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New York Times, Monday, March 30, 2026

Author:
Gary Cee
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
News exclusive from someone in the know
TotalDebutLatest
415/28/20093/30/2026
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Gary Cee

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 41 for Mr. Cee. Grid flow: 37.4 Monday freshness: 55%
Jim Horne notes:

The revealer is things that might be backed up: SINK, FILE, TRAFFIC, and CLAIM.

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© 2026, The New York Times3/30/26 ( No. 27,901 )
Across
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Print, Copy, ___, Fax (printer selections) : SCAN
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Former Giants QB Manning : ELI
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Element discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie : RADIUM
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Sparkling wine of Italy, familiarly : ASTI
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Odd ___ out (misfit) : MAN
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"In spite of all that ..." : EVENSO
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Endless TikTok scrolling or Tetris playing, e.g. : TIMESINK
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Rented : LEASED
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Wastebasket, jokingly : CIRCULARFILE
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Only U.S. president from Delaware : BIDEN
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Grand production : EPIC
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___ Plaines, Ill. : DES
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Smelter's material : ORE
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Popular sushi fish : EEL
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Like the Mariana Trench among all the world's underwater places : DEEPEST
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Guy who goes a-courting : BEAU
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"You've ___ this!" : GOT
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Rodeo rope : LASSO
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Illegal distribution of narcotics : DRUGTRAFFIC
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Whimpers : MEWLS
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Right-angled shape : ELL
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Corner piece on a chessboard : ROOK
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Top placement in a bracket, for a March Madness team : ONESEED
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Caustic paint stripper : LYE
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Be in arrears : OWE
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Onetime AT&T competitor : MCI
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Tiny amount : DRIB
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Answer : REPLY
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Where to pick up luggage at an airport : BAGGAGECLAIM
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Regrettably unfortunate : ASHAME
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Went into reverse ... or what the ends of 17-, 20-, 38- and 59-Across might be : BACKEDUP
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Word after Irish or jet : SETTER
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Longtime record label or Beastie Boy : MCA
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Valentine's Day flower : ROSE
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Size up : ASSESS
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Glide down a slope : SKI
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___ of the Horse (2026 in the Chinese zodiac) : YEAR
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Stayed on the bench : SAT
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Long-running CBS procedural with spinoffs : CSI
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Fixture at a "cash only" establishment : ATM
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Nephew's sister : NIECE
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Dubai dignitary : EMIR
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Round Table knight who betrayed King Arthur : LANCELOT
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Cover with tattoos, colloquially : INKUP
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Equip with new shoestrings : RELACE
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State with certainty : AVER
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Like many users of sign language : DEAF
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News exclusive from someone in the know : INSIDESCOOP
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Of no help : USELESS
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California city with a humble-sounding name : MODESTO
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Basic trig ratio : SINE
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Box top : LID
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Go up and down in the water : BOB
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Livid feeling : IRE
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Major drags on a team's progress, metaphorically : DEADWEIGHTS
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Item in an Easter hunt : EGG
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Sprite : ELF
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Team of two : PAIR
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Internet addresses, for short : URLS
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Uno + due : TRE
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Take advantage of : USE
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Like the original Broadway cast of "The Wiz" : ALLBLACK
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Travel by air : FLY
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Kenya's second-largest city : MOMBASA
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Boxes up securely : ENCASES
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"Wise" bird : OWL
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F sharp major, for one : KEY
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Lawn-neatening tools : EDGERS
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Rap's Dr. ___ : DRE
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Actor Estrada of "CHiPs" : ERIK
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Warhead weapons, for short : ICBMS
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Manicurist's board : EMERY
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Bit of boarding pass info : GATE
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Iowa college town : AMES
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"Superfood" berry : ACAI
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Stag's mate : DOE
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Team for Olympians Simone Biles and Mikaela Shiffrin : USA
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___ capita : PER

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

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