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New York Times, Sunday, September 6, 2026

Author:
John Kugelman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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John Kugelman

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 69 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Kugelman. Grid flow: 41.5 Sunday freshness: 90%
Will Shortz notes:
John Kugelman, of Gainesville, Va., is a software engineer specializing in cybersecurity. This is his 24th crossword for The Times and his first to include visual clues. John's father, who ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
This is the first NYT crossword with color pictures in the clues. Here's Rondo all turca, but played a little quicker than back when you were taking piano lessons: ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times9/6/26 ( No. 28,061 )
Across
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Spanish nibbles : TAPAS
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Do great : CRUSHIT
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"Silly me!" : IMAFOOL
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Letter in the Hebrew spelling of "Adonai" : ALEPH
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Closest area to a movie theater projector, maybe : LASTROW
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Noteworthy : NAMABLE
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Loudmouth's lack, perhaps : TACT
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Director Lee : ANG
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Taylor-Joy of "Dune: Part Three" : ANYA
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Word after B or bucket : LIST
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"Rock of Ages" or "Stand by Me" : HYMN
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Advantage : EDGE
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White of the eye : SCLERA
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"Yeah, I know them" : WEMET
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Burrowing rodent : MOLERAT
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"So-o-o, as I was saying ..." : ANYHOO
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"Mr. Blue Sky" band, for short : ELO
50
Banger of a song : BOP
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"Fortnight" singer, to fans : TAY
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Directed : BADE
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"That is ... I mean ..." : UMM
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"Fifty Shades of Grey" author : ELJAMES
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Dog hybrid with thick, low-shedding fur : SHIHPOO
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Mr. Knightley's love interest, in classic literature : EMMA
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Embed with a hammer : NAILIN
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Operatic pop group formed by Simon Cowell : ILDIVO
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Sort of person who brings people together : UNITER
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Arab chiefs : SHEIKS
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Fruit whose name has three syllables in four letters : ACAI
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Panameñas y puertorriqueñas : LATINAS
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"A.S.A.P.!" : DOITNOW
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Someone who exercises out of habit? : NUN
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Bird store supply : SEED
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"Starter" starter : NON
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Word combined with "-fetti" in a portmanteau : FUN
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Onetime British Olympian/politician Sebastian : COE
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Counterparts of troughs : CRESTS
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___ Finch, lawyer in "To Kill a Mockingbird" : ATTICUS
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[waving the white flag] : ILOSE
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ChatGPT's company : OPENAI
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They never start with 9: Abbr. : SSNS
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Word after news or line : ITEM
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Famous last words : ETTU
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Partner of rave : RANT
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Quite the head-turner? : OWL
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Live broadcast : FEED
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Pushing off : SENDING
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Rectangular baking container : LOAFPAN
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Give it a twirl! : BATON
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Follows the first rule of improv : YESANDS
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All together : ENMASSE
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Obdurate : STONY
Down
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Chief justice who remarked "I don't remember that I ever was president" : TAFT
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Mozart's "Rondo ___ Turca" : ALLA
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Sext symbol? : PEACHEMOJI
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Newsroom writing standard, in brief : APSTYLE
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"Just listen ..." : SHH
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Group of families : CLAN
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Cooking surface : RANGETOP
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Sch. with the second-most N.F.L. draft picks of all time, after Notre Dame : USC
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Sault ___ Marie, Mich. : STE
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9-5, say: Abbr. : HRS
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State that's the setting for "American Gothic" : IOWA
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Pullover/cardigan combo : TWINSET
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Down the middle, say : INHALF
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"Gaping" feature : MAW
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Latin 101 verb : AMO
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Reasoning that doesn't hold up : FALLACY
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Texter's "Duh!" : OBVI
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Cheers for the Spanish national team? : OLES
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For fear that : LEST
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Minced oath : DANG
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Toymaker behind Tickle Me Elmo : TYCO
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Lincoln Laboratory operator, in brief : MIT
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Co. with red-and-yellow trucks : DHL
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One of Ralph Waldo Emerson's six "Representative Men" : GOETHE
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Offerer of a 33-country train pass : EURAIL
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"Good heavens!" : EGAD
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Arcane letter : RUNE
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Many a middle schooler : TWEEN
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Slangy "very" : HELLA
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Kaiser Permanente and others, in brief : HMOS
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Initiate small talk, say : SAYHI
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___ change : CHUMP
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Black Sabbath guitarist Tony : IOMMI
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Desert country popular for whale watching : OMAN
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Like some novelty straws : BENDY
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Lovely, as a lass : BONNY
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D.J. and record producer Steve ___ : AOKI
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Clearing account? : ALIBI
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___ Minderbinder from "Catch-22" : MILO
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Minced oath : SHOOT
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Comes down hard : POURS
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Long-feathered flier : EGRET
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Jason Seaver or Ward Cleaver, notably : TVDAD
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These are fighting words : ITSON
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Classic drink brand sold in tall bottles : NEHI
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Castaway's setting : ISLE
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En ___ (legal phrase) : BANC
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Lexus rival : ACURA
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People with no word for "please" in their native language : DANES
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Last in the batting order : NINTH
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Govt. instruments : TNOTES
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Coyotes, foxes et al. : CANIDS
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Vegan brand with the logo of a cow wearing a fake mustache : INCOGMEATO
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___ ball (rubbery toy) : KOOSH
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"Awesome" : SWEET
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When many parks close : DUSK
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Sign of the cross? : STOP
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90° del norte : ESTE
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Fandom identities often with fluffy tails and ears : FURSONAS
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Part of a three-word phrase expressing regret : SHOULDA
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Quivering with excitement : ATINGLE
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John : CAN
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Percentage at a bank: Abbr. : INT
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Be perfectly supine, say : LIEFLAT
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Like Cinderella, initially : INRAGS
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Aloo gobi go-with : NAAN
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Burn unit? : KILN
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Vintage goods e-tailer : ETSY
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Overly sentimental, to Brits : TWEE
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Hamiltons : TENS
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Ending with Jumbo or beta : TRON
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Fortified stuff, maybe : WINE
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Milton Friedman's field, familiarly : ECON
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Big Apple fashion house : DKNY
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Info on auto documents, for short : VIN
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Wrap up : END
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It has a thick skin : YAM
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Deg. for some writers : MFA
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Mini-albums, for short : EPS
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Cheap shot? : BBS

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