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New York Times, Saturday, March 21, 2026

Author:
Boaz Moser
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Athletic activity spun off from parkour
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Boaz Moser

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Moser. Grid flow: 57.0 Saturday freshness: 53%
Jim Horne notes:
From Wikipedia: Parkour is a training discipline focused on efficiently navigating obstacles in urban or natural environments by ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times3/21/26 ( No. 27,892 )
Across
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Parts of a story structure? : IBEAMS
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Case managers? : SLEUTHS
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Lead-in to "Go!" : GETSET
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"No more for me!" : IWANTOUT
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Gym amenity : LOCKER
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Words before a teaser to the following episode : NEXTTIME
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Be behind : OWE
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What there's no accounting for, in a saying : TASTE
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Notable city in civil rights history : SELMA
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On the ___ (not friendly) : OUTS
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Chucks, slangily : YEETS
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Stink : REEK
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It's not nice to walk in this : SLEET
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Game with shooters : CRAPS
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Brady bunch?: Abbr. : TDS
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Athletic activity spun off from parkour : FREERUNNING
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Things that are tough on the outside and doughy on the inside? : ARMOREDCARS
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Impulsive, as a decision : SPLITSECOND
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Reserved : SHY
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Scuffle : SETTO
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Sculptor Jeff known for his steel balloon animals : KOONS
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Very busy, with "up" : TIED
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Word with corn or cough : SYRUP
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[Love you!] : MWAH
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Debate : ARGUE
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Titular Dr. Seuss character : LORAX
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"What's your ___?" : ETA
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Accepted defeat, in modern parlance : TOOKTHEL
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Heavy : LEADEN
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Not accepting, perhaps : INDENIAL
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Join arms? : ENLIST
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Cavalry member in Russia, historically : COSSACK
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Twee : DAINTY
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Block housing : IGLOOS
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Classic poem whose sole surviving manuscript is kept in the British Library : BEOWULF
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"And so forth" : ETCETERA
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"___; and it shall be given you": Matthew 7:7 : ASK
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Encounter : MEET
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Go way off : STRAY
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Flavor profile for many a Chinese dish : SWEETANDSOUR
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Chill, maybe : LAX
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Creatures that attack Isengard, in fantasy : ENTS
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Total : UTTER
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Word with paper or humor : TOILET
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Breezed (along) : HUMMED
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Big cuts? : STEAKS
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Digital provocateur : INTERNETTROLL
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Breach : SECURITYLEAK
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Visionary people : SEERS
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Valuable commodity in "Dune" : SPICE
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Short-term workers : TEMPS
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Have a nosh : SNACK
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They've been played! : ROLES
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One with a bridle ... or one who's not bridal : GROOM
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Stuck under a blanket, perhaps : SNOWEDIN
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Makeup exam? : DNATEST
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Not going anywhere : STATIC
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Hawaii senator Mazie : HIRONO
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"Gadzooks!" : YEGODS
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Shabby shelter : SHANTY
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"Put up your ___!" : DUKES
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Blanched : PALED
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Mountain said to house Hephaestus' forges : ETNA
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Amazon affiliate on TV : XENA
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Grabbin' Grape juice brand : HIC
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Actor Mahershala : ALI

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