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New York Times, Friday, July 10, 2026

Author:
Willa Angel Chen Miller
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Hot shot producer
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Willa Angel Chen Miller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 6, (2 double stacks) This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Miller. Grid flow: 87.7 Friday freshness: 13%
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© 2026, The New York Times7/10/26 ( No. 28,003 )
Across
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Acronymic weapon : TASER
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Suffix with caffe- : INE
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Intro course? : SALAD
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Hot shot producer : ESPRESSOMACHINE
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What late-night partying might lead to : NOISECOMPLAINTS
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Source of the Coneheads, in brief : SNL
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Strove : LABORED
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"Jeepers!" : EEK
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Main ingredients in unagi don : EELS
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Former fillies : MARES
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Camp neckwear : BOAS
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One way to check your impulses, in brief? : EEG
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Lo-___ : RES
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Nimble : DEFT
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Wills : ORDAINS
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Bad-mouthed : SMEARED
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Spot for a mini-fridge : WETBAR
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Creator of the Detroit Industry Murals : RIVERA
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Boost : ENHANCE
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Smug know-it-all type : WISEASS
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Class act? : TEST
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High degree : NTH
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Virginia Woolf's "___ Dalloway" : MRS
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Semi segments : CABS
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Yuks : HAHAS
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Merely whispered : SOFT
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Lego founder ___ Kirk Christiansen : OLE
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Relative of a bandeau : TUBETOP
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Mint : NEW
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"It hasn't happened to me, but ... wow!" : ICANONLYIMAGINE
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What a streaker running across a baseball field could be : FANINTERFERENCE
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"No cap" : SRSLY
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Saint-Maur-___-Fossés (part of Paris) : DES
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Just beat : EDGED
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Past or present : TENSE
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In tandem : ASONE
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Blabbed : SPILLEDTHEBEANS
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Things that come with waffles? : ERS
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Short Instagram video : REEL
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Weather map features : ISOBARS
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"Enough!" : NOMORE
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Wu Zetian of the Zhou dynasty, for one : EMPRESS
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Ginormous quantity : SCAD
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Pescatarian steak option : AHI
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Pathway to a conclusion : LINEOFREASONING
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Relatives of sloths : ANTEATERS
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Typewriter settings : DESKS
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Catfishing, for one : SCAM
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Subjects of certain reviews at Untappd.com : ALES
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Branzino, by another name : SEABASS
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Lodge builders : BEAVERS
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Titanic : GIANT
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Philosophy of many founding fathers : DEISM
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Not be square with : OWE
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Dollar offering : RENTALCAR
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Org. concerned with reactor safety : NRC
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3-D scan : MRI
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"___ Boot" : DAS
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On : ENABLED
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Speculative musings : WHATIFS
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"___ Taking the Hobbits to Isengard" (viral video from 2005) : THEYRE
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Fancy dos : COIFS
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Proceed with a game plan : HUNT
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Quite the : SOME
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Yard sticks? : FENCE
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Coat material : TWEED
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Stylish, as at an awards show? : TONY
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Reduce : PARE
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Naught : NIL
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H.S.-level exam : GED

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

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