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New York Times, Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Author:
Kiran Pandey
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
One in a breakfast chain?
TotalDebutLatest
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Kiran Pandey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 79, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQWXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Pandey. Grid flow: 55.3 Tuesday freshness: 29%
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© 2026, The New York Times3/17/26 ( No. 27,888 )
Across
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Place to crash : SOFA
5
Bubbly beverage : COLA
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Unflinching in the face of danger : STOIC
14
Indigo dye : ANIL
15
R&B singer Redding : OTIS
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Title girl in a Beach Boys hit : RHONDA
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Thin Mints and Tagalongs : GIRLSCOUTCOOKIES
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In danger of being lost : ATSTAKE
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Spice mixture : RUB
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Sci-fi character who says "Your father, he is" : YODA
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Successor to F.D.R. : HST
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Midwest capital named for a president : MADISON
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One in a breakfast chain? : SAUSAGELINK
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D- or F-worthy : BAD
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"It's super-appreciated!," in a modern initialism : TYVM
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Holm of "The Hobbit" : IAN
34
Museum of the Moving ___ (site dedicated to TV and film) : IMAGE
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Many a North African : ARAB
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Dose dropped for a trip : LSDTAB
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Villain in a fairy tale : OGRE
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Actress Kirsten : DUNST
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Little squirt in a garage, say : OIL
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Turn suddenly : VEER
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Like the last name of poet William Wordsworth : APT
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Likely to attract attention, as a criminal case : HIGHPROFILE
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Revels (in) : GLORIES
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Higher educ. assessment : GRE
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Smoothie fruit : ACAI
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Portuguese greeting : OLA
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Victorio and Geronimo, for two : APACHES
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Hopelessly internet-brained ... or a description of the ends of 17-, 26-, 37- and 47-Across? : TERMINALLYONLINE
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"Space ___" (1969 David Bowie single) : ODDITY
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Props for a golfer : TEES
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De-wrinkle : IRON
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Shakes hands with, perhaps : MEETS
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Have over to one's house : HOST
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Pain in the butt : PEST
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Sprawling story : SAGA
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"Doing as we speak!" : ONIT
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Seasonal tree purchases : FIRS
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Clumsy : ALLTHUMBS
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Old-fashioned, for one : COCKTAIL
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Great Plains tribe : OTOE
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Actor Simu ___ of "Barbie" : LIU
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Concerning the stars : ASTRAL
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Network with "Dexter" and "Shameless," in brief : SHO
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Home to Shibuya Crossing, the world's busiest pedestrian intersection : TOKYO
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Deli order that may lead to pungent breath : ONIONBAGEL
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Like patrons at the door of a "21+ only" nightclub, informally : IDED
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"Mi ___, su ___" : CASA
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Bird that sings at dawn : ROBIN
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Attitude : SASS
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Rapper Kid ___ : CUDI
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Put back together : MEND
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Enjoy the slopes : SKI
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Pancake topper : SYRUP
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Like some experimental theater : AVANTGARDE
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What to go to Citgo to get : GAS
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See eye to eye : AGREE
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Road Xing animal : DEER
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"And that's the trick!" : TADA
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Film snippet : MOVIECLIP
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Bests : TOPS
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Lungful : AIR
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Bit of internet writing : BLOGPOST
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Howe'er : THO
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It might be dramatic or cosmic : IRONY
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___ monster (Southwest reptile) : GILA
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Hospital concern : HEALTH
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QB Tarkenton : FRAN
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Minimum or maximum : LIMIT
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Small bit of matter : ATOM
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Relinquish : CEDE
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Nautical assents : AYES
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Bring on for a job : HIRE
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Grandson of Adam and Eve : ENOS
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Label that's typically between "Inbox" and "Drafts" : SENT
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"___ all good, my man!" : ITS
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Actor DiCaprio, to fans : LEO

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