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New York Times, Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Author:
Dana Edwards
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Music genre named for its voluminous dos
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Dana Edwards

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Edwards. Grid flow: 44.6 Wednesday freshness: 61%
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© 2026, The New York Times9/23/26 ( No. 28,078 )
Across
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Meh : BLAH
5
Labors like the Seven Dwarfs : MINES
10
Looped in via email : CCED
14
Covid-19, colloquially : RONA
15
Brand acquired by Hasbro in 1998 : ATARI
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Mauna Loa output : LAVA
17
Car with a logo similar to the Olympic rings : AUDI
18
Start of a counting rhyme : EENIE
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Slightly : ATAD
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Honorable conduct on the field : SPORTSMANSHIP
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Recluses : HERMITS
24
On-schedule : TIMELY
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Musician's gift : EAR
28
Super Mario character with a mushroom for a head : TOAD
30
Fish eggs : ROE
31
Kid around : JEST
34
When hunting restrictions are lifted : OPENSEASON
37
Epic poem originally passed down orally : ILIAD
39
CPR expert : EMT
40
Pretense : FRONT
41
Carnival diversion requiring precision : BALLOONPOP
44
One-named singer who lives in an Irish castle : ENYA
45
Bikini season, in Bordeaux : ETE
46
"Hmm ... I pass" : UHNO
47
Word before data or deal : RAW
49
Peak in the Alaska Range : DENALI
51
Slender e-cig : VAPEPEN
55
"You're free to criticize it" ... or a comment one might make about 20-, 34- and 41-Across? : THATSFAIRGAME
58
Genderqueer identity, informally : ENBY
60
Windowside perches : SILLS
61
"Back in my day ..." : ONCE
62
Instrument also called the "sprightly companion" : OBOE
63
Greek salad morsel : OLIVE
64
Gave the green light : OKED
65
Catches red-handed : NABS
66
"Duly ___" : NOTED
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They go for bucks : DOES
Down
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Brazen : BRASH
2
Jeweler's magnifying glass : LOUPE
3
"Star Wars" series starring Diego Luna : ANDOR
4
Music genre named for its voluminous dos : HAIRMETAL
5
Distinguished conductor : MAESTRO
6
Agenda topics : ITEMS
7
Nickname for grandma : NANA
8
Environmental activist Brockovich : ERIN
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Naps, in Nicaragua : SIESTAS
10
___ to fame : CLAIM
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One preferring purrs to pooches : CATPERSON
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Actress Mendes : EVA
13
"Old man" : DAD
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Spanish aunt : TIA
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720p+ resolution, informally : HIDEF
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Bonkers : LOONY
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Gossip, from the Yiddish : YENTA
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It's kept by a metronome : TEMPO
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Not fooled by : ONTO
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Meshed (with) : JIBED
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Thrill : ELATE
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Jay's reticent partner of filmdom : SILENTBOB
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Ivy League school with a dolphin on its coat of arms, informally : PENN
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"Is everything cool between us?" : AREWEGOOD
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Nonmedical childbirth assistant : DOULA
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"Them's fightin' words!" : OHITSON
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Talked up : PRAISED
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Arbor Day mo. : APR
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"Now I remember" : AHYES
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Part of a heart or faucet : VALVE
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Japanese bread crumbs : PANKO
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Host with a mic : EMCEE
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More than wants : NEEDS
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Rural structure seen in a Grant Wood lithograph : SILO
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Dart (about) : FLIT
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Seemingly for-EH-ver : EON
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Thunder setting, in brief : NBA

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

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