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Joel Fagliano
Joel Fagliano

NY Times, Sun Apr 12, 2026 Puns and Anagrams

27-Down : Calculate 1,001 as 500 + 500, say

Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 27
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© 2026, The New York Times
Across
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Hotel by the North Sea : SHERATON
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Super-enthusiastic ... and very funny, in retrospect : RAHRAH
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Any song by the Cars : AUTOTUNE
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Benefits a ski town's : AVAILS
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Small bit of blood - tell PETA : PLATELET
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Gaye born Mar. 5 in Washington, D.C. : MARVIN
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__ __per __ie__tenant of sci-fi : SULU
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Steals parts of heels : LIFTS
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Men in chess : HES
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Make fun of, as a lendee : NEEDLE
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____ before the horse (menu at an equine restaurant) : CARTE
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General feelings about Sodom : MOODS
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Basketball shoe on a plane to the Mideast : AIRJORDAN
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Like text messages after someone panics : INCAPS
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Marvel mutants : XMEN
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Not the main recipient of an email to an athletic grp. : ACC
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__hows th__ __xit__, literally : SEESOUT
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Embedded, as the toniest diamonds : SETINTO
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Can't end : ATA
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Kind of estate for an earl : REAL
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"Bitter Feeling" published by Colorado Republican : RANCOR
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Not a great place to go if you want to lose pounds, tho : DONUTSHOP
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French river back in the Resistance : ISERE
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Apt place in a crossword for the clue "Churchill ____" : DOWNS
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Connected to the internet : ONLINE
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Damage before Apr. : MAR
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Started to ban, e.g. : BEGAN
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In a bind, they say : TIDE
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Must veto? Ha! : HAVETO
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Like neither gnat nor mouse : ENORMOUS
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Garment I see on tot : ONESIE
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California county resembling East Oman : SANMATEO
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Why store seafood? : OYSTER
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French for "very not S" : TRESPASS
Down
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They pass for fools : SAPS
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How to stream a show on the outskirts of Honolulu : HULU
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Up late : ETAL
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Things seen on Capitol tours and visits to Rome : ROTUNDAS
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Sicks + too : ATE
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Veil material, let me tell you : TULLE
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New York tribe I had no idea about : ONEIDA
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Streaming service with most of next film : NETFLIX
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Animals on Mars : RAMS
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Woman who appears identical in a mirror : AVA
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Very funny ... and super-enthusiastic, in retrospect : HARHAR
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Traditional Irish show with Rev. Dan Rice : RIVERDANCE
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Amy Adams, Alan Alda or Aziz Ansari : ALISTACTOR
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C__annel buyer__ patro__ize : HSN
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Words for Mrs., et al. : TERMS
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Equestrian and endurance running : ESPORTS
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Hold? I cannot! : CONTAIN
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Audience's request : ENCORE
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Calculate 1,001 as 500 + 500, say : MISADD
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3 daiquiris plus 4 gimlets = 8 drinks in all, maybe : ONETOOMANY
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They fill a sea cave now : OCEANWAVES
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Boo Jeter heartlessly : JEER
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Takes Grafton and Bird to court : SUES
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Hate nothing about this lake : TAHOE
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Zoomed-in look at timespan : INSETMAP
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Like "Gone With the Wind," among all Best Picture winners : LONGEST
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State of being awake : UNREST
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Like the flat surface on which we ran lap : PLANAR
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Combined, as 9 + 0 : INONE
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Afrikaner in a robe : BOER
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It's one tiny amount, initially : IOTA
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Honey ____ (what the beekeeping society collects) : DUES
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Those pesos ... 80% of them : ESOS
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Per head : HOO
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Odd parts of toilet : TIE
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Sections in reform school: Abbr. : RMS
Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle.

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