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New York Times, Monday, August 31, 2026

Author:
Christopher Youngs
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Took shots first, then paid for them later
TotalDebutLatest
612/1/20218/31/2026
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Christopher Youngs

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {KQZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Youngs. Grid flow: 34.0 Monday freshness: 20%
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© 2026, The New York Times8/31/26 ( No. 28,055 )
Across
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Part of a dance : STEP
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Sch. with the Daily Bruin newspaper : UCLA
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Slightly intoxicated : TIPSY
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Fancy : LUXE
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Worms and such on hooks : BAIT
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Be of the same mind : AGREE
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Redding with two posthumous Grammys : OTIS
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"Sesame Street" character who was once sung to sleep by Andrea Bocelli : ELMO
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Ransacks : LOOTS
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One who regularly drops things : BUTTERFINGERS
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The : English :: ___ : French : LES
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Letter after sigma : TAU
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One dining on Friskies : CAT
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Role for Selena Gomez on "Only Murders in the Building" : MABEL
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Umbrella-shaped sea creature : JELLYFISH
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Director DuVernay : AVA
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Pathetic : SAD
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Examine at length : PERUSE
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Took shots first, then paid for them later : RANATAB
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Clothing sizes for shorter women : PETITES
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Ski in zigzags : SLALOM
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"Far out!" : RAD
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Tetra- minus one : TRI
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Newlyweds' getaway : HONEYMOON
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Owl sounds : HOOTS
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Actress de Armas : ANA
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401(k) relative : IRA
50
"Need an ark? I Noah guy," e.g. : PUN
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"Tell everyone!" ... or what to do with the starts of 20-, 31- and 44-Across? : SPREADTHEWORD
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Inuit for "house" : IGLOO
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Italian hello : CIAO
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Et ___ (and others: Lat.) : ALIA
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Tennis locale : COURT
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Pre-Easter observance : LENT
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R-rated, maybe : RACY
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A cube has 12 of them : EDGES
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Petrol brand : ESSO
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Easter egg decorating supplies : DYES
Down
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Mess maker : SLOB
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Attire for the Sugar Plum Fairy : TUTU
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Off-ramp : EXIT
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Pulverizing tool : PESTLE
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Alternatives to Lyfts : UBERS
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Baby whale : CALF
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In finite supply : LIMITED
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Lacking a musical key : ATONAL
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A ___ as old as time : TALE
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Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
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Ham on an antipasto platter : PROSCIUTTO
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Solidify : SET
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"You called?" : YES
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Sinuous swimmer : EEL
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Swallowed hard : GULPED
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Aver : ASSERT
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Graduate student's project : THESIS
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___ P. Johnson (gay rights activist) : MARSHA
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Island of Arthurian legend : AVALON
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Fruit-resembling mollusk : BANANASLUG
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The "one" of a one-two : JAB
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So far : YET
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Part of the week that workers look forward to: Abbr. : FRI
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Lunch item that might be made with cold cuts, in slang : SAMMIE
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Ginger ___ : ALE
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Cup-and-ball or yo-yo : TOY
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Deep-dish vessel : PAN
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Support staff for a rock band : ROADIES
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Soothsayer : ORACLE
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Tint : HUE
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"To victory!" : ONWARD
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Part of an Instagram post : PHOTO
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Skin opening : PORE
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Goes bad : ROTS
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Gets bronzed at the beach : TANS
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Brand with "anti-aging" products : OLAY
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Bibimbap base : RICE
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Pages on a desk calendar : DAYS
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"Rocks" at a bar : ICE
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Lead-in to forbid or forsaken : GOD

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