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New York Times, Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Author:
Brad Lively
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Accessories pointed at the North Pole?
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Brad Lively

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Lively. Grid flow: 33.5 Tuesday freshness: 87%
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© 2026, The New York Times7/7/26 ( No. 28,000 )
Across
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___ ghanouj : BABA
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Like a couch potato : IDLE
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"Rise and shine!" : GETUP
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Patron saint of Norway : OLAV
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Combustible rock : COAL
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No longer in dreamland : AWAKE
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Charisma : MOJO
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"Orinoco Flow" singer : ENYA
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Like a credit card at its limit : MAXED
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*Surfer girls, in old lingo : BEACHBUNNIES
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Ease off : ABATE
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D.C. URL ending : DOTGOV
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*Frankfurters : HOTDOGS
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Easy mark for a hustle : LIVEONE
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Subject of Weird Al Yankovic's "The White Stuff" : OREO
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Common car freshener scent : PINE
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Score that's better than a bogey : PAR
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"Barbie" actress Issa : RAE
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*Relative of a grizzly that's named for its bright chest patch : SUNBEAR
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Umpire's clenched-fist call : OUT
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Sgt., but not pvt., e.g. : NCO
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Orgs. that may hold raffles : PTAS
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Mechanical memorization : ROTE
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Accessories pointed at the North Pole? : ELFHATS
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*Internet browser borrowing a nickname for the red panda : FIREFOX
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Slander : DEFAME
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What to call people ... or what not to call people : NAMES
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Like a feeling of tender happiness ... or how you might feel after reading both halves of the answers to the starred clues? : WARMANDFUZZY
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Common default computer font : ARIAL
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Mistake-correcting command : UNDO
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Rebel Alliance princess : LEIA
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Portmanteau for a screened-in feline lounge : CATIO
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Fresh powder, e.g. : SNOW
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Sci-fi franchise with light cycles : TRON
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Break things off : ENDIT
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"Amazing Grace," for one : HYMN
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Eurovision contest entry : SONG
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Tell jokes to total silence, say : BOMB
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Soothing succulent : ALOE
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___ California (Mexican border state) : BAJA
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Fruit from a tree that can self-pollinate : AVOCADO
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Cooler in a cooler : ICEBAG
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Hole foods? : DONUTS
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___ Staley, original lead singer of Alice in Chains : LAYNE
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Pizazz : ELAN
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Last words on a pinball machine : GAMEOVER
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Discarded tech : EWASTE
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Levy : TAX
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Luau instrument, informally : UKE
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___ Xing : PED
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"Curb Your Enthusiasm" network : HBO
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"Let It Go" singer Menzel : IDINA
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Vanish into thin air : GOPOOF
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Acting unthinkingly : ONAUTO
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Geometrical corner : VERTEX
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Like a triceratops : HORNED
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Delphi prophet : ORACLE
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Start a long drive, in a way : TEEOFF
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Tell a tall tale : LIE
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"This Old House" network : PBS
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Monty Python musical with a portmanteau title : SPAMALOT
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Absolute, as nonsense : UTTER
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"Illmatic" rapper : NAS
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What doers produce : RESULTS
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Luau locale : HAWAII
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Obsessive pop culture subculture : FANDOM
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"Count me in!" : IMDOWN
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Yellow card wielder : REF
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Job for Mrs. Doubtfire : NANNY
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Sled dog command : MUSH
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Number of years that George Washington lived in the White House : ZERO
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Last U.S. national park alphabetically : ZION
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Bowen formerly of "S.N.L." : YANG
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High card : ACE
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Hightailed it : RAN
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"___ be my pleasure!" : ITD

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