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New York Times, Sunday, June 14, 2026

Author:
John Kugelman
Editor:
Will Shortz
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John Kugelman

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 134, Blocks: 73 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Kugelman. Grid flow: 42.5 Sunday freshness: 46%
Will Shortz notes:
John Kugelman, of Gainesville, Va., is a software engineer specializing in cybersecurity. This is his 20th crossword for The Times — most of them Sundays. "I do love this theme," John ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Each themer uses exactly four distinct letters.

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© 2026, The New York Times6/14/26 ( No. 27,977 )
Across
1
Many a listing on the Billboard Hot 100 : POPHIT
7
High noon face-offs : DUELS
12
Sonata maker : HYUNDAI
19
Backup squads : BTEAMS
20
Asian rice porridge : CONGEE
21
Measure of high resistance : MEGAOHM
22
10th grader critiques swanky boutique? : SOPHPOOHPOOHSPOSHSHOP
25
When doubled, a cry of approval : HEAR
26
Souvenirs fired from hand-held cannons : TEES
27
Pep rally yells : RAHS
28
Inquires : ASKS
29
"Hoo mama, that's hot!" : YOWIE
31
Singer Lovato : DEMI
32
Wrestling move named after a pesticide : DDT
34
Why Keanu is such a generous tipper? : REEVESREVERESSERVERS
42
Revenue-raising legislation : TAXACT
43
The "Y" of Y.S.L. : YVES
44
Bad thing to bring to bed, it's said : PHONE
45
Rapper Kool Moe ___ : DEE
46
Bone doc : ORTHO
47
Heartburn : AGITA
49
Make out : DISCERN
51
Needle holder : FIR
52
1960s singer swindles Nashville awards? : MAMACASSSCAMSCMAS
57
Online euphemism for "killed" used to avoid demonetization : UNALIVED
59
"See ya!" : TATA
60
Part between the shoulders : LANE
61
Well-known song with a trilingual version in English, French and Inuktitut : OCANADA
64
Come back in force : RESURGE
68
Order to go : SHOO
71
Actress ___ Lee Nolin of "Baywatch" : GENA
73
"No joke!" : TRUEFACT
77
Scottish cryptid spotted by the French? : NESSIESEENINSEINE
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Bad sound from a fan : BOO
84
Bothered to no end : EATENAT
85
Java tea : PEKOE
86
Bygone retail giant : KMART
88
Senatorial greeting : AVE
89
Bathroom brand : ORALB
91
1998 tech debut : IMAC
93
Volcanic gems found on every continent : AGATES
94
Harsh taskmaster taken to task? : DERRIERERIDERDERIDED
98
Totally played out : OLD
99
Alien leader? : XENO
100
"... to hold, as ___, the mirror up to nature": Hamlet : TWERE
101
Spot for a cooling pie : SILL
104
¥ : YUAN
105
Opening of le soliloque d'Hamlet : ETRE
107
Innocent sort : LAMB
110
What a modest play has in common with the answer to each italicized clue? : SMALLCASTOFCHARACTERS
116
Appropriately misspelled genre for Korn and Limp Bizkit : NUMETAL
117
"Woo-hoo!" : HURRAY
118
Kid-friendly rocker? : HORSIE
119
"Oh, please" : SPAREME
120
Pub quaff : STOUT
121
"Moving right along ..." : ANYHOW
Down
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Network supported by "Viewers Like You" : PBS
2
"Altho ..." : OTOH
3
Cacio e ___ (Roman pasta dish) : PEPE
4
Nervous agreement : HAHAYEAH
5
Make-up artist? : IMPROVCOMIC
6
General with a chicken dish named after him : TSO
7
Goofball : DOPE
8
Some, in Saltillo : UNOS
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"S.N.L." alum Nwodim : EGO
10
Tom ___, "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" satirist : LEHRER
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Tahini, essentially : SESAMEPASTE
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Certain open enrollment options, for short : HMOS
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"Roundabout" rock band, 1971 : YES
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"Gross!" : UGH
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Onetime stargazer's education channel : NASATV
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Cries of self-described "idiots" : DOHS
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"Now I get it" : AHOK
18
Fireball-throwing demons from Doom : IMPS
20
In good spirits : CHEERY
23
Name in many skyscrapers : OTIS
24
Jam band with a Ben & Jerry's flavor : PHISH
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___ paint (sign tragically noticed after sitting on a park bench) : WET
31
End of a redundant legal doublet : DESIST
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Jorts material : DENIM
33
Kind of code : DRESS
34
___ to go : RARIN
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Face in the crowd, say : EXTRA
36
Emergency removal, in brief : EVAC
37
Light in the night sky also known as Alpha Lyrae : VEGA
38
Whiskey mixer : SODA
39
Altitude sickness side effect : EDEMA
40
Returned to air, as an old pilot, perhaps : RERAN
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Have an inkling : SENSE
42
Cousin of tempeh and seitan : TOFU
48
Powerful Romanov : TSAR
50
Viola score symbol : CCLEF
53
Actress Gardner : AVA
54
Chess pieces : MEN
55
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder" or "Out of sight, out of mind" : ADAGE
56
Social class : CASTE
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Unpacked, say : LOOSE
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"Let's just stay calm" : DEEPBREATHS
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2023 Nobel-winning physicist L'Huillier : ANNE
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Spoon bender Geller debunked on "The Tonight Show" : URI
66
Shout in a slasher film : RUN
67
Female-friendly fandom event : GEEKGIRLCON
68
Sam who putted croquet style until the U.S.G.A. banned it : SNEAD
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Catapult : HEAVE
70
Kitchen brand : OSTER
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Martial art mastered by Steven Seagal : AIKIDO
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Taper : ABATE
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Empty inside : CORED
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Tater ___ : TOTS
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How sun-dried tomatoes are packed : INOIL
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Dog-___ : EARED
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Dog ___ : STAR
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Town, cape or river of western Alaska : NOME
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Scorch : SEAR
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Lunged (for) : MADEATRY
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"The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection" automaker : LEXUS
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It can carry a tune : CDTRAY
93
Modern art? : ARE
95
Word after high or holy : ROLLER
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Fast-food chain whose name has two hyphens : INNOUT
97
Washstand item : EWER
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Old Medicare IDs : SSNS
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Sleepy murmur : IMUP
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Spiritual teacher in Tibet : LAMA
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Rory's school on "Gilmore Girls" : YALE
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Shade in the desert : ECRU
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"___ remains to be seen" : THAT
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Clubber's tank top material : MESH
109
Verve : BRIO
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4G letters : LTE
112
QB Ward or Newton : CAM
113
To's opposite : FRO
114
Band with the 1980s multi-octave "Take On Me" : AHA
115
Move the needle? : SEW

Answer summary:
17 unique to this puzzle.

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