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New York Times, Saturday, May 23, 2026

Author:
Kameron Austin Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
A boxer's might knock you out
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Kameron Austin Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 62, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Collins. Grid flow: 33.0 Saturday freshness: 97%
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© 2026, The New York Times5/23/26 ( No. 27,955 )
Across
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They might be settled atop stools : BARBETS
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Shell, say : ARMOR
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Places to put fliers : AVIARIES
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Surgical specialty, informally : NEURO
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A boxer's might knock you out : DOGBREATH
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Substitute for "etc." : YADDA
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Begrudges : ENVIES
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Old auto company based in Lansing, Mich. : REO
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Jazz drummer DeRosa : CLEM
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One of the seven depicted in the 1995 thriller "Se7en" : GREED
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Daytime regulars : SOAPSTARS
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What some prisoners earn, in brief : GEDS
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Old black-and-white police autos, to Brits : PANDACARS
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___ weekend : SPA
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Walk on water? : GANGPLANK
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Top that screams "Look at me!" : LOUDSHIRT
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Clay-and-calcium-carbonate mix used in cement making : MARLSTONE
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"Lovely!" : FAB
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Chess puzzle challenge, maybe : MATEINONE
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Make do : COPE
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Many an epithet : DIRTYNAME
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Common con game : MONTE
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Petite ___ (certain French partner) : AMIE
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Epithet lead-in : AKA
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Bit of back-and-forth : BANTER
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Farrow with a Pulitzer for his investigative journalism : RONAN
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Eerie substance faked in 19th-century ghost hoaxes : ECTOPLASM
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Bygone leaders : TSARS
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Tourist nickname for a Southern mecca, to the chagrin of many locals : HOTLANTA
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Until, in Uruguay : HASTA
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Destination for wagons, once : THEWEST
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No-goodniks : BADEGGS
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Sales job that Forbes magazine once dubbed "the original side hustle," informally : AVONREP
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Ancient collection of Hindu hymns : RIGVEDA
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Pampers : BABIES
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Handled something poorly, say : ERRED
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Gets even with? : TIES
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Tac preceder : SEA
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At least one : ANY
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Substance that undergoes change, as in a lab : REACTANT
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Magpie lookalike with black-and-white plumage : MUDLARK
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Bosses (around) : ORDERS
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Gads about : ROAMS
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Figurative ability to withstand almost anything : STRONGSTOMACH
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Canal blocker? : HEADPHONE
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Milky and iridescent : OPALINE
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Lizard predator of Africa : SANDSNAKE
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Close call : SCARE
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Swedish American model Porizkova : PAULINA
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Edward who wrote and illustrated "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" : GOREY
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Foam designs, perhaps : LATTEART
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Berth places : MARINAS
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19th-century German novelist Theodor : FONTANE
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Stressors for some H.S. seniors : APTESTS
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Accessory on a pub counter : BEERMAT
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Brunch beverage : MIMOSA
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Standard 1L course, informally : CONLAW
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Title for some fictional lords : DARTH
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Sugar ___ : MAPLE
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Choice for the undecided : BOTH
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Org. with a "Cryptographic Support Services" page on its website : NSA
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Little squirt : TOT

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

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