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New York Times, Friday, August 7, 2026

Author:
Jesse Cohn
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
55-Across : Flying nuisance
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Jesse Cohn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Cohn. Grid flow: 72.9 Friday freshness: 47%
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© 2026, The New York Times8/7/26 ( No. 28,031 )
Across
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What suggests that relief is at hand? : STRESSBALL
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Some : AFEW
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"News to me" : IHADNOIDEA
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Shankar who co-composed the score for 1982's "Gandhi" : RAVI
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"Well, now everyone will know" : CATSOUTOFTHEBAG
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Family nickname : SIS
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Spot for a light punishment : WRIST
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Eponym of U.S. track and field's Male Athlete of the Year Award : OWENS
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Member of the World Cup's "Tartan Army" fan base : SCOT
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Acronymic weapon : TASER
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Tree whose name has multiple pronunciations : PECAN
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Laugh, laugh, laugh : BUSTAGUT
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Geneticist's finding : TRAIT
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Wasteful government spending, informally : PORK
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Big name in sandals : TEVA
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"It's ___ or nothin'!" (classic kids' commercial slogan) : NERF
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Many of the characters in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" : TOONS
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Word with block or platform : HEEL
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Tangy hybrid : UGLI
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Gobsmacks : AWES
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Elephant mascot of the Alabama Crimson Tide : BIGAL
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Elf, say : TOYMAKER
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They may be covered : SONGS
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Opportunity on Mars, say : ROVER
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Piece of ice in the drink? : BERG
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Name of "the other reindeer" in a common Christmas mondegreen : OLIVE
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Waffle patterns : GRIDS
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Where baked Alaska is believed to have been invented, oddly enough: Abbr. : NYC
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Field you make tracks in : MUSICPRODUCTION
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Blue rasp-"brr!"-y treat? : ICEE
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Flying nuisance : GATECHANGE
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Besmirches : TARS
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What someone might get quickly around lunchtime : ABITETOEAT
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Sets (on) : SICS
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Cuisine with the #1 dish in a CNN "World's 50 Best Foods" poll : THAI
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Intruders in urban trash cans : RATS
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Ones who might cut the line, in brief? : EDS
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Ski slope vehicle : SNOWCAT
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Lose affection for : SOURON
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Wiped out, in slang : BITIT
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Fusses : ADOS
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No-nos at some highway intersections : LEFTTURNS
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Trap neighbor : LAT
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Relationship-defining question : AREWEATHING
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Bejeweled target of a heist in "Ocean's Twelve" : FABERGEEGG
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McMullin of Utah politics : EVAN
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Features of some early presidential portraits : WIGS
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Whole lot : HOST
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Films in which many stars might appear : SCIFIMOVIES
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Grills, say : ASKS
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Competitor of Rao's : PREGO
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One likely to be "healthy, wealthy and wise," per Benjamin Franklin : EARLYRISER
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Vocal critic : BOOER
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Iris settings : UVEAS
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Lofty : TALL
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Bit of threaded hardware : TNUT
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Attempt to seize control : POWERGRAB
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Perspective : TAKE
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One dish commonly in the 12-dish Sviata Vecheria, a traditional Ukrainian Christmas dinner : BORSCHT
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Faire ___ (get by with, in French) : AVEC
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Charm : SEDUCE
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European fixture : BIDET
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Skip over : OMIT
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Title boy in a 2021 Pixar film : LUCA
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Word that comes from Sanskrit for "bread" : ROTI
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Score somewhat akin to an A- : NINE
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Flexible practice? : YOGA
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Website associated with the domain www.news.com : CNET
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Tour org. : PGA
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Fields Medal winner Terence : TAO

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