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New York Times, Saturday, September 12, 2026

Author:
Adam Wagner and Michael Lieberman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
57-Across : Stat
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Michael Lieberman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {FJQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Wagner. This is puzzle # 37 for Mr. Lieberman. Grid flow: 41.6 Saturday freshness: 22%
Jim Horne notes:

"Why wait?" = TIP is genius.

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by ERIK Larson.

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© 2026, The New York Times9/12/26 ( No. 28,067 )
Across
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Light décor : LAMPSHADES
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Last place? : TOMB
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Pop-up with an envelope icon : EMAILALERT
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Round figure : OVAL
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Winner's circle? : VICTORYLAP
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Take two : REDO
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Hyperfixated : ENRAPT
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"Thick ___ Brick" (1972 Jethro Tull album) : ASA
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Earth's pull, informally : ONEG
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On the ___ (free) : LOOSE
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Thumbs-down votes in the Duma : NYETS
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Why wait? : TIP
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Personal circumstances, so to speak : SHOES
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Justice who's the subject of the 2026 biography "Revenge for the Sixties" : ALITO
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Rolls out the green carpet? : SODS
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First full word sung in "The Alphabet Song" : AND
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Proverbial small amount : CRUMBS
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"Now we're talking!" : THATSMORELIKEIT
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Capers : ANTICS
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Common ___ : ERA
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Rowing machines, in gym lingo : ERGS
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"Schitt's Creek" matriarch : MOIRA
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Really hurts : MAIMS
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Rout, in computer game lingo : PWN
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Word with letter or grant : BLOCK
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Toothbrush handle? : ORALB
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Smokes : CIGS
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N.B.A. coach Jordan ___ : OTT
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Punnily named production company behind TV's "Insecure" and "A Black Lady Sketch Show" : HOORAE
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Stat : ASAP
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Common sleep aid : WHITENOISE
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Acquire by default? : REPO
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Math class assignment : PROBLEMSET
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Labor, e.g.: Abbr. : DEPT
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Appliances that are always blowing out? : HANDDRYERS
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Carpenter's tool : LEVEL
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___ acid : AMINO
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Kind of photography lens for a close-up : MACRO
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Wraps in the Mideast : PITAS
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Certain geometry calculations : SLOPES
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Playwright Moss ___ : HART
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Gymnast Raisman : ALY
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What a joke may get eventually : DELAYEDREACTION
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Takes marks off in a classroom? : ERASES
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Mid-March V.I.P., informally : STPAT
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"Surf" food in Japan, or "turf" animal in Spain : TORO
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Kitchen counter : OVENTIMER
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Became a household name, say : MADEITBIG
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Examples of media on Medium : BLOGPOSTS
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Many a listing in an etiquette book : NONO
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Wrap in South Asia : SARI
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Actors unsuited for subtle roles : HAMS
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Country singer Combs : LUKE
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Rewards program tracker : STAMPCARD
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"It's finally clear" : OHNOWISEE
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Phone connector? : DATINGAPP
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Arouse : STIR
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Simoleon : CLAM
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Labor pain? : SCAB
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Journalist Larson who wrote "The Splendid and the Vile" : ERIK
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Godzilla adversary : MOTHRA
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Longhorn's rival : SOONER
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Acidic : LOWPH
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Capacious : ROOMY
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Surface : ARISE
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Pointer for a public speaker : LASER
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Sources of the juice that "bleeds" in a faux meat patty : BEETS
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Tough thing to be in : SPOT
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Stayed together : HELD
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Placeholder abbr. : TBD

Answer summary:
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