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New York Times, Thursday, May 14, 2026

Author:
Simeon Seigel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Prolifically posting about one's kids online, in a neologism
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Simeon Seigel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {BJQVXYZ} This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Seigel. Grid flow: 39.2 Thursday freshness: 92%
Jim Horne notes:
The circled H-O-H sequences represent water molecules. WATER is added to the end or beginning of the theme answers. STANDING+WATER & ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times5/14/26 ( No. 27,946 )
Across
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Cliff formed by a fault : SCARP
6
Avoided a tag, say : SLID
10
Penultimate Greek letter : PSI
13
"My fault entirely" : ALLME
14
Taste perception first identified in 1908 : UMAMI
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Physics unit named for a physicist : OHM
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Feature that debuted on Page 1 of The New York Times in 1997 : COLORPHOTOS
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Confucian "way" : TAO
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Prime breeding environment for mosquitoes : STANDINGWATER
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Impression on some fancy sheets : WATERMARK
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Puente of "The Mambo Kings" : TITO
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Traveled path : ROUTE
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At sea, say : ONTHEWATER
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Powerful fireboat gear : WATERCANNONS
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Rationalist's theology : DEISM
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Decree : FIAT
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Part of an analogy : ISTO
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"___'s da breaks!" : DEM
34
Lovestruck : SMITTEN
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Flesh and blood : KIN
38
Biblical locale guarded by a flaming sword : EDEN
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Direction to bow, in music : ARCO
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Squeezing (out) : EKING
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Gets bloated, say : RETAINSWATER
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Pair for a pool : WATERWINGS
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Ruthless Athenian lawgiver : DRACO
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Tidy up, in a way : DUST
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What collects in a puddle : RAINWATER
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Things often getting free refills : WATERPITCHERS
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Simile segment : ASA
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Broadcasting giant with hundreds of stations : IHEARTRADIO
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___ Friday : GAL
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Origin of the words "sky" and "scrape" : NORSE
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Heather genus that's also a woman's name : ERICA
60
Good periods : UPS
61
Former small-sized G.M. cars : GEOS
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Compound with a caret-shaped molecule, as depicted by this puzzle's circled letters : WATER
Down
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Anatomical containers : SACS
2
Thicken : CLOT
3
Palindrome on an Italian restaurant menu : ALLA
4
September to April, in the oyster industry : RMONTHS
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Alternatives to hourly wages : PERDIEMS
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Ecological concern : SMOG
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Trellis piece : LATH
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"If u ask me" : IMO
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Gossip about, informally : DISHON
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A peeling that's appealing? : POTATOSKIN
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Prolifically posting about one's kids online, in a neologism : SHARENTING
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Reassuring reply : IMOK
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"That ... ain't it" : UHNO
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Essence : PITH
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Certain tax-free bond, informally : MUNI
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Velocity, e.g. : RATE
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Relatively unusual : ODDER
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Had to have right away : NEEDEDASAP
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Races against the clock : TIMETRIALS
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Travel by pick-up? : HITCH
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"The Elder" or "The Younger" Roman : CATO
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Strains to hear? : SONGS
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Hemlock relatives : FIRS
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Hand, at a hacienda : MANO
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Group with a satellite truck : NEWSCREW
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Palindrome on an Indian restaurant menu : NAAN
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Seven-stringed instrument that gave the guitar its name : KITHARA
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Ancient book of divination : ICHING
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Member of a sluglike "Star Wars" species : HUTT
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Presaging disaster : DIRE
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Meaty pasta sauce : RAGU
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Long lunch? : HERO
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Get ahead of : PASS
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Cut and paste, e.g. : EDIT
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Force through a food mill : RICE
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Go way up : SOAR
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Uprooting tool : HOE

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

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