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New York Times, Friday, August 21, 2026

Author:
Adryel W. Robles Ojeda
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
15-Across : Coupling rings?
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Adryel W. Robles

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Robles. Grid flow: 38.1 Friday freshness: 52%
Jim Horne notes:

The clue "Étendue bleue" translates from French as "blue expanse" or "blue stretch," a poetic expression for the sea (or ocean).

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© 2026, The New York Times8/21/26 ( No. 28,045 )
Across
1
Leader in a robe called a kasaya : LAMA
5
Some malty offerings : AMBERALES
14
Jejune : ARID
15
Coupling rings? : BOOTYCALLS
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Come (together) : BAND
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One sharing gold : COCHAMPION
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Remy's brother in "Ratatouille" : EMILE
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High tea treat : SCONE
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Mathematician Terence, winner of the 2006 Fields Medal : TAO
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___ Ball, 2021 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year : LAMELO
25
Key for getting out : ESC
26
Gave temporarily : LENT
27
One-named pop star with Monkey Puzzle Records : SIA
28
___ tov (Jewish festival) : YOM
30
Advantageous : OFUSE
32
Losing control emotionally, in slang : CRASHINGOUT
36
Drama club enthusiast : THEATERGEEK
38
Italian hero? : MEATBALLSUB
40
Bold : BRASH
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Étendue bleue : MER
43
Hindi for "reign" : RAJ
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Focus of a concussion protocol : HEAD
46
N.L. East team, on scoreboards : PHI
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Especially ornate : ROCOCO
51
Mass. summer setting : EDT
52
Jack up : HOIST
54
School units : DESKS
55
In place? : WHEREITSAT
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Stuff in shakers : SALT
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"Aww!" : SODARNCUTE
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Target of a search party : AWOL
61
Is canned : GETSTHEAX
62
Word repeated before "against the dying of the light" in a Dylan Thomas poem : RAGE
Down
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Names : LABELS
2
Language spoken by Jesus : ARAMAIC
3
Place for a quick stop : MINIMART
4
Puzzle : ADDLE
5
La ti do, musically : ABC
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Bovine sounds : MOOS
7
Sport similar to pétanque : BOCCE
8
Character : ETHOS
9
"Sinners" director, 2025 : RYANCOOGLER
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Apogee : ACME
11
Where a serviette is laid : LAP
12
Haut monde : ELITES
13
___ Crosley, author of 2008's "I Was Told There'd Be Cake" : SLOANE
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Impudent sort : SNOT
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Paris's Champs-___ : ELYSEES
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Grand Canyon lookout whose name suggests visitors' reactions : OOHAAHPOINT
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Some baroque instruments : LUTES
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Diamond wear : MITT
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Metal tube in a nuclear reactor : FUELROD
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Jazz musician Jamal : AHMAD
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Neighbor of Colo. : NEB
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Mass unit : GRAM
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First filmmaker to receive the Order of Culture in Japan : KUROSAWA
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Unprocessed inventory : BACKLOG
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One might leave you unprotected at night : BEDHOG
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What kid-friendly games typically are : RATEDE
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What big crowds do : JOSTLE
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Fells : HEWS
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Hang-up : HITCH
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Something raised in a meeting : ISSUE
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Julio ___ Chávez (boxing legend) : CESAR
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Possessive pronoun : HERS
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"Cheerio" : TATA
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Snitch : RAT
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Neighbor of Ark. : TEX

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