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New York Times, Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Author:
Hanh Huynh and Ted Mayer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Amish rite of passage
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Ted Mayer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JX} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Huynh. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Mayer. Grid flow: 28.2 Wednesday freshness: 57%
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© 2026, The New York Times2/4/26 ( No. 27,847 )
Across
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Indian megacity of 16+ million : DELHI
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Talks too much : BLABS
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Text initialism that's the name of a 2010 Usher hit : OMG
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Like some walls at Harvard and Dartmouth : IVIED
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"Casablanca" actor's nickname : BOGIE
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Actress Long or Peeples : NIA
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Native American rite of passage : VISIONQUEST
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Explosive item for Wile E. Coyote : TNT
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"I wish it were so" : ALASNO
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Behavioral quirk : TIC
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Clarified butter : GHEE
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Roof type with removable panels : TTOP
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Girl encouraged to wake up, in a 1957 #1 Everly Brothers hit : SUSIE
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Heartbeat tests, in brief : EKGS
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Jewish rite of passage : BARMITZVAH
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L.L.Bean competitor : REI
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"___ of Dogs" (2018 film) : ISLE
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Occurring at an appropriate moment : TIMELY
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N.F.L. player in a purple uniform : RAVEN
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What might help someone be loud and clear? : MIC
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Strong point : FORTE
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"I'll be right with you" : ONESEC
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Screw up : GOOF
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Lead-in to X, Y or Z : GEN
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Amish rite of passage : RUMSPRINGA
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More than giga-, less than peta- : TERA
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Really plague : EATAT
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Each "point" of Taurus's horns, e.g. : STAR
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Stand up to : DEFY
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Profs' aides : TAS
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Beethoven work originally titled "Bonaparte," after Napoleon : EROICA
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Kimono sash : OBI
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"Seinfeld" catchphrase ... or, when parsed as three words, how a participant of 17-, 30- or 47-Across might be greeted? : HELLONEWMAN
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Dallas baller : MAV
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Kind of pipe or patch : BRIAR
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Like an Islay single malt, to Scotch enthusiasts : PEATY
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Ball one or ball two? : EYE
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Great Plains nation : OSAGE
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Pittsburgh-based industrial giant : ALCOA
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Melodramatic sort : DIVA
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Like Cinderella's stepmother : EVIL
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Rapper in K-pop's Blackpink : LISA
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Jobs in "Heat" and "Ocean's Eleven" : HEISTS
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Lead-in to know or care : IDONT
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Potato chip flavor, informally : BBQ
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Ruffian : LOUT
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Workplace concern for seniors : AGEISM
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British cookie : BISCUIT
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10 squats at the gym, perhaps : SET
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Facing an imminent prospect (of) : ONTHEVERGE
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"None for you!" : MINE
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Right out of the ___ : GATE
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Rookies, to gamers : NOOBS
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Doohickey : GIZMO
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Sources of lines for a reading, maybe : PALM
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Like some upper lips and drinks : STIFF
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Unforced ___ (athlete's concern) : ERROR
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Reeves of "Hardball" : KEANU
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"Up top!" : GIVEMEFIVE
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Ruler's length? : REIGN
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Cuff or hem, say : ALTER
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Any of Scar's underlings in "The Lion King" : HYENA
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Unfit for the job : INEPT
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Bar exam component : ESSAY
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Gear parts : COGS
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Completely collapses : CRATERS
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Like some Quaker products : OATEN
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Where you are when in Roma : ITALIA
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Cement spreader : TROWEL
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Snack similar to a gordita : AREPA
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Noggin : DOME
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Site for online bids : EBAY
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Foundry waste : SLAG
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Part of a line at an Apple Store : IMAC
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Adversary of Julius Caesar : CATO
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Actress Taylor-Joy of "The Gorge" : ANYA
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"The Penguin" airer : HBO
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Foundry material : ORE

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

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