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New York Times, Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Author:
Brad Lively
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
A little sun?
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33/27/20255/26/2026
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Brad Lively

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QVX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Lively. Grid flow: 45.4 Tuesday freshness: 44%
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© 2026, The New York Times5/26/26 ( No. 27,958 )
Across
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Number not representable by Roman numerals : ZERO
5
What's the point of bullfighting? : HORN
9
Bryce Canyon's state : UTAH
13
What Thomas Carlyle called "the dismal science," for short : ECON
14
Cookies featured in Weird Al's "The White Stuff" : OREOS
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Condiment in potato salad, informally : MAYO
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*Aids for biting : SHARPTEETH
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Task for a line cook, informally : PREP
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Thus far : TODATE
21
___ for thought : FOOD
23
Crevice : GAP
24
Ice cream drink : MALT
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*Attribute for spotting what others miss : KEENEYE
28
What a scare might make you do : JUMP
31
Word after hand or band : SAW
33
"That's a good tip for the future" : NOTED
34
Actress de Armas of "Knives Out" : ANA
35
Swanky shindig : GALA
36
Copenhagener, e.g. : DANE
37
What the answers to the starred clues are, collectively? : BODYOFKNOWLEDGE
42
$50/hour, e.g. : RATE
43
Cuisine from Bangkok : THAI
44
It's blowing in the wind : AIR
45
Artist with the albums "19," "21," "25" and "30" : ADELE
47
"My dear ___ ..." : SIR
48
Online files for instruction manuals, often : PDFS
49
*Cheeky sort : WISEASS
52
Rip-___ (awful deals) : OFFS
54
Pre-entree order, informally : APP
55
Daily delivery : MAIL
57
Declares as fact : SAYSSO
61
Picked out of a lineup, informally : IDED
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*One given to insolence : SMARTMOUTH
65
Tickle Me Elmo toymaker : TYCO
66
HR-V and CR-V automaker : HONDA
67
Senior dance party : PROM
68
Meyers of "Late Night" : SETH
69
Within a stone's throw of : NEAR
70
Patches up, say : SEWS
Down
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Gusto : ZEST
2
Repetitive sound effect : ECHO
3
Highway, e.g. : ROAD
4
Way to the highway : ONRAMP
5
Spot to keep a passport while traveling : HOTELSAFE
6
Valuable deposit : ORE
7
"Finding Nemo" setting : REEF
8
Simply unacceptable : NOTOK
9
M.L.B. official : UMP
10
Customized bit of marketing : TARGETEDAD
11
"Yes, captain!" : AYEAYE
12
Moved like a kangaroo : HOPPED
15
"If the ___ fits, wear it!" : SHOE
18
School bake sale org. : PTA
22
Mountain visible from Anchorage : DENALI
25
Lecture : TALK
27
"___ of your business!" : NONE
28
Punch in the ring : JAB
29
Game with the goal of running out of cards : UNO
30
Huge props : MADRESPECT
32
Desires : WANTS
35
Cheerleader's shout : GOTEAM
36
A little sun? : DWARFSTAR
38
Connecticut Ivy : YALE
39
Home of Xenia, the U.S.'s largest city whose name starts with "X" : OHIO
40
Many an embedded animation : GIF
41
Settings for "The Pitt" and "Code Black," for short : ERS
45
Lies ahead : AWAITS
46
Technique whereby a shirt is lowered into a pigmented bath : DIPDYE
48
Military mind games, for short : PSYOPS
50
Merit badge holder : SASH
51
Schuster's partner in publishing : SIMON
53
Closest peeps : FAM
56
Assignment at a bowling alley : LANE
58
"You bet!" : SURE
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Place in an overhead bin : STOW
60
Electrical resistance units : OHMS
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[Facepalm] : DOH
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Nutritional intake amt. : RDA

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