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New York Times, Thursday, June 4, 2026

Author:
Joe Deeney
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Bald youngster?
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Joe Deeney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Deeney. Grid flow: 29.7 Thursday freshness: 60%
Jim Horne notes:

In print, the four rebus squares are drawn extra-large.

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LOWES
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© 2026, The New York Times6/4/26 ( No. 27,967 )
Across
1
In "The Tempest," when Miranda says "O brave new world, That has such people in't!" : ACTV
5
Middlemen in illicit transactions : FENCES
11
Last over the line, say : SLOWEST
14
Sushi wrapper : NORI
15
Waikiki welcomes : ALOHAS
16
Indigenous people of the Great Basin : UTE
17
Forbidden idol : GRAVENIMAGE
19
"American ___" : PIE
20
Neighborhood watering hole : LOCALDIVE
21
Subj. for one aspiring to become bilingual : ESL
22
Particularly fine examples : GEMS
23
Tolkien's Treebeard, for one : ENT
24
Cards : IDS
26
Shamash holder : MENORAH
28
Really rips into : ASSAILS
31
Become enamored with : TAKETO
32
Beguile : ENTICE
34
Bob who narrated "How I Met Your Mother" : SAGET
35
Historic Bulgarian ruler : TSAR
38
Faux flattery : SMARM
40
Bob who hosted PBS's "The Joy of Painting" : ROSS
41
Broad-shouldered Titan : ATLAS
43
Most senior : ELDEST
45
Italian liquor distilled from winemaking leftovers : GRAPPA
47
Downward dog and others : YOGAPOSES
50
Exactly as desired : LIKEACHARM
52
151, once : CLI
53
Discouraging words : NOS
55
They come in black, Belgian and double varieties : IPAS
56
Path to spiritual harmony : TAO
58
Bring out : ELICIT
60
Lillehammer's land: Abbr. : NOR
61
Large retail establishment ... and a hint to four squares in this puzzle : BIGBOXSTORE
63
Part of the conjugation of "être" : EST
64
Candy heart phrase : BEMINE
65
Where "the man gave names to all ... the birds in the sky and all the wild animals" : EDEN
66
"Told you!" : SEE
67
Containers in orchards : CRATES
68
Run into : MEET
Down
1
It's a matter of degrees : ANGLE
2
Beer brand with the slogan "La Playa Awaits" : CORONA
3
Political leaflets : TRACTS
4
"The Four Seasons" composer : VIVALDI
5
Altered excerpts of a film posted to social media, say : FANEDITS
6
Sons of ___, exemplars of biblical wickedness : ELI
7
Site of an 1899-1909 gold rush : NOME
8
Deep fissure : CHASM
9
Bald youngster? : EAGLET
10
Montreal-to-Boston dir. : SSE
11
Freudian censor : SUPEREGO
12
Conservative guesses : LOWESTIMATES
13
Links openings? : TEESHOTS
18
Imported beverage brand : EVIAN
22
Pint-size racers : GOKARTS
25
___ mold : SLIME
27
"It Ain't Hard to Tell" rapper : NAS
29
Six-winged angels : SERAPHS
30
Like the appearance of armadillos and anacondas : SCALY
33
Many a character on "The Pitt," informally : ERDOC
35
"Just Do It" and "Think Different" : TAGLINES
36
Fashion photographer's direction : STRIKEAPOSE
37
Not prix fixe : ALACARTE
39
Movie theaters with many screens : MEGAPLEXES
42
Fancy hotel amenity : SPA
44
Nursery purchases : SOILS
46
More pretentious : ARTIER
48
Disguise, in a way : ENCODE
49
Fancy affair : SOIREE
51
Soft rock? : MAGMA
54
Tube placed during angioplasty : STENT
57
Article that might be prewritten, informally : OBIT
59
Bullet point : ITEM
61
Airer of "The Graham Norton Show" : BBC
62
Small square : ONE

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

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