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New York Times, Monday, June 15, 2026

Author:
Eric Rollfing
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Revolutionary kitchen gadget?
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Eric Rollfing

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FQVZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Rollfing. Grid flow: 31.9 Monday freshness: 34%
Jim Horne notes:

A pencil sharpener, a jack-in-the-box, and a salad spinner are all things you crank.

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© 2026, The New York Times6/15/26 ( No. 27,978 )
Across
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Tops of cups : LIDS
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Canine command : SHAKE
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"That was a close one!" : PHEW
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Cash crop of northern Brazil : ACAI
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Speaker stands : PODIA
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Was a passenger : RODE
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Device that helps you make a point in class? : PENCILSHARPENER
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Brief moment : SEC
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Require : NEED
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Make up for past transgressions : ATONE
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Mitigate : EASE
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Indy 500 competitors : RACERS
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Toy likely to be found at a pop-up store? : JACKINTHEBOX
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Surrounding glows : AURAS
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"Where the heart is" : HOME
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"No more details, plz" : TMI
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GPS suggestion: Abbr. : RTE
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Sites with remains of mammoths : TARPITS
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Kerfuffle : ADO
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Come up short money-wise : OWE
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Red vegetable : BEET
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Former boxer Ali who voiced herself in a "Scooby Doo" series : LAILA
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Revolutionary kitchen gadget? : SALADSPINNER
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Did some engraving : ETCHED
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Semihard cheese of North Holland : EDAM
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Hello in Honolulu : ALOHA
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Boarding pass info : GATE
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It literally takes ages : EON
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Response to a series of complaints ... that also jokingly applies to 17-, 27- and 47-Across : SOMEBODYSCRANKY
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Erupt : SPEW
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"You get what you give" principle : KARMA
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End of a fishing line : LURE
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Loch ___ monster : NESS
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Boxing or bowling : SPORT
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Hurdle for prospective attys. : LSAT
Down
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Trips around the track : LAPS
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Drink that might cause brain freeze : ICEE
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Certain group of hip-hop performers : DANCECREW
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[Not my mistake] : SIC
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White blood cell producer said to be shaped like a coffee bean : SPLEEN
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Fire truck attachment : HOSE
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Condition that may be treated with meds like Concerta : ADHD
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Soul from Seoul : KIA
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Floppy part of a beagle : EAR
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False reason given for doing something : PRETEXT
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On the ___ system : HONOR
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Natural paradises : EDENS
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"___ not worthy!" ("Wayne's World" quote) : WERE
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Not take "no" for an answer : INSIST
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Fashion designer Rabanne : PACO
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Letters before an alias : AKA
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Transfers, as funds : REMITS
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Help in crime : ABET
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Site that might contain saved cookies? : JAR
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Honda or Hyundai : AUTO
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Series of messages on social media : THREAD
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Wished (for) : HOPED
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Navigational aids for website users : MAINMENUS
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Not working : IDLE
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Up to the task : ABLE
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Petite burger : SLIDER
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Rowing implement : OAR
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Forgoes : ESCHEWS
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Actress ___ de Armas : ANA
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White whale chaser of literature : AHAB
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Companion that might fall asleep on your keyboard : PETCAT
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Run off to get hitched : ELOPE
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Heavy books : TOMES
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The "A" of P.T.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
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Taverna wrap : GYRO
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Soft, warm, tingly feeling, in brief : ASMR
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Gumbo ingredient : OKRA
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Russian refusal : NYET
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Green-lights : OKS
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High-five alternative : DAP
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Entirety : ALL

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