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New York Times, Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Author:
Kenneth Cortes
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
17-Across : "Easy-peasy!"
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Kenneth Cortes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 77, Blocks: 46 Missing: {FQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 4 for Kenneth Cortes. Grid flow: 24.2 Tuesday freshness: 56%
Kenneth Cortes notes:
This puzzle was an excuse to get BADA BING BADA BOOM into a grid. This is a 16-letter entry that doesn't fit in a normal-sized 15 x 15 grid, so ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times7/21/26 ( No. 28,014 )
Across
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"Chocolate" pets : LABS
5
Genome component : DNA
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Breaks in winter weather : THAWS
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___ vera : ALOE
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Gave a hand : DEALT
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Greet someone informally : SAYHI
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"Easy-peasy!" : BADABINGBADABOOM
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Attire for an infant : ONESIE
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Awe-inspiring solar phenomenon : AURORA
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Severity : RIGOR
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Urban environmental hazard : SMOG
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Pen tips : NIBS
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Clean with a rough spray : SANDBLAST
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Blood ___ : SERUM
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Acorn producer : OAK
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The 12 angry men in "12 Angry Men," e.g. : JURORS
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Finish flamboyantly ... like 17-, 28-, 43- and 56-Across? : GOOUTWITHABANG
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2000-09, with "the" : AUGHTS
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___ and haw : HEM
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Jumbo : LARGE
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Colorful taffy candy brand : STARBURST
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Laptop brand : ACER
50
Tons : ALOT
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Not having quite enough money : SHORT
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"Really?" : OHYEAH
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Backside : HEINIE
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2023 double-platinum Chappell Roan record : REDWINESUPERNOVA
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Toyota hybrid : PRIUS
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Plumbing fixture found under the sink : PTRAP
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Things assayers assay : ORES
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Reactions akin to "OMG!" : GASPS
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Pigs' digs : STY
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Fill up : SATE
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Hard work : LABOR
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Morissette with the 1996 hit "Ironic" : ALANIS
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Corner store : BODEGA
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Fall, e.g. : SEASON
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Reading room : DEN
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Japanese city that's home to the Chinese Sofukuji Temple : NAGASAKI
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Subjects of some Billboard charts : ALBUMS
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Old Russian ruler : TSAR
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Cuban dance style : HABANERA
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Actress Edebiri : AYO
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"Which person are you referring to?" : WHO
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___ card : SIM
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A standard one has 21 pips : DIE
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Fortune-telling deck : TAROT
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Aviary inhabitant : BIRD
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Hound : DOG
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It's "pumped" by bodybuilders : IRON
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Town : BURG
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Texting format, in brief : SMS
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Many internet spammers : BOTS
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Rule : LAW
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Teacher for a day : SUB
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Part of a doorframe : JAMB
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Tortilla chip dip, informally : GUAC
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Shrek, e.g. : OGRE
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"Wow, real mature" : OHGROWUP
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Sport-___ : UTE
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"Ow! Watch it!" : THATHURT
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"___/she" (chocolate bar's pronouns in a corny joke) : HER
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In the manner of : ALA
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Power-saving computer mode : SLEEP
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They're often made at weddings : TOASTS
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One may accept the terms and conditions : USER
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Heavyweight beasts, familiarly : RHINOS
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Mexican state bordering Chihuahua : SONORA
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Hot pot holder : TRIVET
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Novelist Rand : AYN
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Backcomb : TEASE
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Cat's warning : HISS
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Old-school term for "cool" : HEP
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World of Warcraft, e.g., in brief : RPG
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Long period : ERA
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Put down : DIS
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Salary : PAY

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