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New York Times, Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Author:
Rebecca Goldstein
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Organic chemistry experiment?
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Rebecca Goldstein

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 39 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 30 for Ms. Goldstein. Grid flow: 35.4 Wednesday freshness: 87%
Jim Horne notes:

Circled letters spelling RING arc through the air and land on a BOTTLE.

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G
2
R
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A
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I
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L
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B
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I
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O
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T
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A
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P
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R
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E
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O
O
P
S
Y
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U
S
U
R
P
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L
O
X
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S
T
E
P
R
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I
G
H
T
U
P
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U
P
C
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S
I
R
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E
R
A
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L
E
T
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S
S
E
E
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I
N
O
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N
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A
B
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L
E
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P
H
D
S
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P
I
L
O
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T
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O
A
T
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S
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I
T
I
S
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T
A
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L
O
N
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C
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A
N
O
N
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R
E
X
E
S
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P
A
R
T
Y
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R
I
C
I
N
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S
I
N
G
H
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B
A
N
A
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A
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B
E
T
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H
E
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A
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T
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S
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E
N
G
R
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R
A
S
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P
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BOTTLE
C
A
P
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H
O
T
D
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A
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T
E
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T
I
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A
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C
I
O
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E
V
O
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T
R
Y
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Y
O
U
R
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L
U
C
K
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L
E
S
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T
I
E
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P
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M
O
S
H
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D
R
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N
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© 2026, The New York Times7/22/26 ( No. 28,015 )
Across
1
Object of an extensive search : GRAIL
6
Regional life forms : BIOTA
11
Lead-in to destination and determination : PRE
14
Cry after an accident : OOPSY
15
Take over : USURP
16
Deli supply : LOX
17
With 60-Across, invitation to play 38-Down : STEPRIGHTUP
19
Seller's bottom lines, for short? : UPC
20
Mister : SIR
21
Victorian or Edwardian : ERA
22
"Hmm, I'm thinking ..." : LETSSEE
24
Privy to : INON
26
Qualified, say : ABLE
28
Some STEM degrees : PHDS
29
Ace, e.g. : PILOT
31
Wild ___ : OATS
33
"You are correct about that" : ITIS
34
Hawk's hook : TALON
36
It doesn't include the Apocrypha : CANON
38
Tall-eared cats from Devon or Cornwall : REXES
39
It's a celebration : PARTY
40
Toxin in castor beans : RICIN
41
Surname that derives from the Sanskrit word for "lion" : SINGH
42
Actor Eric of "Troy" : BANA
43
Get in bad with? : ABET
45
Raises the temperature of : HEATS
49
Many a tech alum: Abbr. : ENGR
50
Wood sculptor's tool : RASP
52
Pop top? : BOTTLECAP
53
Organic chemistry experiment? : HOTDATE
56
___ Maria, dark coffee liqueur : TIA
58
Exec overseeing A.I. integration : CIO
59
Annual video game competition, for short : EVO
60
See 17-Across : TRYYOURLUCK
63
"___ Misérables" : LES
64
Keep busy : TIEUP
65
Israeli politician Dayan : MOSHE
66
Some people doing residencies: Abbr. : DRS
67
They're typical : NORMS
68
Handful in a beer garden? : STEIN
Down
1
Spread dirt : GOSSIP
2
Corkscrew-shaped pasta : ROTINI
3
Orange-colored liqueur served in a namesake spritz : APEROL
4
Means of making some connections, for short : ISP
5
Relative of a harp : LYRE
6
Pet peeves : BUGABOOS
7
Estimation suffix : ISH
8
Power source : OUTLET
9
"You are correct about that" : TRUE
10
Calendar notation: Abbr. : APPT
11
Prize dangling from a 38-Down booth : PLUSHTOY
12
Voluntold, say : ROPEDIN
13
More than necessary : EXCESS
18
Something you might put stock in, for short : IRA
23
Risqué game that teenagers might give a whirl? : SPINTHEBOTTLE
25
Memory jogger : NOTECARD
27
PC hookup : LAN
30
Cab : TAXI
32
Digitize, maybe : SCAN
35
Dunham who wrote the memoir "Famesick" : LENA
37
"I'm so frustrated!" : ARGH
38
Carnival game depicted in this puzzle : RINGTOSS
39
Brief bathroom breaks, slangily : PITSTOPS
40
Trampled : RANOVER
41
Habitat with a wet floor : SEA
42
Eyeballed : BEHELD
44
Ice cream eponym : BREYER
46
Play the blame game with : ACCUSE
47
Chinese martial art : TAICHI
48
Not sung, say : SPOKEN
51
More, musically : PIU
54
Abbr. atop a memo : ATTN
55
Charlie's Angels or the Chipmunks : TRIO
57
Body parts linked in a square dance, maybe : ARMS
61
"Tasty!" : YUM
62
Auction offering : LOT

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

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