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Split Seconds

New York Times, Sunday, June 7, 2026

Author:
Adam Wagner and Simeon Seigel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Ball pit?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
334/20/20216/7/202611
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4111.6225033.961%
Adam Wagner
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219/17/20206/7/20262
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341.5914936.058%
Simeon Seigel

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 128, Blocks: 78 Missing: {JQV} This is puzzle # 33 for Mr. Wagner. This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Seigel. Grid flow: 25.3 Sunday freshness: 61%
Will Shortz notes:
Adam Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., is a creative lead at Patreon, a monetization platform for content creators. Simeon Seigel, of Brooklyn, is a partner at an architecture and design firm in ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
When consecutive groups of three across answers are grouped together, you have to split the second and parse them as only two answers (two out of the three): Grid Reads As Parses To GATECH ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times6/7/26 ( No. 27,970 )
Across
1
Stiff : RIGID
6
___ Waller-Bridge, star and creator of TV's "Fleabag" : PHOEBE
12
Ball pit? : SOCKET
18
Loves to pieces : ADORES
20
Excoriates : RAILSAT
21
Drink following a shot : CHASER
22
& 23 & 24 Airport announcement / Requirement to practice, perhaps : GATECHANGE/LICENSURE
25
Breakthrough cry : AHA
26
North African fortress, in one spelling : KASBAH
28
America's largest labor union, familiarly : THENEA
30
& 32 & 35 "Now, here's the thing ..." / Some board game surfaces : SOLISTEN/CHESSTABLES
39
Long instrumental piece : SONATA
41
Former alliance of France, Italy, Japan, the U.S., the U.K. and West Germany : GSIX
42
Snuggle : NESTLEUP
43
Slugger's tally : ATBATS
45
Letters aptly missing from _ _ _ightl_ : SPRY
47
Website for finding professional services : ANGI
48
& 50 & 54 Serious props / Had an evening meal : MADRESPECT/ATEDINNER
55
Free of bumps : SMOOTH
57
"Not exactly ..." : ISH
58
Philippe's head : TETE
59
Bit of "Great British Baking Show" fare : SCONE
60
Some animation files : GIFS
61
Eighth Avenue express line in N.Y.C. : ATRAIN
64
Did some housekeeping : CLEANED
66
Amount that "ain't bad," so to speak ... or what to make with six sets of answers in this puzzle? : TWOOUTOFTHREE
70
Creative evaluation of a sort : ARTTEST
74
Some eels : MORAYS
75
Manufacturer's gross product? : SMOG
79
Worries : CARES
80
Bevy : quails :: mob : ___ : EMUS
84
Relieve (of) : RID
85
Feature of an intersection that forces a turn : TSHAPE
87
& 88 & 91 Syntax-reversing rhetorical device / Small, peelable citrus fruits : CHIASMUS/CLEMENTINES
92
Taylor Swift's ___ Tour : ERAS
93
Out of the ordinary : RARE
94
Resident of the so-called "Nation of Poets" : SOMALI
96
Early Google algorithm for determining the importance of websites : PAGERANK
100
Performs a simple operation : ADDS
103
"Why you little ...!" : SONOFA
105
& 106 & 108 "No need to hurry" / Like some security measures : THERESTIME/ANTITHEFT
110
Enter hurriedly : RUSHIN
112
Chest beaters? : HEARTS
114
Business address abbr. : STE
115
& 118 & 121 Didn't quite fit in, say / Not as frequently : WASABITODD/LESSOFTEN
123
Upper-crusters : ELITES
124
What wristwatch straps are designed to accommodate : ANYSIZE
125
Homes characterized by half-timbered walls : TUDORS
126
Fine, if not great : DECENT
127
Flexibility : LEEWAY
128
Not in vogue : PASSE
Down
1
Pieces of Indian music : RAGAS
2
Tubers from the Gem State : IDAHOS
3
Laid eyes on but good : GOTALOADOF
4
Country whose flag is known as "An Trídhathach" ("The Tricolor"): Abbr. : IRE
5
Deal with it! : DECK
6
Type of Thai red curry : PANANG
7
Lofty pitches : HIGHCS
8
Corrida cry : OLE
9
Class for immigrants, in brief : ESL
10
Tries to rile, as on social media : BAITS
11
Leave one's mark, say : ETCH
12
Scratch-and-sniff samples : SCENTS
13
"How interesting!" : OHNEAT
14
Classic film said to be the most quotable movie of all time : CASABLANCA
15
The Wildcats of the Big 12 Conf. : KSU
16
Sonnet adverb ... or suffix? : EER
17
Green Day drummer ___ Cool : TRE
19
Soda brand named for a volcano : SHASTA
20
Broccoli ___ : RABE
27
Facts and figures : STATS
29
Suffix with Brooklyn : ESE
31
Phrases preceding lyrics : INTROS
33
Basic school subj. : HIST
34
Like about 88% of the U.A.E.'s residents : EXPAT
36
Musician who said "Reality leaves a lot to the imagination" : LENNON
37
The eldest Levy of "Schitt's Creek" : EUGENE
38
Like many cathedrals : SPIRED
40
Help in a pinch? : ABET
42
Ural demurral : NYET
44
Vice president Agnew : SPIRO
46
This is the way: Abbr. : RTE
48
Seasoning that imparts umami flavor, for short : MSG
49
"___ dreaming?" : AMI
51
Red-haired hunter in Genesis : ESAU
52
Record of money owed : CHIT
53
Condemn : DECRY
54
Response of comprehension : ISEE
56
Hems and ___ : HAWS
62
Object of spiritual significance : TOTEM
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Award opportunity, in brief : NOM
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Out of fear that : LEST
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Thomas Hardy's titular Miss Durbeyfield : TESS
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Swinger's warning : FORE
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Shorten : TRIM
69
Underworld boss? : HADES
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Confirm, as a friend request : ACCEPT
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Enthusiastic : RAHRAH
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First responder's first response : TRIAGE
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Initially offered lesser charge : TEASERRATE
75
Union victory site of 1862 : SHILOH
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The Declaration of Independence and the like : MANIFESTOS
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Expose, in verse : OPE
78
Some microwaves, in brief : GES
81
Gloom : MURK
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2028 Summer Olympics host : USA
83
"Beat it!" : SCRAM
86
Third-most-common suffix in country names, after -ia and -land : STAN
89
Journalist's opening line : LEDE
90
Polite refusal : NOSIR
95
Thoroughfare through N.Y.C.'s Chinatown : MOTTST
97
Sandwich with sauerkraut : REUBEN
98
Pass before a basket, e.g. : ASSIST
99
Of an unspecified position in a sequence : NTH
101
National flower of Mexico : DAHLIA
102
One of the Seven Dwarfs : SNEEZY
104
Dessert, to Brits : AFTERS
106
Combined : INONE
107
Subdue by stunning : TASE
109
Needing kneading, perhaps : TENSE
111
Leaning type: Abbr. : ITAL
113
Counterpart to nuts : SOUP
115
Brought together : WED
116
Kölsch or saison : ALE
117
[Not my misspelling!] : SIC
119
The banned ingredient Red No. 3, e.g. : DYE
120
Big retail inits. in footwear : DSW
122
Org. banning 119-Down : FDA

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle.

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