA
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Copa Mundial chant : OLE
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Afghans, e.g. : ASIANS
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Empty vehicle weight : TARE
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Horn-heavy genre : SKA
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Practice : WONT
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Very flimsy, as an argument : PAPERTHIN
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What a stein might hold : PINT
30
How change comes in the Baltics : EUROS
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Bevy : HOST
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"Enough already!" : ISAIDSTOP
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Knocks the top off of : MOWS
35
Not remain loose : GEL
36
1960s protest singer Phil : OCHS
37
It may wind up at the top of one's head : TURBAN
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"Again?!!" : UGH
40
Home for the winter, say : DEN
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Approx. 25% of it consists of national forests : ORE
42
Penultimate film in a series of 23 : AVENGERSENDGAME
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Scene for a skeleton crew? : HALLOWEENPARTY
49
Where one might hope to find good deals on the internet? : ONLINECASINOS
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Chucked, informally : YEETED
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Roll over, in a way : RENEW
Down
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Course catalog? : MENU
2
Means of closing up a vent : ENDRANT
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Some joint promotions : TIEINS
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Conduit from a ventricle : AORTA
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Four minus one : TREY
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Really, really regrets : DEPLORES
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Remedy for some intake problems : INHALER
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Skip it! : STONE
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Suddenly pay attention, with "up" : PERK
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Native American people known as the "Nation du Chat" : ERIE
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Exam on which 44-Down got a near-perfect score : LSAT
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Furniture that's designed to break down? : SECTIONAL
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One breaking a 108-year drought in 2016 : CUB
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Catches on : GETSWISE
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Australian singer with the 2014 #1 album "1000 Forms of Fear" : SIA
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Prefix with piracy : ANTI
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Staple vegetables in Hawaiian cooking : TAROS
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Each : APOP
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Puts on a big display : SHOWBOATS
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Fan group that often wears black-and-white face paint : KISSARMY
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"The Dove and the ___" (Aesop fable) : ANT
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Charlie with the 2016 hit "We Don't Talk Anymore" : PUTH
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God who rides in a chariot pulled by two giant magical goats : THOR
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It'll never fly! : PIG
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Forwent : ESCHEWED
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Dad-blasted : DOGGONE
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Pedestrian : MUNDANE
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Split component, at times : TENPIN
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Called on one's birthday? : NEE
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Dark : UNLIT
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Like tungsten : DENSE
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Main greeting : AHOY
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Pointer that changes with the weather : VANE
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Filmdom's Woods who took the 11-Down : ELLE
45
___ league : REC
46
Scorch : SEAR
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Swell : GROW

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

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