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New York Times, Thursday, March 26, 2026

Author:
Alex Murphy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Lower class?
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Alex Murphy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Murphy. Grid flow: 18.0 Thursday freshness: 5%
Jim Horne notes:

Four birds in shaded squares need to be flipped (reversed) to match the clues.

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© 2026, The New York Times3/26/26 ( No. 27,897 )
Across
1
Loathe : ABHOR
6
[Wham!] : KAPOW
11
Formal agreement : YEA
14
First Disney film with songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda : MOANA
15
Mushroom sold in clusters : ENOKI
16
Meditation sounds : OMS
17
Literally, "rumbling ghost" : POLTERGEIST
19
Make haste, to Shakespeare : HIE
20
Beachgoer's consideration, in brief : SPF
21
Nobelist Morrison : TONI
22
Coffee grown on the Big Island : KONA
23
Flat feet : FALLENARCHES
27
Descend into acrimony : GETUGLY
30
Lower class? : ECONOMY
31
"Let's!" : IMIN
32
Lose yourself? : DIET
33
Pet renowned for its agreeableness : GOLDENRETRIEVER
41
Not that : THIS
42
Bottle Caps flavor : COLA
43
One inside the Trojan horse : SPARTAN
47
"Feel free to shoot it over" : EMAILME
50
"The Departed" actor : MARKWAHLBERG
52
West Coast gas brand : ARCO
53
In which to see the first light of day : EAST
54
Cry from Miss Piggy : OUI
57
Coastal inlet : RIA
58
Make a rude gesture ... or a hint to answering 17-, 23-, 33- and 50-Across : FLIPTHEBIRD
62
Bit : TAD
63
Actress Rapp of "Mean Girls" : RENEE
64
Starr on the Hollywood Walk of Fame : RINGO
65
___-bear : SHE
66
Solar revolutions : YEARS
67
Bumpkin : YOKEL
Down
1
Revs (up) : AMPS
2
Quick touch on the nose, cutesily : BOOP
3
See 4-Down : HALF
4
Double 3-Down : ONE
5
Like a motley crew : RAGTAG
6
In a sharp manner : KEENLY
7
Zany behavior : ANTIC
8
Dish that's often fermented before eating : POI
9
Green-lights : OKS
10
Wag : WIT
11
What might come with a bottle of rum? : YOHOHO
12
The real Slim Shady : EMINEM
13
The same level of difficulty : ASEASY
18
Take a turn, in tabletop gaming : ROLL
22
"I'm Just ___" (Best Original Song nominee from "Barbie") : KEN
23
Aid for disaster relief, say : FUND
24
Hold it! : REIN
25
Big name in laptops : ACER
26
"Moi? Never!" : NOTI
27
Work contract-to-contract : GIG
28
Genre for Dashboard Confessional : EMO
29
Up to, informally : TIL
32
OB/GYNs, e.g. : DRS
34
James in the Blues Hall of Fame : ETTA
35
De-ice : THAW
36
It's found in a Nook : EINK
37
Vape pen : ECIG
38
Abbr. on a remote : VOL
39
Street name associated with nightmares : ELM
40
Actress Issa : RAE
43
Intelligence : SMARTS
44
Untouchable : PARIAH
45
Spot for a pinball machine : ARCADE
46
It comes after pi : RHO
47
Some online discounts : EBATES
48
Get along well : MESH
49
Important route : ARTERY
51
Biblical untouchable : LEPER
54
Cry from Miss Piggy? : OINK
55
Desire : URGE
56
Billy who had a #1 hit with "Mony Mony" : IDOL
58
British actor and broadcaster Stephen : FRY
59
Spike in Hollywood : LEE
60
___ moment : INA
61
Social media squib : BIO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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