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New York Times, Saturday, August 15, 2026

Author:
Blake Slonecker
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
11-Down : The second one on the Statue of Liberty is longer than its first one
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Blake Slonecker

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 24 Missing: {FQZ} Spans: 2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Slonecker. Grid flow: 131.4 Saturday freshness: 78%
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© 2026, The New York Times8/15/26 ( No. 28,039 )
Across
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Began : DAWNED
7
Show faces? : TVACTORS
15
Bring back into the fold, so to speak : REHIRE
16
Worth looking back on : HISTORIC
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One from "Japan's kitchen" : OSAKAN
18
Appeal : ENTREATY
19
Bit of ceramic ware : POT
20
Cast off : SETSAIL
22
7/ : JUL
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"Lovely" and "wonderful" food, per Monty Python : SPAM
25
Rose Bowl Stadium athlete : BRUIN
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Big ring : PEAL
27
Patient privacy law, in brief : HIPAA
29
World Cup team nicknamed "The Three Lions": Abbr. : ENG
30
Say "Hey," say : HOLLA
31
"Speak up" : ICANTHEARYOU
34
Intermezzo and trou normand dishes, essentially : PALATECLEANSERS
38
Hoedown get-down? : TEXASTWOSTEP
39
Long-___ squid : ARMED
42
"Wayne's World" exclamation : NOT
43
Christina of "Buffalo '66" : RICCI
44
Ring location : LOBE
45
Oil wells? : PORES
47
Nickname for Eleanor : NELL
48
Eye-catching stage prop : BOA
49
"Got it?" : CAPISCE
51
Thru : TIL
52
Underlining, e.g. : EMPHASIS
54
Classical figure in an 1898 Gustav Klimt oil : ATHENA
56
Some back-and-forth : REPARTEE
57
Big name in fashion : LAUREN
58
Go in the wrong way? : TRESPASS
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"I beg you!" : PLEASE
Down
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Cut out the middleman, for delivery : DROPSHIP
2
Fabulous collection : AESOPICA
3
"You're the best!" : WHATAPAL
4
No-good ending? : NIK
5
Diamond figs. : ERAS
6
Leftmost star of the Summer Triangle : DENEB
7
Classic 1926 novel often published with a bull and matador on its cover : THESUNALSORISES
8
Dressing group : VINAIGRETTES
9
Gamgee player in "Lord of the Rings" : ASTIN
10
___-C : CTRL
11
The second one on the Statue of Liberty is longer than its first one : TOE
12
Toothache care option : ORAJEL
13
Communion, e.g. : RITUAL
14
Charybdis' man-eating opposite, in myth : SCYLLA
21
Upper regions of forests : TREECANOPIES
24
Sea cow : MANATEE
26
French Baroque artist Nicolas : POUSSIN
28
Challenged on X, say : ATTED
30
Scout's follower? : HONOR
32
Bad spell : HEX
33
Partner of pitch and roll : YAW
35
"You get the point" : ETCETERA
36
Kicks back, in a way : RECLINES
37
Crime writer Mickey who created the Mike Hammer stories : SPILLANE
39
Prince of Monaco beginning in 2005 : ALBERT
40
Certain tenant : ROOMER
41
French soccer superstar Kylian : MBAPPE
45
Some bow ties : PASTA
46
Where roots take hold : SCALP
49
Complain : CARP
50
Citation shortener : ETAL
53
Tricks : HAS
55
Orange or lime : HUE

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

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