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New York Times, Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Author:
Adrianne Baik
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Wing woman?
TotalDebutLatest
46/20/20251/7/2026
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11.622136.351%
Adrianne Baik

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Baik. Grid flow: 34.5 Wednesday freshness: 61%
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J
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© 2026, The New York Times1/7/26 ( No. 27,819 )
Across
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Actress Pinkett Smith of "Girls Trip" : JADA
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Gets better : HEALS
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"Great" animals : APES
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Super-cool : EPIC
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Subject of 2001 bankruptcy headlines : ENRON
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"That's crazy!," on the internet : WOAH
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Wing woman? : TINKERBELL
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Not right : AWRY
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Second-most-common surname in Korea, after Kim : LEE
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Right away : ASAP
22
Sports center : ARENA
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They have pH's below 7 : ACIDS
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Cover girl? : NANCYDREW
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Kind of makeup you're born with? : GENETIC
30
XXX counterpart : OOO
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Org. with a 3-1-1 rule : TSA
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Gave a meal : FED
33
W-9 fig. : SSN
34
San Francisco or San Antonio : CITY
35
Homecoming queen? : DOROTHYGALE
38
Unhealthy haze : SMOG
40
Mathematician Terence : TAO
41
Musical genre that's the subject of the 2007 book "Everybody Hurts" : EMO
42
Game of pursuit : TAG
43
On behalf of : FOR
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Places for pampering pups : PETSPAS
48
Sister-in-law? : ELLEWOODS
51
Witherspoon who played 48-Across : REESE
52
"We need to talk" : AWORD
53
Smurf elder : PAPA
55
Miss, e.g. : SHE
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Hot stuff : LAVA
57
Cat lady? : HELLOKITTY
60
Uno más dos : TRES
61
Grads, now : ALUMS
62
Potatoes, in Indian cooking : ALOO
63
Text sent upon arrival : HERE
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Rapper ___ Elliott : MISSY
65
Course list? : MENU
Down
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Circadian dysrhythmia, less fancily : JETLAG
2
By the item : APIECE
3
Enjoy a home-cooked meal, say : DINEIN
4
"Oh no!," in comics : ACK
5
Certain possessive pronoun : HERS
6
With all judges present : ENBANC
7
Grilled cornmeal cake : AREPA
8
"haha" : LOL
9
"Black Jeopardy!" show, in brief : SNL
10
Nobel, for one : AWARD
11
Bold accessory for a suit : POWERTIE
12
Sincere : EARNEST
13
Back off (from) : SHYAWAY
18
Day for hunting : EASTER
22
"The Bear" actress Edebiri : AYO
24
Clear up, as a windshield : DEFOG
26
Snoopy : NOSY
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Savory rice porridge : CONGEE
29
Words of concurrence : IDOTOO
33
"___ 'nuff!" : SHO
34
Almost there : CLOSE
35
Cynophilist : DOGLOVER
36
Purple boba choice : TARO
37
Travel option that serves 46 states : AMTRAK
38
Secrecy : STEALTH
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Virus of sorts : MALWARE
43
Chain email abbr. : FWD
44
Biblical collection of 150 poems : PSALMS
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Kitchen grinder : PESTLE
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Kutcher of "That '70s Show" : ASHTON
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"Later" : SEEYOU
49
Clear, as a whiteboard : ERASE
50
Equivalent of a 1.3 G.P.A., say : DPLUS
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Small bouquet : POSY
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Hawaiian pizza topping : HAM
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Lilly of pharmaceuticals : ELI
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Dr. Seuss's Sam-___ : IAM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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