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New York Times, Thursday, May 7, 2026

Author:
John Guzzetta and Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Ingredient in osso buco
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
4210/9/20125/7/202610
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
15646119
RebusCircleScrabDebutFlowFresh
141.6222341.965%
John Guzzetta
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1677/5/20105/7/2026119
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatAcr
441218303911121
RebusCircleScrabDebutFlowFresh
11451.6296632.853%
Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FQX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 42 for Mr. Guzzetta. This is puzzle # 166 for Mr. Chen. Grid flow: 49.4 Thursday freshness: 6%
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© 2026, The New York Times5/7/26 ( No. 27,939 )
Across
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Representative Raskin of Maryland : JAMIE
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Coffee container : MUG
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One who measures meter by the feet? : POET
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Plant used to make a Mexican beverage called "pulque" : AGAVE
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Exploits : USES
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Guthrie who wrote "Alice's Restaurant" : ARLO
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BAD ___ER MOVE : CARELESSMISTAKE
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Wine aperitif : KIR
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Pioneering Philips product of the 1970s, in brief : VCR
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Does to perfection : NAILS
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Equipment that attaches to a mask : SNORKEL
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Locale in the Christmas story : INN
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___TER : WINLESSSEASON
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Yeshiva head : RABBI
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Blanchett of 2025's "Black Bag" : CATE
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Products of oogenesis : OVA
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Admission of defeat : ILOST
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"Eureka!" : AHA
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Garnish amount : SPRIG
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Pewter, mostly : TIN
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Pre-calc course : TRIG
43
Minority group in Iraq and Turkey : KURDS
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P___ANT QUEEN : AGELESSBEAUTY
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Video game franchise featuring 100+ species of dinosaurs : ARK
49
Hoards : AMASSES
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"C'mon, speak up!" : SAYIT
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Prefix with label : ECO
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Unwell : ILL
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___EAVOR : ENDLESSSTRUGGLE
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Tea brand once owned by Starbucks : TAZO
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Kind of high-fat diet : KETO
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Prey for a ladybug : APHID
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Blow out : SPEW
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"You can no more win a ___ than you can win an earthquake": Jeannette Rankin : WAR
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___ Park (gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park) : ESTES
Down
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Powerful cards in euchre : JACKS
2
Over : AGAIN
3
Ingredient in osso buco : MARROWBONE
4
"___ gotta run" : IVE
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Metaphor for slipperiness : EEL
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Chargers and Challengers : MUSCLECARS
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Country that boycotted the 1984 Olympics : USSR
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Something a lapidary cuts : GEM
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Green film on copper, e.g. : PATINA
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Spoken : ORAL
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Animals that bugle : ELKS
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Pedicure target : TOE
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Gary of "Apollo 13" : SINISE
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Knievel in the Motorcycle Hall of Fame : EVEL
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Sensible : SANE
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Classic barbecue fare : RIBS
25
Intertwined : KNIT
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Hindi honorific : SAHIB
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One providing timely delivery? : STAGEACTOR
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One's appearance after a difficult journey, say : SORRYSIGHT
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"Metamorphoses" writer : OVID
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Bothers, bothers, bothers : NAGS
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Meter maid in a Beatles hit : RITA
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Sacha Baron Cohen character : ALIG
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Arctic seabird nicknamed "aerial pirate" : SKUA
40
Counterparts to calls, in stock lingo : PUTS
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"For shame!" : TSKTSK
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Strike down : LAYLOW
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___ Triangle (coastal section of Pennsylvania) : ERIE
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Spanish sweetheart : AMOR
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Kemper of "The Office" : ELLIE
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Toys that may be carried or pulled : SLEDS
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Breeze : SNAP
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Woodworking tool : ADZE
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"___ bien" : ESTA
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Saucer contents, informally : ETS
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Wrap (up) : SEW
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Nation ruled by six royal families, in brief : UAE
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Driver's guide, for short : GPS

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