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New York Times, Saturday, July 4, 2026

Author:
Kareem Ayas
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Where students learn about congress
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Kareem Ayas

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQWYZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Ayas. Grid flow: 27.7 Saturday freshness: 8%
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© 2026, The New York Times7/4/26 ( No. 27,997 )
Across
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Bar fight? : RAPBATTLE
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Brand of tights with an apostrophe in its name : LEGGS
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Expansive marine exhibits : OCEANARIA
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Really fancy : ADORE
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1991 blockbuster with the tagline "One breath of oxygen and it explodes in a deadly rage" : BACKDRAFT
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Fax predecessor : TELEX
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Grand Tour, e.g. : BIKERACE
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Buyer : VENDEE
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Like ideal arrivals : ONTIME
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"___ pics!" : SEND
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Conceptual framework : SCHEMA
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Follower of X or G : MEN
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Peacock's home : NBC
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Word that becomes its opposite when its first letter is removed : THERE
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"Gotcha," to a beatnik : IDIG
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Piece of cartoon memorabilia : CEL
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Steamed : RILED
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Golden goal periods, for short : OTS
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"Miracle on 34th Street" actress Maureen : OHARA
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Certain Ivy Leaguer : ELI
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Painter ___ Thomas, first Black woman to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum : ALMA
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Passes (out) : DOLES
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Bracketed disclaimer : SIC
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Lover of sugar : ANT
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Results of swiping : THEFTS
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Lend, informally : SPOT
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Second-smallest U.S. state capital by population (about 14,000 people) : PIERRE
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Animals with prehensile proboscises : TAPIRS
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"The One" : SOULMATE
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First name in cosmetics : ESTEE
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Pioneering P.D.A. : PALMPILOT
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Ship back? : STERN
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Soft drink originally made with egg whites : CREAMSODA
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Short : TERSE
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Rock instrument? : STONETOOL
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One of the Starks on "Game of Thrones" : ROBB
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Berry spelled with a cedilla : ACAI
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Small smack : PECK
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Brown, in a way : BAKE
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Milky Way's nearest major galaxy : ANDROMEDA
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#MeToo movement activist Burke : TARANA
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Expanse : TRACT
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Observation by Oscar Wilde about the relationship between reality and creativity : LIFEIMITATESART
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"Mangia!" : EAT
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Not 21-Across : LATE
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Elysia : EDENS
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False idol in the Old Testament : GOLDENCALF
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Army specialist with a headwear-inspired nickname : GREENBERET
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Where students learn about congress : SEXEDCLASS
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"___ Sancte Spiritus" (medieval Latin hymn) : VENI
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Things often refilled, informally : MEDS
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Cardiac exam on a treadmill : STRESSTEST
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Gochujang, e.g. : CHILIPASTE
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Blade runner? : HELICOPTER
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Before, in olden times : ERE
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"Lord, have mercy!" : GODHELPME
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One attracted to all gender identities, for short : OMNI
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Tilling aid : HOE
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The Indianapolis 500 has 200 of them : LAPS
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President who married one of his kindergarten classmates : TRUMAN
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Membership categories : TIERS
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Loggers' competition : ROLEO
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Former French president ___ Coty : RENE
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Weather phenomenon often appearing in the evening : MIST
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Dum ___ (potato-based curry dish) : ALOO
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List header : TODO
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List ender : ETAL
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Some notebooks, in brief : PCS

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