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New York Times, Sunday, January 25, 2026

Author:
Mark MacLachlan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Mark MacLachlan

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 66 Missing: {JXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. MacLachlan. Grid flow: 47.0 Sunday freshness: 38%
Will Shortz notes:
Mark MacLachlan is a professor of chemistry and the Dean of Science at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. For his research, he creates new iridescent materials that mimic the ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times1/25/26 ( No. 27,837 )
Across
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Baggage accessory : IDTAG
6
Apple TV comedy that received 20 Emmy nominations for its first season : TEDLASSO
14
In which baby spiders develop : EGGSAC
20
Home of Diego Velázquez's "Las Meninas" : PRADO
21
"I want to hear about that!" : CLUEMEIN
22
Makeshift replacement for a Kleenex : SLEEVE
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"That cabinet with plates looks awfully full" : OUTOFDISKSPACE
25
Triangular sail : LATEEN
26
Food court pizzeria : SBARRO
27
Some M.I.T. grads, for short : EES
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Resort amenity : SPA
30
Bob who hosted "America's Funniest Home Videos" : SAGET
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A noble gas : NEON
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It's good for the long haul : SEMI
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Sphere of creativity : ARTSCENE
38
Private investigator, informally : TEC
41
Cheese in a wax coating : EDAM
43
"It's saying you completed the marathon in under two hours, which can't be right" : RUNTIMEERROR
45
Persian Gulf nation : IRAQ
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Sneaker brand that popularized cantilever heels : AVIA
49
Mix up : STIR
50
Actress Edebiri of "The Bear" : AYO
51
"Is that a cough I hear?" : VIRUSDETECTED
54
Event for V.I.P. customers : PRESALE
58
The planets in our solar system, e.g. : OCTET
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Sci-fi princess : LEIA
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Stretchy material : LYCRA
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Freight barge : SCOW
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Not fantastical : REAL
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La Città Eterna : ROMA
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Haunted house sound : HOWL
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Something to use on your break? : CUE
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"Sorry, we'll have to put the old panes back in" : WINDOWSUPDATEFAILED
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Group of humpbacks : POD
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___ Bora (embattled Afghan region) : TORA
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Tel ___ : AVIV
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Designer Saint Laurent : YVES
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Little bits of energy : ERGS
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New Zealanders, familiarly : KIWIS
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Color of undyed linen : ECRU
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Course that doesn't require much studying : EASYA
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"Gimme, gimme!" : INEEDIT
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"Those pancakes are piled way too high!" : STACKOVERFLOW
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Boxy transport : VAN
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Part of a bouquet, in Bogotá : FLOR
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Like close-fitting clothes : SNUG
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It's just under a foot : SOLE
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"Your emery board will never fit in this tiny toiletry bag" : FILETOOLARGE
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Undesirable roommate : SLOB
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Word found in all but four state constitutions, but not the U.S. Constitution : GOD
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Part of M.O. : OPERANDI
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Symbol of transformation in "The Silence of the Lambs" : MOTH
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Isn't feeling great : AILS
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Large flightless birds : RHEAS
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National Poetry Mo. : APR
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"That ship ___ sailed" : HAS
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Beverage brewed outside using natural heat : SUNTEA
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___ beef : CORNED
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"Your waiter's nowhere to be seen!" : SERVERNOTFOUND
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Passes : ENACTS
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Chips may go into it : ONIONDIP
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Jane who received a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award : FONDA
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Have no stomach for : DETEST
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Doesn't care for : NEGLECTS
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Unexpected jerk : SPASM
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Major N.Y.S.E. events : IPOS
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Beat handily : DRUB
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"See ya later!" : TATA
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Deck out : ADORN
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Walk : GOFREE
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Cable co. that was purchased by AT&T in 1999 : TCI
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"What ___?" : ELSE
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William, Edward and Harry, e.g. : DUKES
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To a ___ degree : LESSER
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Stage booster : AMP
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Domain for salty dogs : SEA
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Urges to attack, with "on" : SICS
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What this hand has: A♣ A♦️ K♠ Q❤️ 6♠ : ONEPAIR
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Fluency-building subj. : ESL
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Prosthetic facial feature of Peter Falk : GLASSEYE
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Convey : GETACROSS
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Pete who co-wrote "If I Had a Hammer" : SEEGER
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Skin care company : AVEENO
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Football snapper : CENTER
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Thingamabob : DOODAD
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Either side of a cheerleader's "A" : ARM
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Kind of orange : NAVEL
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It's not optional : MUST
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Silicon Valley giant : INTEL
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Easily detached : TEARAWAY
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Pioneering DVR brand : TIVO
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George Orwell's first name at birth : ERIC
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Purchase for the Atari 2600 : CARTRIDGE
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One cutting corners : MITERSAW
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Neat : TIDY
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One of Adolf Anderssen's sacrifices in the "Immortal Game" against Lionel Kieseritzky : QUEEN
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"Trade discount" quintet : AEIOU
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German for "city" : STADT
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Something to pitch : CAMP
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Univ. worker : PROF
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Site-seeing list? : ACCESSLOG
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Forte : LOUD
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Animal whose name sounds like a pronoun : EWE
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V-shaped designs : CHEVRONS
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Visit, as for a safety check : LOOKINON
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Mathematician Lovelace : ADA
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Human organ with the ability to regenerate itself : LIVER
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Frayed : WORN
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Court order : WRIT
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With, in Oise : AVEC
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Exam marks : TICKS
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N.H.L. team with the longest Stanley Cup drought, familiarly : LEAFS
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Smallest Canadian prov. : PEI
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Canning package? : SEVERANCE
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Mallorca, por ejemplo : ISLA
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Reason for turbulence : STORM
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Anatomical appendage that only humans and gorillas have : UVULA
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Modern "seize the day" : YOLO
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Stunned : AWED
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Computer model inputs : DATASETS
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Ship that transported the Golden Fleece : ARGO
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Hardly a team player : EGOIST
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Betrays, in a way : FLIPSON
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Like an unnatural smile : FORCED
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Tech debut of 2007 : IPHONE
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Examine creepily : LEERAT
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___ Mae Brown (Whoopi's role in "Ghost") : ODA
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World's most-produced organic compound : ETHENE
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Puts up a false front : BLUFFS
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Property of curium, but not cerium : HARDC
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Eavesdrop, e.g. : SNOOP
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Surrealist Magritte : RENE
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Fit of irritation : SNIT
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Fish in niçoise salad : TUNA
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Cuts off : ENDS
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Actor Brody of "The O.C." : ADAM
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"Spring forward" hrs. : DST
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Illegally interfere with, as an election : RIG
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Remote abbr. : VOL
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Special ___ : OPS

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