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New York Times, Thursday, August 6, 2026

Author:
Dena R. Verkuil and John Kugelman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Civic's class
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
511/25/20248/6/20263
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0300110
RebusScrabDebutFlowFresh
11.651424.827%
Dena R. Verkuil
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
227/30/20238/6/20266
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16100500
RebusCircleScrabDebutFlowFresh
131.5721142.161%
John Kugelman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Verkuil. This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Kugelman. Grid flow: 28.2 Thursday freshness: 52%
Jim Horne notes:

JAM is packed into three down answers, as it would be packed into the middle of the food items.

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T
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O
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N
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JAM
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L
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B
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JAM
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E
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S
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M
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R
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C
O
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L
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H
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H
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L
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H
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H
U
M
P
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R
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D
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G
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JAM
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R
T
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Y
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O
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I
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D
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P
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J
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M
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K
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D
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D
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C
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O
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H
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A
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© 2026, The New York Times8/6/26 ( No. 28,030 )
Across
1
Singer Braxton : TONI
5
Like some winter windshields : ICED
9
___ Bauer (brand of outdoor gear) : EDDIE
14
Soon : ANON
15
"Me, too" : SAME
16
Stable job : GROOM
17
Spirit of the Caribbean : JAMAICANRUM
19
Haggard : GAUNT
20
Creamy dish made with arborio rice : RISOTTO
21
Angela on "The Office," e.g. : PRIG
22
"Bring it on!" : TRYME
23
Four-time N.B.A. M.V.P. : LEBRONJAMES
28
Nick, e.g. : MAR
30
Collected : COOL
31
Evil computer of classic film : HAL
32
Kind of seeds found in a basket in King Tutankhamen's tomb : SESAME
35
Alternate nickname for the "Hollywood of the South" : HOTLANTA
37
Group with a coat of arms : CLAN
38
Unspecified ones : THOSE
40
Wednesday a.k.a. ___ day : HUMP
41
Like some fat : RENDERED
43
Purposely wrongs : SPITES
45
"What's more ..." : AND
46
Joan known for his "dream paintings" : MIRO
47
Make out, perhaps? : TAG
48
Pillow fight setting : PAJAMAPARTY
51
Juicer's "juice" : ROIDS
55
Determination : WILL
56
Shade provider along Central Park's Literary Walk : ELMTREE
58
A-tier : PRIMO
60
Chock-full ... like three squares (and foods) in this puzzle : JAMPACKED
62
Touch-and-go : DICEY
63
Force felt on Earth, for short : ONEG
64
Goddess whose name is an anagram of her mother's : HERA
65
Feelings of getting older : ACHES
66
Volcano seen on HBO's "The White Lotus" : ETNA
67
Port in 50-Down : ADEN
Down
1
Fruity pastry : JAMTART
2
Live : ONAIR
3
Like the jungle at daybreak : NOISY
4
At the helm : INCOMMAND
5
"___ that right?" : ISNT
6
Number for December : CAROL
7
Bird with noted calf muscles : EMU
8
Short blue person? : DEM
9
Chả giò, on a Vietnamese menu : EGGROLL
10
Enervate : DRAIN
11
Temptation for Homer Simpson : JAMDOUGHNUT
12
Na+ or Cl- : ION
13
Real lifesaver, for short : EMT
18
Starting group : ATEAM
21
Not accept an outrage, say : PROTEST
24
Amazon smart speaker : ECHODOT
25
Jeers : BOOS
26
Tempting words on a Wonderland cake : EATME
27
Is really good, in modern slang : SLAPS
29
Legal mulligan : RETRIAL
32
What an old car might be sold for : SCRAP
33
___ Ferrante, author of the "Neapolitan Novels" : ELENA
34
Brown-bag item : JAMSANDWICH
36
"OK, that makes sense" : AHIGOTCHA
39
Münster man : HERR
42
Puts to work : EMPLOYS
44
Northern Italian city known for its cheese : PARMA
49
"The White Lotus" actress ___ Lou Wood : AIMEE
50
Arabia Felix, now : YEMEN
52
Perturbed : IRKED
53
Fortune 500 company started by a blacksmith, informally : DEERE
54
Civic's class : SEDAN
57
Sports org. with a Tour : LPGA
58
Open show of intimacy, for short : PDA
59
Nickname that drops "hard" : RIC
60
Mud : JOE
61
Tiny "farmer" : ANT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle.

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