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Well-Suited

New York Times, Sunday, April 26, 2026

Author:
Rebecca Goldstein
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
51-Down : "___ Dreams of Sushi" (acclaimed 2011 documentary)
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Rebecca Goldstein

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 78 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 27 for Ms. Goldstein. Grid flow: 42.7 Sunday freshness: 37%
Will Shortz notes:
Rebecca Goldstein, of Albany, Calif., is a research scientist at Merck, developing cancer immunotherapies. This is her 27th crossword (and eighth Sunday) for The Times since her start in ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times4/26/26 ( No. 27,928 )
Across
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Touch up text : EDIT
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One might be used for stepping up or sitting down : STOOL
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Hoot or holler : YELL
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"Let's go, guys!" : CMON
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Like the Islamic calendar : LUNAR
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Windy City airport : OHARE
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Birmingham bum : ARSE
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"Stay in your ___!" : LANE
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Fashion item for an aspiring grocer? : MARKETWATCH
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... for an aspiring nanny? : KIDGLOVES
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Place to dive in : DEEPEND
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Became apparent : AROSE
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Stands around an art gallery : EASELS
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Neither's counterpart : NOR
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Small detail : SPEC
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Central : INNER
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... for an aspiring manicurist? : DIGITALSHORTS
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Outmoded component of a car's dashboard : CDDRIVE
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Biblical garden : EDEN
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Did some doughnuts? : BAKED
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Dermatology case : ACNE
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What gives a wine tartness : ACID
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Quip : MOT
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Fragile mineral : MICA
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... for an aspiring housekeeper? : DUSTJACKET
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Scored 100 on a test : ACEDIT
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Soaks up the sun : TANS
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___ One (presidential helicopter) : MARINE
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Church spaces : NAVES
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Your wish is his command : GENIE
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Córdoba's country: Abbr. : ARG
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Soccer star Hamm : MIA
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Corporate fashion advice embraced by the candidates in eight clues : DRESSFORTHEJOBYOUWANT
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One in 100: Abbr. : SEN
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Ming in the Basketball Hall of Fame : YAO
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Holiday seasons : YULES
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Works on an ice cream cone : LICKS
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Tawdry : SORDID
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All over again : ANEW
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Japanese floor mat : TATAMI
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... for an aspiring travel agent? : VENTURECAP
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In the distance : AFAR
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Wiping cloth : RAG
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Italian cooking staple, for short : EVOO
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"Progress through technology" automaker : AUDI
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Like contact lenses for astigmatism : TORIC
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"I wasn't ___ yesterday" : BORN
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Make it through : GETPAST
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... for an aspiring dry cleaner? : STEAMERTRUNKS
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Machines in some print shops : FAXES
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Tour de France peaks : ALPS
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Nutrient in avocados : FAT
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Apartment cooler, for short : ACUNIT
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Palm spring? : OASIS
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Stroll : SAUNTER
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... for an aspiring flutist? : WINDSOCKS
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... for an aspiring photographer? : SHOTGLASSES
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Used the doorbell : RANG
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Hides : FURS
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As of now : SOFAR
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Solution strength : TITER
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It has its ups and downs : YOYO
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Accomplishment : FEAT
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UnitedHealthcare competitor : AETNA
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Absolutely nothing : NADA
Down
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Massachusetts' state tree : ELM
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Pair : DUAD
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Memo starter : INRE
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Consumed, say : TAKENIN
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Planted : SOWN
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Trumpeter Jones : THAD
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Bit in a horse's mouth? : OAT
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Group spotted on an Alaskan cruise, perhaps : ORCAPOD
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"Hanukkah in Santa Monica" songwriter Tom : LEHRER
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Jabbers : YAKS
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Lake from which the Niagara River flows : ERIE
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Trip strip : LSD
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Tale as old as time : LEGEND
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Anyone's game : CLOSERACE
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Independent thinker : MAVERICK
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Justice Kagan in '83, e.g. : ONEL
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Scottish loch : NESS
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Transplant, as a plant : REPOT
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Large measure of computer data : TERABIT
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Earth : LAND
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Four 2-Downs : OCTAD
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Yacht's pronoun : SHE
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Freeze frames? : ICETRAYS
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Calls for : DEMANDS
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"It's truly important to me" : IDOCARE
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Settle the score : GETEVEN
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Standing eau? : LAC
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Blade runner? : SKATER
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Dirty film : SCUM
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Compete : VIE
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Summer setting in Somerset, in brief : EDT
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Fed. intelligence group : NSA
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"Come home soon" : MISSYOU
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"___ Dreams of Sushi" (acclaimed 2011 documentary) : JIRO
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Sharp-cornered : ANGULAR
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From abroad? : DES
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Insect with more than 14,000 known species : ANT
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PubMed org. : NIH
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"I'm outta here!" : SEEYA
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Super food? : GOODEATS
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Patisserie treat : MACARON
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Stain from a pen : INKMARK
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Name tags? : ATSIGNS
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Jamie with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame : FARR
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End of Q2 : JUN
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World Cup cheer : OLE
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"Watch your back!" : BEWARE
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Intelligent humor : WIT
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Like rush-hour traffic : STOPANDGO
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Post-op area, in brief : ICU
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Pops : DADS
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Diplomatic : TACTFUL
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Not do much of anything, say : VEG
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Night before : EVE
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Like a comedian who bombs : NOTFUNNY
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Stack at a falafel shop : PITAS
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Tree whose wood is used for telephone poles : FIR
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One clicking with an audience? : TAPSHOE
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Meditation syllables : OMS
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Interrupts rudely : BUTTSIN
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Grid line : AXIS
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Leave on a trip : SETOFF
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Michigan politician Slotkin : ELISSA
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Charged : RANAT
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Out of its correct position : AWRY
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Florentine farewell : CIAO
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Pod in Creole cooking : OKRA
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Helper: Abbr. : ASST
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Marvel-ous Lee : STAN
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Taj Mahal city : AGRA
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___ noche (tonight: Sp.) : ESTA
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Marsh grass : REED
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Stick used for breaking : CUE
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O'er and o'er : OFT
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Madrid Mme. : SRA

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

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