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New York Times, Saturday, August 1, 2026

Author:
Zachary David Levy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Dis/cuss?
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Zachary David Levy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 29 Missing: {FJQX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Levy. Grid flow: 39.6 Saturday freshness: 46%
Jim Horne notes:
The most famous appearance of LUCCI in a grid is from 2001 after a beloved long-time runner up at the American Crossword Tournament ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times8/1/26 ( No. 28,025 )
Across
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Dis/cuss? : TRASHTALK
10
Some radio messages, in brief : APBS
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Notions : VAGUEIDEAS
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So-called "Island of a Thousand Temples" : BALI
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Festival at the center of the classic novel "Under the Volcano" : DIADELOSMUERTOS
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Marching band? : ANTS
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21-time Emmy nominee for "All My Children" : SUSANLUCCI
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Add color to, perhaps : DYE
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Teensy amounts : MITES
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Unit on the autobahn, say: Abbr. : KPH
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Hwy. overseer, for short : DOT
25
Wackadoodle : NUT
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Wear the same clothes, in slang : TWIN
30
Wirelessly driven toy, for short : RCCAR
33
Field whose prospects are looking up? : ASTRONOMY
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Like the 2003 Peace Nobelist Shirin Ebadi : IRANIAN
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Some prominent Mexico City murals : RIVERAS
38
Rabelais character who, as a baby, was fed by 17,913 cows, "for it was impossible to find a nurse sufficient for him in all the country" : GARGANTUA
40
"Shoot" : ASKME
41
Basilica setting for Bernini's Throne of Saint Peter : APSE
42
Even so : YET
43
C-section sections : ORS
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Menopause treatment option, in brief : HRT
46
Full of hot gossip : DISHY
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Base unit : COT
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Incredible, in modern parlance : AMAZEBALLS
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Erin's onetime love interest on "The Office" : GABE
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Attire for a ceremony at Westminster Abbey : CORONATIONROBES
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Bearing : MIEN
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Fulfilled a business obligation : METPAYROLL
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"What ___?" : ELSE
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Upset tummy, medically speaking : DYSPEPSIA
Down
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Frank Costanza or Morty Seinfeld, e.g. : TVDAD
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Precipitous? : RAINY
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Source of some classic rock bands : AGATE
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Brewski : SUDS
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Part of a giggle : HEE
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Cheese named after a Prussian town near the Baltic coast : TILSIT
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Result of bad service, maybe : ADOUT
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Dials down : LESSENS
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Ancient text whose Sanskrit title means "Principles of Love" : KAMASUTRA
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Opposite of verbosity : ABRUPTNESS
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A little of this and that : PATCHWORK
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Group of like-minded individuals : BLOC
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Enthusiastic approval abroad : SISI
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Amar'e Stoudemire, for his first eight seasons in the N.B.A. : SUN
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Bugling game : ELK
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Durin's burial place in "The Lord of the Rings" : MORIA
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Red light district? : DANGERZONE
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Angular opening? : TRI
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Divinely appointed successor of Muhammad, in Shia Islam : IMAM
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The Big Board of Wall St. : NYSE
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Capital on the mouth of the Daugava River : RIGA
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Losing roll : CRAP
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Alternatives to some rentals : CARSHARES
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Showed up earlier than : ANTEDATED
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Egg maker : OVARY
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"Your choice" : ANY
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Sewerage, for example : UTILITY
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Sassy response to a put-down : OHSNAP
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Pearl Jam's debut album, which went 13x platinum : TEN
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Dinners in sties : SLOPS
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Los ___ (Mexican tourist destination) : CABOS
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Manuscript marks : OBELI
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Unit equal to one weber per square meter : TESLA
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Fictional maker of Rocket-Powered Roller Skates and Dehydrated Boulders : ACME
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Participate in drudgery : MOIL
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"Kapow!" : BAM
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Snack in a sack in a backpack : GORP
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Deli selection : RYE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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