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New York Times, Thursday, August 27, 2026

Author:
Zachary David Levy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Across : Open with one's teeth?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
126/30/20208/27/20262
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Zachary David Levy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QX} Scrabble average: 2.14 This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Levy. Grid flow: 22.1 Thursday freshness: 58%
Jim Horne notes:
ZZs are pushed to the top of the theme answers. Grid Entry Actual Answer ZZBUALDRIN BUZZ ALDRIN ZZPIAROLL PIZZA ROLL ZZZZFUYWUY FUZZY ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times8/27/26 ( No. 28,051 )
Across
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Open with one's teeth? : UNZIP
6
Network that launched in 1994 with the film "Scent of a Woman" : STARZ
11
Bed threads : PJS
14
Pre-Inca civilization known for its underground aqueducts and geoglyphs : NAZCA
15
November birthstone : TOPAZ
16
CNBC subj. : IPO
17
Currently being tried : ATBAR
18
Apt synonym for "wake-up call" : EYEOPENER
20
Seattle pro soccer team : SOUNDERS
22
Look at this! : IMAGE
23
Make a right turn? : ATONE
24
Greek organization, informally : FRAT
26
4x platinum self-titled album of 2001 : JLO
27
More saplike : OOZIER
29
"Sesame Street" character with a pet rock named Rocco : ZOE
32
Alertness aid : NODOZ
34
Founder of Stoicism : ZENO
35
Go the other way : ZAG
36
Not just my : OUR
37
Loaded with energy : ZESTFUL
40
When doubled, first name in classic Hollywood : ZSA
41
___ Khamenei, former supreme leader of Iran : ALI
42
Daughter of Saturn, in Roman myth : JUNO
43
Just sat around : LAZED
45
One sitting on a coop board? : HEN
46
Colombian offerings that may be served with hogao : AREPAS
49
Conditions : IFS
50
"___ counting?" : WHOS
51
Check-in from a texter : HOWRU
53
Discombobulated : ATSEA
56
Large storage unit : GIGABYTE
59
Be a rat : NAMENAMES
62
2007 horror sequel : SAWIV
63
"The Simpsons" character ___ Nahasapeemapetilon : APU
64
Monotonous hum : DRONE
65
Hat decoration in a marching band : PLUME
66
Relay division : LEG
67
Word before park or after cheap : SKATE
68
Less candid, perhaps : SLYER
Down
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Some, in León : UNAS
2
Allied grp. : NATO
3
Astronaut for whom a Pixar character is named : BUZZALDRIN
4
"You're not the only one!" : ICANTOO
5
Longtime "Saturday Night Live" announcer Don : PARDO
6
Start to type? : STEREO
7
Action figures and such : TOYS
8
Parrot : APE
9
Indian P.M., 1991-96 : RAO
10
Totino's frozen food offering : PIZZAROLL
11
Tropical fruta : PINA
12
Pic file format : JPEG
13
Put out : SORE
19
911 responder : EMT
21
"Music for Airports" composer : ENO
24
Feudal estate : FIEF
25
Lens solution brand : RENU
26
10,000,000 ergs : JOULE
28
2004 inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ... and a hint to 3-, 10-, 29- and 33-Down : ZZTOP
29
Bear of children's rhyme : FUZZYWUZZY
30
Desert havens : OASES
31
"Heavens to Murgatroyd!" : EGAD
32
Biblical "captain" : NOAH
33
Gesture also known as "spirit fingers" : JAZZHANDS
38
French bread? : EURO
39
Console for Chrono Trigger, in brief : SNES
44
Completely missed shot : AIRBALL
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"It makes sense now!" : AHISEE
48
Soak : SOG
50
Microscopic : WEE
52
Insects responsible for virtually all fig pollination : WASPS
53
Obsessively oriented : ANAL
54
Record, in a way : TAPE
55
A little too pleased with oneself : SMUG
56
Bloke : GENT
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"The devourer of all things," per Ovid : TIME
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Perpetually : EVER
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Clumsy vessel : ARK
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Bygone cousin of a kiwi : MOA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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