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New York Times, Monday, July 20, 2026

Author:
Eric Rollfing
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Cause of some rescreenings in an airport
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Eric Rollfing

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Rollfing. Grid flow: 27.8 Monday freshness: 83%
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© 2026, The New York Times7/20/26 ( No. 28,013 )
Across
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Scarecrow stuffing : STRAW
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Ralph who ran for president four times : NADER
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Some HP products : PCS
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Ebb : ABATE
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Top-tier group : ELITE
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Tuna variety often used in sashimi : AHI
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On/off device : LIGHTSWITCH
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Empty space between things : GAP
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Something at either end of a hammock, often : TREE
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Brain tests, for short : EEGS
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"10 ___ or less" (sign at checkout) : ITEMS
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Golf club for teeing off : DRIVER
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Small orchard : GROVE
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One with Q or Z is worth 10 points : SCRABBLETILE
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Audio genre designed to trigger tingling, for short : ASMR
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Regret : RUE
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Pursue : SEEK
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Young Yorkie, e.g. : PUP
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Better halves : SPOUSES
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Blue state? : WOE
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GPS guesses : ETAS
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April 15 deadline org. : IRS
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The last "A" in N.C.A.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
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Cause of some rescreenings in an airport : POCKETCHANGE
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Like many English bogs : PEATY
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Begin to grow choppers : TEETHE
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Measure around the middle : GIRTH
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Norse god of thunder : THOR
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Agricultural locale : FARM
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Chicken ___ king : ALA
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"My sympathies" ... or what could be said of 17-, 27- and 46-Across : IFEELFORYOU
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Rapper Tone ___ : LOC
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Reef material : CORAL
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Winning Monopoly player's collection : DEEDS
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Had dinner, say : ATE
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Transmits : SENDS
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Hockey feints : DEKES
Down
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Add some seasoning to : SALT
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Car in "Thelma & Louise," informally : TBIRD
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Wild party : RAGER
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Faith no more? : ATHEISM
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More than damp : WET
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Big name in baseball caps : NEWERA
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Sacha Baron Cohen persona : ALIG
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Counterpart of dahs, in Morse code : DITS
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And more like that: Abbr. : ETC
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Put back on the payroll : REHIRE
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What search engine optimization hopes to increase : PAGEVIEWS
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Creature that blends into its surroundings : CHAMELEON
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Drinks daintily : SIPS
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Prognosticator : SEER
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Young 'uns : TOTS
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Bygone staples of home theaters, informally : VCRS
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Utter delight : GLEE
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Item for a painter or hairstylist : BRUSH
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Vehicle to and from school : BUS
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Barely get, with "out" : EKE
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Someone who's not thinking may be on this : AUTOPILOT
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U.S./Soviet competition of the 1950s-'60s : SPACERACE
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Get-up-and-go : PEP
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"It's a shame, really!" : PITY
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Monster of Tolkiendom : ORC
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Very wise : SAGE
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32-card card game : SKAT
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Liberate : SETFREE
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Important consideration for A.I. programmers : ETHICS
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Bikini and others : ATOLLS
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Spongy ball material : NERF
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"Frida" star Salma : HAYEK
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Slowly chip away at : ERODE
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Fancy party : GALA
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Gull relative : TERN
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Lettuce unit : HEAD
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"No ___, no fuss!" : MUSS
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Opponent : FOE
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Unfamiliar : ODD

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