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New York Times, Thursday, April 23, 2026

Author:
Zhou Zhang and Kevin Curry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Spot for a catnap?
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57/6/20254/23/20263
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Zhou Zhang
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911/7/20234/23/20264
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1.603327.428%
Kevin Curry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Zhang. This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Curry. Grid flow: 39.2 Thursday freshness: 22%
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© 2026, The New York Times4/23/26 ( No. 27,925 )
Across
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"Truth be told ..." : FACTIS
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"___ so!" (German "I see!") : ACH
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Hoax : SHAM
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Big name in skin care : AVEENO
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Leader whose face is shown on renminbi notes : MAO
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Ashen : PALE
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Spot for a catnap? : WINDOWSILL
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Innings : baseball :: ___ : curling : ENDS
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Lead-in to Geo : NAT
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Symbol of mass density : RHO
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They're noisy little buggers : CICADAS
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Kinkajou cousin : COATI
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Expected outcome : NORM
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Circa : ABOUT
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Experience deep affirmation, in modern lingo : FEELSEEN
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On guard : ALERT
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Center : MIDST
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Opus ___ : DEI
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Follower of open or closed, sartorially : TOED
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Spaghetti-strapped tops, informally : CAMIS
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Pass (out) : CONK
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Reaction to a sock : OOF
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Tasty item that, paradoxically, can have "ugh" in the middle : DONUT
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Queen's collaborator on the 1981 hit "Under Pressure" : BOWIE
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What the "Music City Miracle" and the "Immaculate Reception" took place in : NFLGAMES
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Alternative to bow ties : PENNE
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It might follow "ye" : OLDE
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"___ days are gone" : THOSE
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Test release? : TIMESUP
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Qt. or pt. : AMT
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G.I. entertainers : USO
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Trawling, say : ASEA
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When many rainbows appear : PRIDEMONTH
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Like some chances : SLIM
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Steering aid : OAR
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Sign on a restroom door : LADIES
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Ryan Gosling and Simu Liu, in Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" : KENS
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Science guy Bill : NYE
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Ring combo : ONETWO
Down
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Babe in the woods : FAWN
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Adidas competitor : AVIA
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*Material for a sidewalk : CEMENT
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Media exec Sarandos : TED
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"You game?" : INOROUT
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*To a degree : SOMEWHAT
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"Why ___ even here?" : AMI
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It might come after trig : CALC
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*Lack of pulchritude : HOMELINESS
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Pickle portions : SPEARS
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Something that's kept in the family ... or a hint to making sense of three pairs of answers in this puzzle : HANDMEDOWN
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Alan of "M*A*S*H" : ALDA
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State of a playroom, often : MESS
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Lush : SOT
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Young stud : COLT
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Bungee jumping necessity : CORD
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"Assuming there's no other option for me ..." : IFIMUST
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Withdrawn : ALOOF
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*Choice cut : BEEFLOIN
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Go over for publication : EDIT
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Start of a counting rhyme : EENIE
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Company that famously used the Beatles' "Revolution" in a 1987 TV commercial : NIKE
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Lots and lots : ATON
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Thick locks : MANE
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*Supermarket shopper's clipping : COUPON
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Alternative to a cup : CONE
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Owie kissers, perhaps : DADS
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Member of a wedding party : BESTMAN
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Twinkles : GLEAMS
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*Sport that uses mallets : POLO
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"You ___ me worried!" : HAD
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Something to be done : TASK
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Louisiana's Grand ___ State Park : ISLE
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Speak while looking up, perhaps : PRAY
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Foot or stone : UNIT
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Goulash, e.g. : STEW
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Really, really : OHSO
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Wrath : IRE
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Weird Al's "___ to a Superhero" : ODE

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

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