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New York Times, Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Author:
Adryel W. Robles Ojeda
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
58-Down : Secretly loop in on an email
TotalDebut
14/7/2026
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0010000
ScrabDebutFlowFresh
1.70229.160%
Adryel W. Robles

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 79, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQWZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Robles. Grid flow: 29.1 Tuesday freshness: 95%
Jim Horne notes:

BALL can follow the first part of the theme answers, and CHAIN can follow the last part of the theme answers.

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© 2026, The New York Times4/7/26 ( No. 27,909 )
Across
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Red, white and blue land: Abbr. : AMER
5
El ___, mythical city of gold : DORADO
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Initials often seen next to THC : CBD
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Quotes : CITES
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Gave out, as charm : EXUDED
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Reply to a ship's captain : AYE
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It has wheels but doesn't go anywhere : EXERCISEBIKE
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___ fly, play that results in a run and an out : SAC
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Dog's reward after a trick : TREAT
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Connection point : NODE
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"How can this be?!" : OHNO
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Decided to pay later, say : RANATAB
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Combo meal, usually : FASTFOOD
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Apple tablet : IPAD
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Idles, with "around" : LOAFS
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Handy : OFUSE
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Hair goo : GEL
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___ track, song that insults another artist : DISS
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One who shouldn't proceed on thin ice : SKATER
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Resort with a signature piña colada, perhaps : BEACHHOTEL
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Economic improvement : UPTURN
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Japanese noodle : UDON
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Most common word in English : THE
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Communication method with dits and dahs : MORSE
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Martial art whose name means "way of the sword" : KENDO
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So-called "Land of a Million Elephants" : LAOS
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Sharp or flat location on a piano, usually : BLACKKEY
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"I can't hear you!" : SPEAKUP
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Rolling in it : RICH
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Done : OVER
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Alleviated : EASED
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Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
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Old-time restraint for a prisoner ... or what can go after the respective halves of 18-, 26-, 35- and 49-Across : BALLANDCHAIN
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Prefix with physical or politics : GEO
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Marie ___, women's magazine : CLAIRE
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Dye for body art : HENNA
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Use salt instead of sugar, say : ERR
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What an underage person usually gets at a bar? : CARDED
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Lose one's footing : SLIP
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Star pitcher : ACE
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Casual musical project : MIXTAPE
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Everlasting : ETERNAL
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Try to make sense of a passage one didn't understand the first time : REREAD
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___ Moines, Iowa : DES
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Big bovines : OXEN
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Remove, as heavy grime : RUBOFF
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Longtime shoe sponsor for Lionel Messi : ADIDAS
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Feints, in hockey : DEKES
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Dedicated lines : ODE
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Turn in one's chips : CASHOUT
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Narrow way to win : BYANOSE
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Toy cipher ring : DECODER
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Improvisational vocal style : SCAT
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Language of "amore" : ITALIAN
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Organ meats : OFFAL
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Arrange, as a match's outcome : RIG
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Pear variety : BOSC
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Unit of arcade currency : TOKEN
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Cigar residue : ASH
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Jeter whose #2 was retired by the Yankees : DEREK
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Bent down : STOOPED
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___ Gardens, Tampa amusement park : BUSCH
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One under Attila's rule : HUN
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3 to 1 are good ones : ODDS
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Resentment : UMBRAGE
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Better mannered : POLITER
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John Deere product : TRACTOR
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Blow the match : TAKEANL
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Famous figure known for off-the-cuff performances? : HOUDINI
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Supernatural ability, for short : ESP
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Bulletproof material : KEVLAR
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What you blink with : EYELID
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Mascara makes them stand out : LASHES
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Marsupial that sleeps up to 20 hours a day : KOALA
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Every's partner : EACH
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Still reddish, as a steak : RARE
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Secretly loop in on an email : BCC
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Flanders of "The Simpsons" : NED
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Siesta : NAP

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