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New York Times, Monday, February 9, 2026

Author:
Matthew Stock
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Main drag through Sin City
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
341/7/20212/9/202623
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241.6021945.256%
Matthew Stock

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Stock. Grid flow: 43.2 Monday freshness: 16%
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© 2026, The New York Times2/9/26 ( No. 27,852 )
Across
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The slightest bit : ATAD
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Mariner's septet : SEAS
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Picket line crosser : SCAB
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Like a situation with only bad outcomes : NOWIN
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St. Louis's Gateway ___ National Park : ARCH
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Voice above tenor : ALTO
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Thanksgiving boatful : GRAVY
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Spanish cat : GATO
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Nutritionist's plan : DIET
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Main drag through Sin City : LASVEGASSTRIP
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"Fancy meeting you here!" : OHHI
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Apply, as a new skill : USE
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Indigenous Southwestern people : PUEBLO
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Body part that can serve as a pencil holder : EAR
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"Delicious!" : YUM
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Trireme implement : OAR
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Valuable bit in a prospector's pan : GOLDNUGGET
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Like sudokus with very few given digits, generally : HARD
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"Nope, not for me" : IMOUT
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Online "haha" : LOL
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Steep-walled canyon : GORGE
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Hoarse voice : RASP
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Hockey player who typically plays the entire game : GOALTENDER
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Explosive-sounding TV channel : TNT
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Crow's call : CAW
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Punk-inspired music genre : EMO
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Minor disruption in the proceedings : HICCUP
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[Their typo, not mine!] : SIC
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Be a passenger : RIDE
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Question to a scaredy-cat ... to which the final parts of 20-, 32- and 42-Across would answer "Yes!" : AREYOUCHICKEN
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"You have a point there" : TRUE
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Lake on Ohio's northern border : ERIE
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Nine-member musical group : NONET
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Lack of difficulty : EASE
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Pimples : ACNE
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Like a lot : ADORE
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Amazed : AWED
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From ___ to riches : RAGS
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Water pitcher : EWER
Down
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___-Saxon : ANGLO
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Scroll read during a bat mitzvah ceremony : TORAH
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Overflowing (with) : AWASH
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Apportioned : DIVVIEDUP
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Long stories : SAGAS
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Wipe clean : ERASE
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"America's Got Talent" segments : ACTS
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Track-and-field event with a 16-pound ball : SHOTPUT
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British novelist Jones : SADIE
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Portable writing surface : CLIPBOARD
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Devoured : ATE
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Spam spewer : BOT
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Bill who says "Science rules!" in the intro to his TV show : NYE
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Sanskrit word for "teacher" : GURU
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"Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of ___" : RUM
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Massive : LARGE
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Pick from the menu : ORDER
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Tiny hill dweller : ANT
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Bellow : YELL
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Measurement around the waist : GIRTH
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Resident of Muscat : OMANI
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Something that's beyond help : LOSTCAUSE
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Luminesce : GLOW
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India's smallest state by area : GOA
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What students abide by when they don't cheat : HONORCODE
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Precious stone : GEM
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Period before starting more school : GAPYEAR
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Georgia ___ (Atlanta school) : TECH
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Pool player's stick : CUE
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Words to live by : CREED
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Taking to court : SUING
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Some frozen drinks : ICEES
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"No need to remind me!" : IKNOW
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Outdoor John? : DEERE
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"Come in" : ENTER
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Oceanic predator : ORCA
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All ___ day's work : INA
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Drink served by the Mad Hatter : TEA
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Like the fish in poke : RAW

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