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New York Times, Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Author:
Joseph Gangi
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Ones who probably aren't buying it?
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Joseph Gangi

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Gangi. Grid flow: 37.6 Wednesday freshness: 31%
Notepad: When the puzzle is completed, starting with the letter at square 39, connect the circled letters to create an apt image that spells out a famous lyric from this puzzle's theme subject.
Jim Horne notes:
There's a part of you always standing by Mapping out the sky, finishing a hat Starting on a hat, finishing a hat Look, I made a ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times1/14/26 ( No. 27,826 )
Across
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Wasn't even close, as in comparison : PALED
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Fashion name that's become slang for "excellent" : GUCCI
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Binary 10, in decimal value : TWO
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Garlicky sauce : AIOLI
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Beef up the arsenal, say : REARM
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Tuna variety : AHI
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"Sunday in the Park With George," for one : BROADWAYMUSICAL
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Big ___ (audacious thing to make) : ASK
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Ref. work with over 600,000 words : OED
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Moves (over) : SCOOTS
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Signs : INKS
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"Nonsense!" : PSHAW
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"Oh, that does make sense" : ISEE
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Milker's handful : TEAT
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They may be fixed or variable : RATES
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River at Memphis : NILE
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"We want more!" : ENCORE
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Ump's call : OUT
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Jerry's uncle on "Seinfeld" : LEO
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Sent away for : ORDERED
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Historic stretch : ERA
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That's a me problem : EGO
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Madison Square Garden team : KNICKS
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Sporty Pontiacs of the 1960s : GTOS
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Actress Thompson of "Westworld" : TESSA
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Oceanic : VAST
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Ill-considered : RASH
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Wired : HYPER
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Unappetizing gruel : SLOP
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Like a dress that falls short? : PETITE
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Burlesque accessory : BOA
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Vietnamese noodle dish : PHO
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Pulitzer-winning composer and lyricist of "Sunday in the Park With George" : STEPHENSONDHEIM
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Greenwich Village's Stonewall ___ : INN
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Poet who wrote "Only through time time is conquered" : ELIOT
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Grub, e.g. : LARVA
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Pathetic : SAD
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Linking point : NEXUS
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German industrial city : ESSEN
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Old sunscreen initialism : PABA
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Gets off one's chest : AIRS
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Ones who probably aren't buying it? : LOOKIELOOS
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She, in São Paulo : ELA
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Performed well enough : DIDOK
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Alum : GRAD
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180 : UEY
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Bit of spy gear, informally : CAM
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Defeat decisively : CRUSH
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Mock "Ooh, you frighten me!" : IMSCARED
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Kind of shell : TACO
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"Wait, ___?" : WHAT
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Makes less noisy, in a way : OILS
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"The Magnificent Seven" or "The Hateful Eight" : WESTERN
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Where Caitlin Clark played Division I basketball : IOWA
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Once called : NEE
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Warm-up lap leader : PACECAR
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They communicate through bill-clattering : STORKS
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Cove : INLET
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Battle of Vicksburg in the Civil War, e.g. : SIEGE
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Salad green : ENDIVE
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Tunes with an irresistible rhythm : TOETAPPERS
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Change across the Atlantic : EUROS
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Squirrel away : STASH
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Lies atop : RESTSON
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"Very well ..." : OKAYTHEN
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Miracle-___ : GRO
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Modern suffix with situation : SHIP
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Key's longtime partner in sketch comedy : PEELE
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51-Across server : LADLE
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Trident-shaped letters : PSIS
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Sicilian landmark : ETNA
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Look after : TEND
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Most online customer service agents nowadays : BOTS
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Queen's domain : HIVE
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Sultanate near Yemen : OMAN
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Cancel : NIX
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Trifling amount : SOU
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Is blessed with : HAS

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

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