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New York Times, Monday, May 4, 2026

Author:
Kate Schutzengel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Slogan encouraging the use of seatbelts
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Kate Schutzengel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Schutzengel. Grid flow: 17.8 Monday freshness: 57%
Jim Horne notes:

Each theme answer contains ICK twice.

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C
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O
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A
4
S
5
T
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A
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B
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B
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A
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G
11
A
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P
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S
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O
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S
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F
O
B
S
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A
M
A
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C
H
I
C
K
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F
L
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C
K
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L
E
N
A
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O
U
T
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L
A
N
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I
O
N
I
C
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B
24
R
I
C
K
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B
26
Y
B
R
I
C
K
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I
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T
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S
L
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T
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L
U
M
E
T
31
N
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K
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N
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S
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C
A
R
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Y
35
R
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S
37
C
L
I
C
K
38
I
T
O
R
T
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I
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C
K
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T
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A
L
P
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H
U
G
E
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M
A
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N
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S
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A
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T
O
N
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M
O
P
T
O
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P
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I
C
K
U
P
S
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T
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I
C
K
S
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A
D
L
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B
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E
T
A
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W
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A
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S
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D
E
A
N
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G
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E
T
S
T
60
H
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E
I
C
K
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M
A
S
T
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P
R
O
M
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B
E
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A
Y
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A
L
S
O
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S
A
N
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O
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© 2026, The New York Times5/4/26 ( No. 27,936 )
Across
1
"The ___ is clear!" : COAST
6
"Mamma Mia" group : ABBA
10
Spaces, as between teeth : GAPS
14
Author Joyce Carol ___ : OATES
15
Devices for keyless entry : FOBS
16
Amo, amas, ___ : AMAT
17
"Sleepless in Seattle" or "Legally Blonde," informally : CHICKFLICK
19
Actress Dunham or Waithe : LENA
20
Call from an ump : OUT
21
Group of connected PCs : LAN
22
Like some columns and bonds : IONIC
23
Methodical way for something to be built : BRICKBYBRICK
27
"This place is fire" : ITSLIT
30
Sidney who directed "12 Angry Men" and "The Wiz" : LUMET
31
Japanese camera giant : NIKON
32
"The Lion King" villain : SCAR
34
Soph., jr. and sr. : YRS
37
Slogan encouraging the use of seatbelts : CLICKITORTICKET
41
Swiss peak : ALP
42
Enormous : HUGE
43
New England state with the slogan "The Way Life Should Be" : MAINE
44
Used, as a chair : SATON
47
Shaggy hairstyle : MOPTOP
48
Simple game requiring steady hands : PICKUPSTICKS
52
Improvise, as a speech : ADLIB
53
When a plane is due, for short : ETA
54
Used to be : WAS
57
College figure : DEAN
58
Suddenly feels repulsed by a romantic partner ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across : GETSTHEICK
62
Pole on a sailboat : MAST
63
Tradition for many high school seniors : PROM
64
Fasten, as a ship's rope : BELAY
65
In addition : ALSO
66
Levelheaded : SANE
67
"Goodie" on classic radio : OLDIE
Down
1
2017 Pixar film set in Mexico : COCO
2
Third-largest Hawaiian island : OAHU
3
Going ___ (fighting) : ATIT
4
Part of a min. : SEC
5
Chiding sound : TSK
6
Insurance company whose mascot is a duck : AFLAC
7
Sound effect for a bop on the head : BOINK
8
Eng. channel : BBC
9
Request : ASK
10
Aplenty : GALORE
11
Bag of hotel room freebies, say : AMENITYKIT
12
Feel a suddenly overwhelming fear : PANIC
13
Serving of pancakes : STACK
18
Move like a fairy : FLIT
22
Tech giant founded in 1911 : IBM
23
Voting group : BLOC
24
Skating locale : RINK
25
Play loudly, as from a speaker : BLARE
26
Traditional circular dwelling : YURT
27
Ancient Peruvian : INCA
28
Cash drawer : TILL
29
Plays hooky : SKIPSCLASS
32
Shocks into silence : STUNS
33
Part of a gearwheel : COG
35
Nevada city near Lake Tahoe : RENO
36
Bit of a staircase : STEP
38
Flapjack franchise : IHOP
39
Reassurance after a loud crash, say : IMOK
40
Puts a limit on : CAPS
45
Resembling : AKINTO
46
Spot for three men in a nursery rhyme : TUB
47
Exam for a future doc : MCAT
48
Culinary personality Lakshmi : PADMA
49
Best imaginable : IDEAL
50
Wyoming's Grand ___ National Park : TETON
51
"Hi, you know who this is" : ITSME
54
Undomesticated : WILD
55
Smoothie "superfood" : ACAI
56
Scottish terrier breed : SKYE
58
Rte. finder : GPS
59
Long time in history : ERA
60
Network for "Succession" and "The Wire" : HBO
61
Slithery fish : EEL

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

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