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New York Times, Monday, June 22, 2026

Author:
Victoria Fernandez Grande
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
63-Down : Letter before sigma
TotalDebutLatest
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Victoria Fernandez Grande

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Grande. Grid flow: 31.8 Monday freshness: 61%
Jim Horne notes:

In the theme answers, the jump synonyms all mean something other than jump in the base phrase.

1
S
2
A
3
F
4
E
5
A
6
S
7
K
8
I
9
N
10
D
11
A
12
L
13
I
14
C
U
R
B
15
P
H
O
N
Y
16
I
D
E
M
17
A
R
A
B
18
S
P
R
I
N
G
19
S
I
A
M
20
M
A
T
21
A
L
E
22
O
P
E
R
A
23
H
24
O
M
E
W
25
A
26
R
27
D
B
O
U
N
D
28
A
29
T
O
P
30
D
R
O
O
L
S
31
B
R
U
T
32
A
33
L
34
M
O
V
I
E
35
S
36
E
37
T
38
B
A
S
39
F
A
40
N
41
K
E
G
42
H
U
H
43
A
M
E
44
R
I
C
A
45
S
46
S
E
47
N
O
R
A
48
A
R
E
N
O
49
T
50
I
R
O
N
51
D
52
O
53
O
M
S
D
A
Y
V
54
A
55
U
L
T
56
E
R
U
P
T
57
A
L
A
58
F
59
O
60
G
61
E
T
T
A
62
T
63
R
64
I
P
L
E
65
J
U
M
P
66
T
H
E
N
67
I
H
O
P
E
68
A
S
I
A
69
S
O
R
T
70
M
O
U
S
Y
71
B
E
T
S
© 2026, The New York Times6/22/26 ( No. 27,985 )
Across
1
The "S" of N.S.F.W. : SAFE
5
Invite to enter : ASKIN
10
Artist Salvador : DALI
14
"___ Your Enthusiasm" : CURB
15
Totally sus, say : PHONY
16
Scholarly "same" : IDEM
17
Wave of antigovernment protests in the early 2010s : ARABSPRING
19
Old name of Thailand : SIAM
20
What's rolled out for yoga : MAT
21
Pint in a pub, maybe : ALE
22
Performance at Lincoln Center : OPERA
23
Heading back to where one lives : HOMEWARDBOUND
28
Sitting on : ATOP
30
Shows signs of hunger : DROOLS
31
Harsh, as a takedown : BRUTAL
34
Hollywood workplace : MOVIESET
38
Some undergrad degs. : BAS
39
Low-tech cooler on a hot day : FAN
41
Container at a beer blast : KEG
42
"Wha-a-at?" : HUH
43
"___ Got Talent" : AMERICAS
46
Madame : France :: ___ : Spain : SENORA
48
Playground denial : ARENOT
50
Golf club often numbered 3 to 9 : IRON
51
Repository of seeds from all corners of the globe, informally : DOOMSDAYVAULT
56
What volcanoes do : ERUPT
57
Pie ___ mode : ALA
58
What the light from a lighthouse may pierce : FOG
61
Singer James : ETTA
62
Track-and-field event with a sandpit ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23- and 51-Across : TRIPLEJUMP
66
"But ___ again ..." : THEN
67
"Fingers crossed" : IHOPE
68
Area east of the Urals : ASIA
69
Group : SORT
70
Light brown and dull, as hair : MOUSY
71
Actions at the Bellagio or Encore : BETS
Down
1
Hoodwink : SCAM
2
Vibe : AURA
3
Beer pong venue, maybe : FRATHOUSE
4
Flow out : EBB
5
Garden of Eden fruit : APPLE
6
Brilliant at negotiating : SHREWD
7
Ornamental fish in a pond : KOI
8
Holiday ___ : INN
9
MetLife Stadium team, on scoreboards : NYG
10
Get rid (of) : DISPOSE
11
"Goodbye, mes amis" : ADIEU
12
"Live and ___" : LEARN
13
What the "face with steam from nose" emoji suggests : IMMAD
18
Piano player in "Casablanca" : SAM
22
Compel : OBLIGE
24
Pick, with "for" : OPT
25
Elbow's place : ARM
26
King's partner in castling : ROOK
27
Birds of peace : DOVES
28
Group whose "Gold: Greatest Hits" is the second-best-selling album in U.K. history : ABBA
29
Disneyland transport : TRAM
32
Unprecedented : AFIRST
33
Fastened, as a corset or shoe : LACED
35
Explosive personality trait : SHORTFUSE
36
Continental money : EURO
37
Greater ___ : THAN
40
Grandma, affectionately : NANA
44
Spreading unchecked : RAMPANT
45
Miso bean : SOY
47
Zero, in soccer : NIL
49
The Roku Channel, Hulu and others : TVAPPS
51
Little specifics, in slang : DEETS
52
One dental specialty, informally : ORTHO
53
___ Banks (barrier islands of North Carolina) : OUTER
54
Narrow backstreet : ALLEY
55
Abu Dhabi's land, for short : UAE
59
Leave out : OMIT
60
Transcript figs. : GPAS
62
___ Cook, longtime tech C.E.O. : TIM
63
Letter before sigma : RHO
64
Debtor's note : IOU
65
Boxing punch : JAB

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