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New York Times, Friday, June 5, 2026

Author:
Kelly Morenus
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
20-Across : Coat on a tip?
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Kelly Morenus

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {BJQXZ} Spans: 4, (2 double stacks) This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Morenus. Grid flow: 65.7 Friday freshness: 27%
Jim Horne notes:

Coat on a tip? Ah, fingertip. Brilliant.

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© 2026, The New York Times6/5/26 ( No. 27,968 )
Across
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Adjusts, as text : EMENDS
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[Get away!] : GRR
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Lecture setting : DAIS
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"Can anyone explain this?!" : MAKEITMAKESENSE
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"Let me try to explain ..." : THEWAYILOOKATIT
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Gal pal : SIS
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Appeal in defense : PLEA
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Coat on a tip? : POLISH
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Round striker : PEEN
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Where 22-Across is : HERE
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Pilots' tools : RADARS
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Grocery stores? : PANTRIES
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Seaweed-based gels : AGARS
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Strikes out on one's own : FLIESSOLO
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So-called "Champagne of Spain" : CAVA
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___ Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel Prize-winning chemist : ROALD
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Fuss : STIR
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Targets of some regulations : EMISSIONS
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Something a toddler might grow out of : PHASE
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Fuji, e.g. : REDAPPLE
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Energizes : GOOSES
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Something you can see right through : IRIS
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Not so rich, so to speak : LITE
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Remit, say : MAILIN
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New wave band with the 1979 album "Duty Now for the Future" : DEVO
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Destination : AIM
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Provide proactive help, in a way : RUNINTERFERENCE
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"Keep me out of it" : IDONTWANTTOKNOW
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Opposite of "stay silent" : SING
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"___ y plata" (Montana's motto) : ORO
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Southwestern dwellings : HOGANS
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Triage pros : EMTS
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Dorado fish, informally : MAHI
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Scrapes (out) : EKES
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Just out : NEW
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Attire that may snap on : DIAPERS
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Does up, in a way : STYLES
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Big do : GALA
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Studio behind "Notorious" and "Nocturne" : RKO
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Came out of bankruptcy, say : REOPENED
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What might give a hand in a casino? : DEALERSSHOE
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Opposed : ANTI
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Deity with a temple in Pompeii : ISIS
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Actor Gilliam of "The Wire" : SETH
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Attitude : MIEN
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Some athleisure bottoms : SKORTS
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Modern water sport : PARASAILING
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Summons : HAILS
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500 competitor : RACER
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Top form : AGAME
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Biblical shepherd-turned-king : DAVID
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Kind of figure : PLANE
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I I I : IOTAS
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___ Neal, co-star of TV's "The Hughleys" : ELISE
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Painful spots : SORES
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People not to argue with, they say : FOOLS
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Forcibly halve : RIPINTWO
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Dash : SPRINT
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Small marsupial whose name is spelled using only the letters of TROP : POTOROO
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Biblical verb : GIVETH
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Blue side, with "the" : LEFT
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Med. diagnostics : MRIS
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Maker of the Q3 : AUDI
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___ a secret : INON
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Movie villain who is a member of SPECTRE : DRNO
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Pioneering civil rights activist ___ Arnold Hedgeman : ANNA
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Forbidden subject in Islamic art : ICON
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Row houses, to Brits : MEWS
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Canal entry : EAR
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Med. diagnostic : EKG

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

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