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New York Times, Sunday, August 23, 2026

Author:
Jill Singer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Meeting that goes above and beyond?
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Jill Singer

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Rows: 21, Columns: 22 Words: 145, Blocks: 76 Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Singer. Grid flow: 55.5 Sunday freshness: 72%
Will Shortz notes:
Jill Singer is a filmmaker in Lexington, Mass., working on media for history museums. She and her colleagues recently completed a series of short films and exhibits for the new Museum of Utah. This ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times8/23/26 ( No. 28,047 )
Across
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"Awesome!" : RAD
4
Many profs : PHDS
8
What a crush might make you do : FLIRT
13
Predator with dermal denticles : SHARK
18
Silent film actor Jannings : EMIL
20
Reclined : LAIN
21
More intense, as an emotion : RAWER
22
Early stage of a drug trial : PHASEI
23
Peace symbol : DOVE
24
Adage promoting thrift : APENNYSAVEDISAPENNYEARNED
27
Itty-bitty : TEENSY
29
Return filers, for short : CPAS
30
Barely keeps going, with "along" : LIMPS
31
Fish with leaf-shaped larvae : EELS
32
Image on one side of this puzzle's subject : ABRAHAMLINCOLN
35
Start of a historic triple boast : ICAME
37
Seminole's rival, in college athletics : GATOR
38
Liturgical singer : CANTOR
39
Quick cut : SNIP
40
Subtitle alternative : DUB
43
Yogurt drink in Delhi : LASSI
45
Monklike, in a way : ASCETIC
48
Angle variable in geometry : THETA
50
Where this puzzle's subject was last made for circulation (in November 2025) : USMINT
53
Periodical, informally : MAG
55
Genre for Siouxsie and the Banshees : GOTH
56
Duck known for its insulating feathers : EIDER
57
Make smelly : STINKUP
59
One of 12, astrologically : LEO
61
"Balderdash!" : ROT
62
"It's Your Business" sloganeer, for short : WSJ
63
"Omigosh!" : EEK
64
Drug enforcer, informally : NARC
66
"When We Were Young" singer, 2015 : ADELE
68
Its capital is Roma : ITALIA
72
Nursery rhyme street vendor's cry : ONEAPENNYTWOAPENNYHOTCROSSBUNS
77
A failed transaction : NOSALE
78
Good, but not great, grade : BPLUS
79
Tennis great Arthur : ASHE
80
___ King Cole : NAT
81
Fall asleep, with "off" : NOD
82
Word with constrictor or feather : BOA
83
Goddess of the dawn : EOS
85
Car-pooling convenience : HOVLANE
88
Taco bar adjective : ASADA
91
___ Féin : SINN
92
___ room : REC
94
Showing less bias : FAIRER
95
Musical staff symbol : CCLEF
96
Aggressive move allowed in some forms of kickboxing : KNEEING
99
"Sounds like a blast!" : OHFUN
101
Mini-gulp : SIP
102
Some Ivy Leaguers : ELIS
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Meeting that goes above and beyond? : SEANCE
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Intimate : GETAT
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Bitter : ACRID
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Image on one side of this puzzle's subject : THEUNIONSHIELD
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Badge-pinning site : SASH
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Tree where the Buddha found enlightenment : BODHI
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Spanish for "wealthy" : RICO
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Get in the game? : ANTEUP
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Offer advice ... or a hint to 24- and 72-Across : PUTINYOURTWOCENTS
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D'Arcy of "House of the Dragon" : EMMA
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Paradise : UTOPIA
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Pucker producer, perhaps : LEMON
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Modernists, informally : NEOS
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Department store department : MENS
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Vikings, for example : NORSE
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Long members of the onion family : LEEKS
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Nervous : EDGY
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Slam : DIS
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Discount merchandise indicator : REDTAG
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Organism that moves using pseudopodia : AMOEBA
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Change the course of : DIVERT
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___ del Carmen (Mexican resort) : PLAYA
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Two farthings, informally : HAPENNY
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Deny responsibility for : DISCLAIM
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Like certain easy-to-install hardware components : SNAPIN
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Much of Diego Rivera's work : FRESCOS
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Young Scot : LAD
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"You can count on me" : IWILL
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It can become amber : RESIN
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Streetcar : TRAM
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Doo-wop's ___ Na Na : SHA
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Protected space for women in the Ottoman Empire : HAREM
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If necessary : ASNEEDED
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Scottish dance : REEL
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Offspring : KIDS
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"Enemies, a Love Story" actress : LENAOLIN
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"GoodFellas" Oscar winner : PESCI
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Perspective : VANTAGE
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Demonstrate frugality, in a way : PENNYPINCH
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Got tinier : SHRANK
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Hosts, in brief : MCS
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Tolkien monster : ORC
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Exams for ambtious H.S. students : APTESTS
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Date night bookings : SITTERS
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Indigenous people of the Colorado Plateau : UTE
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Setting for many a New Yorker cartoon : BAR
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Having impeded growth : STUNTED
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Bird with an S-shaped neck : EGRET
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Place for pliers : TOOLCASE
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Muslim head scarf : HIJAB
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Target with, as a pickup line : USEON
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Scribe in a courtroom, in brief : STENO
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Prepares for an interview, say : MIKES
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Notorious Chicago bootlegger : ALCAPONE
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What a dog uses to shake : PAW
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Island location of Iolani Palace : OAHU
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Say something fresh : WISEOFF
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Tom who wrote "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" : ROBBINS
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Information in a prescription : DOSE
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Out of this world? : LUNAR
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Silly : INANE
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Fall bloomer : ASTER
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"Hoarders" network : AANDE
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Shoe originally known as a "Weejun" : PENNYLOAFER
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Street in Liverpool that has been immortalized in song : PENNYLANE
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"Wow!" : OHH
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Like many farm stand purchases : ORGANIC
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"Dodgeball" star Vince : VAUGHN
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Specific charge on an invoice : LINEITEM
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Cooling units, in brief : ACS
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Poli-___ : SCI
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Pork-based taco option : ALPASTOR
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Snowmobile brand : SKIDOO
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Made cozy : COCOONED
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Suffix in British English : ISE
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Makeup of a nervous system, largely : NEURONS
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Layer of a farm : HEN
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Locale for camel racing : LIBYA
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Christians' ___ Creed : NICENE
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Overflowed (with) : TEEMED
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Reunion attendees : ALUMNI
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Cause for a QB's celebration : TDPASS
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Fries in England : CHIPS
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Deuce topper : THREE
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"I'll take another card" : HITME
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Cheeky : SASSY
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Like cotton candy : SPUN
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Lead-in to pilot or pay : AUTO
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Grayish, say : DULL
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Emphatic refusal in Germany : NIE
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Stir-fry staple : WOK
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Dress (up) : TOG

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

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