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New York Times, Thursday, April 30, 2026

Author:
Lance Enfinger and John Kugelman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
What am I, chopped liver?
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John Kugelman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 35 Missing: {FJQZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Enfinger. This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Kugelman. Grid flow: 34.0 Thursday freshness: 49%
Jim Horne notes:

The hook-shaped circles spell the names of Oscar-hopeful films: RAIN MAN, PATTON, and BEN HUR. Crossing through each is a fish in gray squares caught on that hook.

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© 2026, The New York Times4/30/26 ( No. 27,932 )
Across
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Grammy-winning singer who's had both a "Farewell Tour" and a "Here We Go Again Tour" : CHER
5
Carry out orders : OBEY
9
Some images carved in Egyptian tombs : ASPS
13
Class that might be all play and no work? : DRAMA
14
"Seriously, dude ..." : COMEONMAN
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One robed in a kittel, maybe : RABBI
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Part of an evacuation plan : EXITROUTE
18
Former carrier over Mauna Kea : ISLANDAIR
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References as references : CITES
21
It ends "But the way of the ungodly shall perish" : PSALMONE
22
Sin/cos : TAN
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Billy goat's cry : MAA
24
Vulpine : SLY
26
Revealing statement? : TADA
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First movie to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature : SHREK
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Telegram enders : STOPS
35
Setting for "Biohackers" and "Bones" : LAB
36
Tag line : YOUREIT
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Mocking name for failed businesses of the early 2000s : DOTBOMB
40
Catch : NAB
41
What "R" might stand for on an envelope : RHODE
43
Company named after a volcano : AETNA
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Loves of the past : EXES
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Be left at a loss? : OWE
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Objectivist Rand : AYN
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Kind of rally : PEP
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Hit list : POPCHART
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"There it is!" : VOILA
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Seafood dish known as the King of Salads : CRABLOUIE
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Film angling for awards ... or what's depicted three times in this puzzle? : OSCARBAIT
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Utah's ___ Canyon Waterfall : OGDEN
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"Well, I never!" : WHATNERVE
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Leaves the slip, perhaps : SAILS
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Comic ___ : SANS
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Some informal wear : TEES
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Tonsillectomy specialists, for short : ENTS
Down
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Vulgar : CRASS
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"___ español?" : HABLA
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Funeral home professional : EMBALMER
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Hotshot lawyer : RAINMAKER
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Holder of a large bed : OCEAN
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Least aerodynamic, maybe : BOXIEST
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Qatari title : EMIR
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"And ___, here we are" : YET
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Rub with oil : ANOINT
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Graphic novels? : SMUT
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What am I, chopped liver? : PATE
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Super Mario World console, in brief : SNES
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Gen Z slang for awesome style : DRIP
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Largest of the dolphin family : ORCA
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___ good turn : DOA
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Toys for tots, perhaps : TYPO
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49er's score : LODE
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Heaps : ALOT
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Pulitzer-winning Kendrick Lamar album : DAMN
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1974 Eurovision winners : ABBA
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"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
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Chess-playing Mechanical Turk of 1770, for one : HOAX
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Cartoonist and inventor Goldberg : RUBE
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Put away : STOW
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Tour guide's admonition : STAYCLOSE
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Company that bought out Applebee's in 2007 : IHOP
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Golf Hall-of-Famer who was honored with a 1953 ticker-tape parade in New York : BENHOGAN
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Shortchange : DEPRIVE
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Green icons on Rotten Tomatoes : SPLATS
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Station announcement, in brief : APB
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Take in : EARN
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Hall's former partner : OATES
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Fear for a launderer : AUDIT
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Bank notes featuring the temple of Angkor Wat : RIELS
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Hamiltons : TENS
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Exchanged words? : VOWS
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Org. in some company lawsuits : OSHA
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Little Engine's belief : ICAN
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Word with giver or taker : CARE
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"You ___!" ("I agree!") : BET

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

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