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New York Times, Friday, January 9, 2026

Author:
Greg Snitkin and Glenn Davis
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
It often comes with the job
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Greg Snitkin
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Glenn Davis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Snitkin. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Davis. Grid flow: 43.9 Friday freshness: 16%
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© 2026, The New York Times1/9/26 ( No. 27,821 )
Across
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Crush : PUPPYLOVE
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They get picked up at clubs : TABS
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Winning like crazy : ONAHEATER
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Surfing destinations, for short : URLS
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Places many Cubans are found : CIGARBOXES
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Noggin : BEAN
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Clumsy oafs : OXES
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"You better believe it!" : HECKYEAH
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Bad thing to have in a poker game : TELL
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Dumps : STIES
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Apple core? : CPU
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Confirmation from a maître d' : OUI
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"I didn't do it!" : NOTME
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Stealthy flier : AIRMARSHAL
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Bummer at a casino game : CRAP
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It often comes with the job : BENEFITSPACKAGE
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___ Slush (frozen fruit drink) : ICEE
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"Watch your mouth!" : DONTSASSME
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Old-timey oath : NERTS
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Firm up : SET
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Eats : HAS
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Was rude on the road or the dance floor : CUTIN
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"Weed 'Em and ___," gardening book whose title is a spoonerism : REAP
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Led the charge : CRUSADED
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Prepares for a wild night, maybe : NAPS
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Monopoly token retired in 2017 : BOOT
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He's great for the time being : MRRIGHTNOW
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Be just chillin' : IDLE
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"Beats me!" : IVENOIDEA
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Jazz coda? : ZEES
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Unpack for the night, in a way : SETUPCAMP
Down
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Small bit, in Bogotá : POCO
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Windows alternative : UNIX
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Something you have trouble putting down : PAGETURNER
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Gradually introduce, with "in" : PHASE
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The Beatles' "___ Blues" : YER
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Varieties of this include chocolate and yellow : LAB
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"Then again ...," to a texter : OTOH
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Puzzles : VEXES
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Build : ERECT
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Footwear that lacks defined heels : TUBESOCKS
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An "A" in geometry : AREA
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Dull : BLAH
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Often-redacted fig. : SSN
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Item that someone with cold feet might have : SKI
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Verb that fills in the blanks of its own synonym: _ _AR_ : YEN
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Be just chillin' : LOAF
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Vividly shocking : LURID
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Kind of fever : CABIN
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Ballade or étude : PIECE
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Analogy words : ISTO
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Raccoon, humorously : TRASHPANDA
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It's bubbling below the surface : MAGMA
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Pointers for some fighters? : EPEES
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Rom-com plot points : MEETCUTES
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Channel offering deals : HSN
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There are more than 2.3 million in N.Y.C.: Abbr. : APTS
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Industrial cutter : LASER
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Oscar winner Blanchett : CATE
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Shady, in modern parlance : SUS
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Flat hat : TAM
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Elba who portrayed Nelson Mandela : IDRIS
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"Some ___!" : NERVE
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Shenanigan : ANTIC
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Java ingredient? : CODE
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Listing on a jobs website : ROLE
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Losing effort : DIET
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Wilde thing : POEM
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Cashless transaction : SWAP
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Ad or show follower : BIZ
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African grazer : GNU
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Challenge from a hard-hit ground ball, perhaps : HOP

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle.

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