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New York Times, Friday, May 8, 2026

Author:
Rafael Musa and Geoffrey Schorkopf
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Books that go into intimate detail?
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2710/21/20225/8/202620
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60001155
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21.5618546.175%
Rafael Musa
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412/10/20245/8/20264
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0020020
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11.602437.458%
Geoffrey Schorkopf

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {GJQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Musa. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Schorkopf. Grid flow: 43.3 Friday freshness: 67%
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© 2026, The New York Times5/8/26 ( No. 27,940 )
Across
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Criticizes, in modern lingo : HATESON
8
Unruffled : ATEASE
14
"Not to worry ..." : THERENOW
16
Chichi : SWANKY
17
One away from one's duties? : TAXEXILE
18
French exit : SORTIE
19
Hollywood is on it: Abbr. : PST
20
Secures, in a way : MOORS
22
Flubs : SLIPS
23
Create a crispy crust for, say : PANSEAR
25
Coolers, for short : ACS
26
"Jeez!" : AWMAN
29
Touchy topic : SORESPOT
31
One of two in Raphael's "Sistine Madonna" : CHERUB
33
Cartoonist who popularized the Democratic donkey : NAST
34
"Bad hair day" hair : MOP
36
Address no longer than 18 minutes : TEDTALK
38
Prepares for company, maybe : NEATENS
40
Networking assets : INS
41
Second City district, with "the" : LOOP
43
Plumbing and welding, e.g. : TRADES
44
Really nasty fall? : ICESTORM
47
Date unlikely to be on a calendar : TRYST
48
Mammoth's home, for short : NHL
49
Where to go for a run : SKIAREA
51
Peabody-winning journalist Steve : KROFT
53
Many a Chilango : SENOR
54
Formula 1 fig. : KPH
57
"I'm this-a way!" : YOOHOO
59
Great depression? : SINKHOLE
61
"Would you look at the time?!" : IMLATE
62
Scrumdiddlyumptious : TODIEFOR
63
Like some interests and stocks : VESTED
64
Feeds the kitty, say : CATSITS
Down
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It's usually followed by an "s" : HTTP
2
Indicators of awareness : AHAS
3
Ding thing? : TEXT
4
Bygone "before" : ERE
5
Books that go into intimate detail? : SEXMANUALS
6
It might bring you to tears : ONION
7
"Good riddance" : NOLOSS
8
Jerk : ASS
9
All slam dunks : TWOS
10
Accessory turned down on a cap : EARLAP
11
Humor without a traditional punch line : ANTICOMEDY
12
Create ripple effects, in a way : SKIPSTONES
13
Scallops can have hundreds of tiny blue ones : EYES
15
"It's a date!" : WEREON
21
It's a wrap! : SARAN
23
Hairstylist's concern : PART
24
Go back to the beginning : RESET
26
Whence the line "Beware the ides of March" in "Julius Caesar" : ACTI
27
Comment from one who's going along : WHENINROME
28
Where to see fresh coats of white? : MEDSCHOOLS
30
First gear? : STARTERKIT
32
Rorschach patterns : BLOTS
35
"I'm this-a way!" : PSST
37
Goofballs : KOOKS
39
___ Theatre, Atlanta art house named for a fictional estate : TARA
42
White-collar figure : PRIEST
45
Pointy-topped red-and-green headwear : ELFHAT
46
Tuber that's the source of tapioca : MANIOC
50
___ Rousey, first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo : RONDA
51
National capital that's home to Mykhailivska Square : KYIV
52
Schlep : TOTE
54
___ Annan, former U.N. secretary general : KOFI
55
Something that's hatched : PLOT
56
Half of some matching sets : HERS
58
Work that traces the evolution of lang. over 1,000 years : OED
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"And ___ long gone when ___ next to me" (Taylor Swift lyric) : HES

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

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