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New York Times, Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Author:
Kevin Curry and Zhou Zhang
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
34-Down : Band whose spelled-out name translates to "Bulletproof Boy Scouts"
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Zhou Zhang

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Curry. This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Zhang. Grid flow: 25.9 Wednesday freshness: 31%
Constructor notes:
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© 2026, The New York Times6/24/26 ( No. 27,987 )
Across
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Retro kind of hairstyle : PINUP
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Pinkglow pineapples and GloFish, for short : GMOS
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Article of apparel often worn with sandals : TOGA
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Ancient Greek marketplace : AGORA
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Symphony site : HALL
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Singer Tori : AMOS
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"Sleigh's loaded and ready! How are you feeling, Santa?" : JOLLYROGER
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Son of Seth : ENOS
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Ingested : ATE
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Like cotton candy : SPUN
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Tolerate : ABIDE
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Not notice : MISS
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"I'm at the bakery – what kind of doughnut do you want?" : GLAZEDOVER
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Confused : ATSEA
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Fire ... or a firefighter's tool : AXE
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Kind of dairy-free milk developed in the 1990s : OAT
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Stubborn beast : ASS
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Uplifting coverage? : BRA
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Liberal ___ : ARTS
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Hand-held radios used by the speakers of the italicized clues and their answers? : WALKIETALKIES
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Amps (up) : PEPS
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"___ Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter" (1965 #1 hit) : MRS
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Governor Walz, who ran with Kamala Harris : TIM
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Teacher's pest : IMP
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Fish with a Kohaku variety : KOI
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They're cover-ups! : TARPS
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"What's tomorrow's chemistry exam about again?" : CARBONCOPY
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Pastry that often has a fluted edge : TART
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"See ya!" : ADIOS
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Look before you do this : LEAP
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Deg. for an entrepreneur : MBA
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Jonathan Van ___ ("Queer Eye" co-star) : NESS
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"Before you go, what animal crosses the road in that old joke?" : CHICKENOUT
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What postseason games can't end in : TIES
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___ bean : FAVA
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Citrus-based sauce in Japanese cuisine : PONZU
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Big name in e-commerce : ETSY
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Sign of things to come : OMEN
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Wow : AMAZE
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Kind of pants worn on a rainy day, perhaps : PAJAMA
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"Aha!" : IGOTIT
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Equally : NOLESS
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Link letters : URL
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Approves a Venmo request, perhaps : PAYS
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Storied graverobber : GHOUL
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___ cum laude : MAGNA
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World Cup cheer : OLE
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Camera type, for short : SLR
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Workout program that's a portmanteau of two different sports : TAEBO
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Grizzly or black bear (but typically not a panda) : OMNIVORE
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A satisfying meal, informally : GOODEATS
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Claims : ASSERTS
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D&D or WoW : RPG
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Lemon add-on : ADE
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Important creatures in Inuit culture : SEALS
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Popular fast-fashion brand : ZARA
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Glorify : EXALT
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Hit up : ASK
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Paul who's been inducted twice into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame : SIMON
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Band whose spelled-out name translates to "Bulletproof Boy Scouts" : BTS
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Put in the cross hairs : AIMAT
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"Whew! Our journey is over!" : WEMADEIT
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Makes aware (of) : APPRISES
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Children's author Carle : ERIC
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A little foxy? : KIT
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Very spicy : PICANTE
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Goals for boxers, in brief : KOS
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Sportswriter Shelburne : RAMONA
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Marketing team's goal with a new product launch, informally : PRBUZZ
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Pygmalion's Galatea, for one : STATUE
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Like a commanding lead? : BOSSY
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Dark yellowish-green : OLIVE
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Thanksgiving pie nut : PECAN
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One in a Himalayan herd : YAK
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Salt-N-___, "Shoop" group : PEPA
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One who holds a company's purse strings, in brief : CFO
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One who's yukking it up : HAM
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French identification : NOM

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