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New York Times, Friday, June 12, 2026

Author:
Amanda Winters
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Style with spotty coverage?
TotalDebutLatest
24/15/20246/12/2026
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ScrabDebutFlowFresh
1.52864.235%
Amanda Winters

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQVXZ} Grid has double diagonal symmetry. This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Winters. Grid flow: 105.1 Friday freshness: 3%
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© 2026, The New York Times6/12/26 ( No. 27,975 )
Across
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Get-up : DUDS
5
Exhibiting a green face, stereotypically : SEASICK
12
Children's book title character in a green suit : BABAR
13
Ambassador's aide : ATTACHE
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Inheritance source, for good or ill : GENETICLOTTERY
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"Red, the color of ___ / Black, the color of despair" ("Les Misérables" lyric) : DESIRE
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Prefix with present : OMNI
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Farm grazer : COW
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"Empire of the ___" (1977 sci-fi film with an approval rating of 5% on Rotten Tomatoes) : ANTS
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Velociraptor, e.g., informally : DINO
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___ asada : CARNE
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Followers of the guru Nanak : SIKHS
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Elate : SEND
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Some fragrant gifts : LEIS
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Half ass reply? : HEE
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Microscopic : TINY
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Weight : IMPACT
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Style with spotty coverage? : POINTILLISM
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Good market news : UPTURN
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Slip material : SILK
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Tally: Abbr. : PTS
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Ex- : PAST
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Big name in cups : SOLO
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Contents of a modern flood : EMAIL
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Lock : TRESS
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Some camera moves : PANS
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Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
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Needing no script : OTC
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Deuce follower : ADIN
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"That's good to hear" : IMGLAD
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Home of the world's largest independently owned bookstore (spanning an entire city block) : PORTLANDOREGON
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Windflower : ANEMONE
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Play again : REAIR
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Cone holders : RETINAS
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Cost of a hand : ANTE
Down
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Pastry with Austrian origins, despite its name : DANISH
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Cab alternative : UBER
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Passé : DATED
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Sanskrit honorific : SRI
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Certain ladder climber : SALMON
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___ collar : ETON
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Ghost story? : ATTIC
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Didn't play : SAT
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Place where customers get their licks in? : ICECREAMPARLOR
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Persistent : CHRONIC
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Home of the Ernest Hemingway House : KEYWEST
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Hidden gem : BESTKEPTSECRET
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One who might say "You wish!" : GENIE
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Site of America's first roller coaster : CONEYISLAND
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T, in Morse code : DASH
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"___ it?" : ISNT
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Locale for 11 Winter Olympics : ALPS
25
Mix up : STIR
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Tzatziki ingredient : DILL
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Quality establishments? : INNS
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M.C.'s need : MIKE
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Baseball trio : OUTS
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Symbol of courage : LION
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Satisfactory : UPTOPAR
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Epic beginning : PARTONE
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Saturn satellite : TITAN
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Runners carry it : SLED
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Puts in one's two cents : OPINES
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Smith who has won the Triple Crown of Acting : MAGGIE
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Do business? : SALON
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Obstacle for Odysseus : SIREN
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___ Point, Calif. : DANA
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Central point : MEAT
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"OMG, stop!" : TMI
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Pray, in Latin : ORA

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