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New York Times, Saturday, June 13, 2026

Author:
Ryan McCarty
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
21-Across : Like some parties
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
346/17/20176/13/20263
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Ryan McCarty

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. McCarty. Grid flow: 57.3 Saturday freshness: 43%
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© 2026, The New York Times6/13/26 ( No. 27,976 )
Across
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Bring together : AMASS
6
Alligatorid of Central and South America : CAIMAN
12
Fabric with diagonal ribbing : TWILL
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Formula 1's Circuit de Monaco, e.g. : ROADRACE
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Hip-hop artist with a 2018 Pulitzer : LAMAR
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Fine fodder for a Freudian analyst : SEXDREAMS
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Call from a bridge : AHOY
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State flower of Utah : SEGO
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"Right?," in British lingo : INNIT
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Pathetic : SAD
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Like some parties : STAG
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One may be hanging by a thread : NEEDLE
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"We're under a lot of pressure!" : THEHEATISON
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Make it or break it : PAR
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Danger signal : ALARMBELL
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Blocks : BANS
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E-liquid : VAPEJUICE
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Wished : BADE
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Outmoded living room fixtures : PLASMATVS
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Reddit Q&A : AMA
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Show to be fabricating? : CATCHINALIE
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Blew up : GOTMAD
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Festival flier : KITE
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Number of Beethoven operas : ONE
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Fishing accessory : CREEL
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Consumes : USES
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Retired rapper Azalea : IGGY
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"Oppenheimer" setting : LOSALAMOS
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From the British Isles, say : ANGLO
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"Happy to help!" : ISURECAN
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County fair animal : STEER
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Lichtenstein's "Whaam!," e.g. : POPART
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County fair animal : HORSE
Down
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Closing words of a historic 1963 speech : ATLAST
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Sinister cackle : MWAHAHA
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Many a modern chess-playing program : AIMODEL
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Totally kill it : SLAY
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Camera spec : SLR
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Heel : CAD
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Actor Brody : ADRIEN
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Nobel-winning daughter of Marie Curie : IRENE
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The 'rents, perhaps : MAANDPA
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European football club founded in 1899 : ACMILAN
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Birds and tree squirrels : NESTERS
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Clutch hitter nicknamed "Mr. October" : REGGIEJACKSON
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Kitchen brand : OXO
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Flight restriction? : SEATBELT
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Obsolescent office accessory : STAMPPAD
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Blood bank supply : SERA
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What someone with boundless ambition "knows" : NOLIMITS
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Multibillionaire, e.g. : HAVE
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Certain brain freezers : SLUSHIES
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Submissive sort, informally : BETA
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Sugar source : CANE
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It comes in handy when the chips are downed : BAGCLIP
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Lovingly, in a score : AMOROSO
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Is courting out of one's league, so to speak : DATESUP
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Poster of TikTok tutorials, e.g. : VLOGGER
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Some hits, in music and baseball : SINGLES
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Square dance figure : CALLER
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Kid-lit character who often loses his tail : EEYORE
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Stiller's partner in comedy : MEARA
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Name on a "Kill Bill" poster : UMA
46
Hooked on : INTO
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It's the law : ACT
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Shade of gray : ASH

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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