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New York Times, Friday, January 16, 2026

Author:
Kyle Dolan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Enthusiasm-curbing
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195/22/20121/16/2026
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Kyle T. Dolan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 28 Missing: {QZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Dolan. Grid flow: 31.8 Friday freshness: 67%
Jim Horne notes:

AAVE stands for African American Vernacular English.

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© 2026, The New York Times1/16/26 ( No. 27,828 )
Across
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Coming-out party? : BABYSHOWER
11
Finish (up) : WRAP
15
"Hello-o-o?" : ANYONEHOME
16
Dialect featured in the literature of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison, for short : AAVE
17
Scenario calling for self-reliance : SINKORSWIM
18
Summer flier : GNAT
19
Classic 1926 poem associated with the Harlem Renaissance : ITOO
20
Do some cleaning : DUST
21
Creatures that can turn into humans on land, in Scottish folklore : SEALS
22
Sound around a summer cornfield : CAW
23
Wood used for flooring : FIR
24
Trunk item : GASCAN
25
Shortest-reigning English monarch (9 days) : JANEGREY
28
Molecule that can self-splice : RNA
29
Enthusiasm-curbing : JADING
32
"Here we go!" : LETSROCK
34
Uncovered : OPEN
35
Some cuts of meat : CHOPS
37
Tennis great who had a tennis scholarship from U.C.L.A. : ASHE
38
Place for trading stories? : BOOKFAIR
40
Diverts : AMUSES
42
It takes a long time to get this : OLD
43
Leading character on social media? : ATSYMBOL
45
White House partner, for short : FLOTUS
47
Assume, as costs : EAT
48
Do some cleaning : MOP
51
Market for currencies, informally : FOREX
52
Financial aid basis : NEED
54
Hand count? : FIVE
55
Ian : Scotland :: ___ : Wales : EVAN
56
One might help you hitch a ride : CARTRAILER
58
Parmesan cheese feature : RIND
59
Novel whence the line "Four legs good, two legs bad" : ANIMALFARM
60
Rests : SITS
61
They're green year-round : FAKEPLANTS
Down
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Bare-bones : BASIC
2
Oscar-winning musical role for Rita Moreno : ANITA
3
Already : BYNOW
4
"The Memory Police" author ___ Ogawa : YOKO
5
Brand lead-in to Caps or Balls : SNO
6
Unwieldy situation, metaphorically : HERDINGCATS
7
"As if!" : OHSURE
8
Blows away : WOWS
9
Release : EMIT
10
Kind of cycle : REM
11
Listing on a W-2 form : WAGES
12
Stumbled upon : RANACROSS
13
Overwhelming amount : AVALANCHE
14
Some terrarium denizens : PETSNAKES
21
Declares : SAYS
23
Tai chi accessory : FAN
24
Receives unfair criticism : GETSABADRAP
25
Nimble, zigzagging maneuver : JINK
26
Best Original Song Oscar winner from 2014's "Selma" : GLORY
27
P.E. unit : REP
29
Invitations to come on board : JOBOFFERS
30
First NASA mission broadcast live from orbit : APOLLOVII
31
Secret offering? : DEODORANT
33
Julia of "The Addams Family" : RAUL
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___ Excellency : HIS
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Like leatherette : FAUX
41
Witticism : MOT
44
Start of a secret invitation, perhaps : MEETME
46
Leans : TENDS
48
Locale of a semiannual fashion week : MILAN
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Opposite of subtle : OVERT
50
Makes do for a while? : PERMS
52
Gram, by another name : NANA
53
Composer Satie : ERIK
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Goal-oriented global org.? : FIFA
56
Half-___ : CAF
57
Totally : ALL

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

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