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New York Times, Thursday, January 29, 2026

Author:
Kit Sheffield
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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11/29/2026
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Kit Sheffield

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {HJKQZ} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Sheffield. Grid flow: 26.9 Thursday freshness: 10%
Kit Sheffield notes:
When I retired in 2022, I had a few things I wanted to work on: decluttering the house, learning to play guitar, memorizing the ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

In 2009, Joel Fagliano clued GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG as "G-String". Today, it's a G-ROW as in "grow" meaning "expand."

Similarly, we have a SOR-ROW and TOMOR-ROW.

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© 2026, The New York Times1/29/26 ( No. 27,841 )
Across
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Vehicle in which it's often legal to drink alcohol : LIMO
5
Jokesters : WAGS
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Moistens, as a fern : MISTS
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First lady's partner : ADAM
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Object of veneration : IDOL
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Oft-disparaged family member : INLAW
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Busiest French airport not serving Paris : NICE
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Prefix with technology : NANO
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Roman goddess often depicted with a bow and arrow : DIANA
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Sonia Sotomayor or Clarence Thomas, once : YALIE
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Abbreviation in a help-wanted ad : EEO
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Part of U.S.N.A.: Abbr. : NAV
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@ @ @ : ATSIGNS
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Trippy stuff : LSD
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Folie ___ : ADEUX
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Villain portrayer in "Rocky III" : MRT
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Lavish celebration : FETE
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Sadness : SORSORSORSORSOR
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Base x height, for a parallelogram : AREA
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Sound made with a wince : OOF
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Extending brim : VISOR
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Guided : LED
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Michigan's historic 1991 basketball team, familiarly : FABFIVE
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Texter's declaration of affection : ILY
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Shags or bobs : DOS
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7-Elevens, e.g. : MARTS
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Day after today : TOMORTOMORTOMOR
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Make a delivery, say : ORATE
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___-golf : MINI
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"Think again!" : NOPE
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Lowlands : DALES
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City in NW Pennsylvania : ERIE
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God of war : ARES
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Like some minor celebrities : DLIST
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Five train in Brooklyn : NETS
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Time when one might give up alcohol : LENT
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Clubber ___, "Rocky III" villain : LANG
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"Capisce" : IDIG
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Like a listening device made out of a paper clip, a plastic straw and seven Lego blocks : MACGYVERED
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Symbol for ohms : OMEGA
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Improvise : WINGIT
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Pithy truths : ADAGES
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Signal to get off the stage, say : GONG
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Arduous journey : SLOG
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Tiny flies : MIDGES
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___ Montoya, "The Princess Bride" character : INIGO
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Mining waste : SLAG
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Powdered drink used by NASA : TANG
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Thief's haul : SWAG
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___SmithKline (2000 pharmaceutical merger) : GLAXO
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Chaps : GENTS
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Like some passages : NASAL
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Love, love, love : ADORE
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"Toodles!" : IMOFF
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[That makes me so mad!] : GRR
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"Too many cooks spoil the broth" principle : LESSISMORE
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Bum's place in a bar : STOOL
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Second-largest city in Northern Ireland : DERRY
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Country that has hosted the most Olympics : USA
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Common day to enjoy Thanksgiving leftovers: Abbr. : FRI
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___ beast (dish in Whoville) : ROAST
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Break down in tears : SOB
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Blindingly obvious : OVERT
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Ranger's domain : FOREST
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"Leave this to me" : IMONIT
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Is all over the map : VARIES
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Showers affection (on) : DOTES
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Like the Vietnamese language : TONAL
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Rod Flanders's brother on "The Simpsons" : TODD
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Like some traditions : ORAL
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Bamako's land : MALI
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Sign sought by one reading tea leaves : OMEN
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Muck : MIRE
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Major tennis tournament : OPEN
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Pause indicator in sheet music : REST

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