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New York Times, Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Author:
Rich Katz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
56-Across : With 63-Across, question hinted at by the beginnings of 17-, 21-, 25- and 48-Across
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Rich Katz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Katz. Grid flow: 15.3 Tuesday freshness: 47%
Jim Horne notes:

The starts of the first four theme answers sound like 2, 4, 6, 8.

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O
2
S
3
L
4
O
5
A
6
T
7
W
8
A
9
R
10
U
11
T
12
A
13
H
14
P
L
O
W
15
C
H
O
S
E
16
B
A
R
E
17
T
O
O
L
18
A
T
E
N
O
W
19
E
P
E
E
20
I
M
M
E
N
S
E
21
F
O
22
R
R
E
A
L
23
C
O
S
T
A
24
V
I
P
25
S
I
26
C
27
S
28
T
29
H
E
D
O
30
G
31
O
32
N
33
U
34
M
35
P
36
S
A
H
I
B
37
S
O
R
R
Y
38
R
O
O
39
F
40
L
A
B
O
41
R
42
L
A
C
E
43
S
A
L
E
44
M
45
L
I
M
B
46
O
47
M
A
T
48
A
T
E
L
I
49
K
E
A
B
I
R
50
D
51
L
S
U
52
D
E
53
I
54
C
55
E
56
W
57
H
58
O
D
O
W
59
E
60
O
61
P
O
S
S
U
M
62
R
O
M
O
63
A
P
64
P
R
E
C
I
A
T
E
65
A
N
E
W
66
I
P
A
S
S
67
R
A
I
N
68
P
E
N
N
69
T
S
L
O
T
70
E
K
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D
© 2026, The New York Times6/2/26 ( No. 27,965 )
Across
1
Capital located on a fjord : OSLO
5
Battling militarily : ATWAR
10
State with the highest Mormon population : UTAH
14
Snow clearer : PLOW
15
Selected : CHOSE
16
___ minimum : BARE
17
"You missed your chance!" : TOOLATENOW
19
Silver weapon brandished by one hoping for gold : EPEE
20
Huge : IMMENSE
21
"It's legit!" : FORREAL
23
___ Rica : COSTA
24
One with special access, in brief : VIP
25
Gets a pooch to attack : SICSTHEDOGON
33
One who might call you out if you get home late? : UMP
36
Hindi term meaning "master"... or "mister" : SAHIB
37
"My apologies!" : SORRY
38
Part of a house or a mouth : ROOF
40
Obstetrician's specialty : LABOR
42
Part of a shoe or many a bra : LACE
43
Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" : SALEM
45
Dance for flexible people : LIMBO
47
It might say "Home Sweet Home" : MAT
48
Picked at one's food, in an avian metaphor : ATELIKEABIRD
51
Baton Rouge sch. : LSU
52
Wash with a glycol spray, as an airplane wing : DEICE
56
With 63-Across, question hinted at by the beginnings of 17-, 21-, 25- and 48-Across : WHODOWE
60
Marsupial whose name sometimes omits its first letter : OPOSSUM
62
Tony ___, former Cowboys QB : ROMO
63
See 56-Across : APPRECIATE
65
All over again : ANEW
66
"No bid from me" : IPASS
67
Bad forecast for a parade : RAIN
68
Ivy in Philadelphia, familiarly : PENN
69
Letter-shaped groove for a fastener : TSLOT
70
Barely made, with "out" : EKED
Down
1
Kind of nerve that connects to the eye : OPTIC
2
Manner in which sports replays are shown, familiarly : SLOMO
3
Hangs (over) : LOOMS
4
Babies that are supposed to be up all night? : OWLETS
5
Five things in each of Shakespeare's plays : ACTS
6
"My country, 'tis of ___ ..." : THEE
7
Was victorious : WON
8
Since : ASOF
9
Fixed, as a tapestry or a tatami : REWOVE
10
Original name of a popular shared-ride service : UBERPOOL
11
Word after video or Scotch : TAPE
12
About 8,100 square feet, for a baseball infield : AREA
13
What helps you get a leg up? : HEEL
18
Eroticist Nin : ANAIS
22
Purges, with "of" : RIDS
26
Baseball Hall-of-Famer ___ Ripken : CAL
27
Rock that's fracked to release oil : SHALE
28
Bone in the lower leg : TIBIA
29
Fusion weapon, familiarly : HBOMB
30
Weight unit at British markets : GRAM
31
Sea sight in black and white : ORCA
32
The decline of Russia? : NYET
33
Lead-in to Major or Minor in the night sky : URSA
34
What a drawbridge might cross : MOAT
35
Word with vault or position : POLE
39
Collapsed : FELLDOWN
41
One of four generated by a grand slam, for short : RBI
44
Kind of soup often served with sushi : MISO
46
Surgeon, informally : ORDOC
49
Emirate that was the site of Operation Desert Storm : KUWAIT
50
Longing : DESIRE
53
Chris with the 1991 hit "Wicked Game" : ISAAK
54
One who's "adorbs" : CUTIE
55
Revise, as text : EMEND
56
Prepare for gifting : WRAP
57
Sharpen : HONE
58
Finding a penny with the tails side up is said to be a bad one : OMEN
59
Actor/rapper Omar : EPPS
60
"In that neighborhood" : ORSO
61
Gnat or nit : PEST
64
Bud : PAL

Answer summary:
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