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New York Times, Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Author:
Miranda Kany and Tracy Bennett
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Far from any urban center, colloquially
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Miranda Kany
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Tracy Bennett

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Kany. This is puzzle # 9 for Ms. Bennett. Grid flow: 32.2 Tuesday freshness: 49%
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© 2026, The New York Times1/27/26 ( No. 27,839 )
Across
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Potpourri piece : PETAL
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Bit of pandemic attire : MASK
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Cry from a crib, perhaps : MAMA
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Came up : AROSE
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Et ___ (and others) : ALII
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Some stadium shouts : OLES
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Give friendly bites, as a puppy might : NIPAT
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Heaps : LOTS
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Wrangler on the road : JEEP
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Hosp. hookups : IVS
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Far from any urban center, colloquially : INTHESTICKS
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Trickster figure in Native American folklore : COYOTE
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Cousin of a cravat : ASCOT
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Add as an afterthought : TAGON
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Lacking a conscience : AMORAL
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Potentially at risk, metaphorically : OUTONALIMB
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Spanish gold : ORO
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Nashville has a "grand ole" one : OPRY
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___ Speed Wagon (old vehicle) : REO
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Air passage : DUCT
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Title for M.L.K. Jr. : REV
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In a soaring mood, so to speak : FLYINGHIGH
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"Moving right along ..." : ANYHOO
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Kind of fund : SLUSH
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Jump and shout for joy : EXULT
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Ragamuffin : URCHIN
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Metaphor for a parent whose youngest has "launched" ... like the little bird whose progress is suggested by 21-, 33- and 41-Across : EMPTYNESTER
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Poem of praise : ODE
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"Captain" on Mount Ararat : NOAH
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Chew as a beaver might : GNAW
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"Yay me!" : IRULE
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Doofus : DOPE
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To be, in Toulouse : ETRE
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Assuaged : EASED
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Corset component : STAY
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Medical measure : DOSE
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In poor condition : SEEDY
Down
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Freak out : PANIC
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"Wicked" co-star Cynthia ___ : ERIVO
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Downside-up : TOPSYTURVY
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Happy ___ lark : ASA
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"Forgive and forget" : LETITGO
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Barley product : MALT
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Hi in HI : ALOHA
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Loci : SITES
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Source of some Jumbotron entertainment : KISSCAM
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Cuban rum cocktail : MOJITO
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Actor Guinness : ALEC
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Like the ones who shall inherit the earth, in Matthew 5:5 : MEEK
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Horned vipers : ASPS
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Like some highlighter colors : NEON
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___ of the Unknown Soldier : TOMB
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Like some cookies and milk : OATY
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Not, colloquially : NARY
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Engage in boisterous activity : ROUGHHOUSE
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St. Louis landmark : ARCH
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Area to build on : LOT
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Request from a dentist : OPEN
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Floral ring : LEI
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Charged particles : IONS
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Singer Rita : ORA
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Chip shape : DISC
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Cunning, like Mr. Tod or Swiper : FOXY
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Chillaxed, say : LOUNGED
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It's binding : GLUE
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Gets a move on : HURRIES
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Possible pronoun pairing : HETHEY
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Slowly, in scores : LENTO
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Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great : TSARS
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Did diddly-squat : IDLED
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Tending to cling : NEEDY
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Winds up : ENDS
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Debatable : MOOT
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Cry from a crib, perhaps : PAPA
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Britishly precious : TWEE
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Issa of "The Lovebirds" : RAE

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

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