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New York Times, Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Author:
Adam Aaronson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Nuyoricans, e.g.
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Adam Aaronson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Aaronson. Grid flow: 26.4 Tuesday freshness: 81%
Jim Horne notes:
Each "e.g." answer is a two-word phrase, the first word starting with E, and the second with G. For example. From Wikipedia: ... read more
1
D
2
R
3
E
4
C
5
K
6
A
7
M
8
B
9
E
10
R
11
W
12
R
13
Y
14
M
E
T
O
O
15
N
A
O
M
I
16
H
E
E
17
E
T
H
N
I
18
C
G
R
O
U
P
19
E
N
T
20
D
I
E
D
21
O
E
D
22
O
23
L
A
F
24
E
L
E
25
C
T
R
I
26
C
27
G
U
I
T
A
28
R
29
M
A
S
S
30
A
U
T
O
B
I
O
31
X
32
I
N
G
33
A
K
A
34
N
E
R
F
35
T
I
C
36
E
37
L
38
G
R
E
C
39
O
40
E
E
L
41
A
J
A
42
R
43
A
I
M
44
V
45
C
R
S
46
M
I
N
I
47
P
I
G
48
L
49
E
A
H
50
E
N
D
O
C
R
I
51
N
E
G
L
A
52
N
53
D
54
P
I
T
H
55
O
V
A
56
R
O
O
57
S
58
J
I
G
59
E
60
V
61
E
N
I
N
62
G
G
O
W
N
63
U
N
I
64
L
E
V
E
E
65
M
E
N
S
A
66
S
G
T
67
P
E
E
T
S
68
C
R
E
E
P
© 2026, The New York Times2/24/26 ( No. 27,867 )
Across
1
Utter rubbish : DRECK
6
Yellowish color for old computer graphics : AMBER
11
Showing a smirk, say : WRY
14
"Make that two!" : METOO
15
Actress Watts of "The Friend" : NAOMI
16
Half of a giggle : HEE
17
Nuyoricans, e.g. : ETHNICGROUP
19
Doc who's seen for sinusitis : ENT
20
Went on the fritz : DIED
21
Grand project begun by the London Philological Society, in brief : OED
22
Snowman in "Frozen" : OLAF
24
Fender Stratocaster, e.g. : ELECTRICGUITAR
29
Its base unit is the kilogram : MASS
30
Self-written life story, informally : AUTOBIO
31
Deer ___ (road sign) : XING
33
Otherwise called, in brief : AKA
34
Brand of squishy balls : NERF
35
Involuntary movement : TIC
36
"The Disrobing of Christ," e.g. : ELGRECO
40
Fish in some onigiri : EEL
41
One way to leave a door : AJAR
43
Asset for a thrower : AIM
44
Old tape players : VCRS
46
Tiny swine : MINIPIG
48
One of the matriarchs in Judaism : LEAH
50
Thyroid, e.g. : ENDOCRINEGLAND
54
Oft-discarded part of an orange : PITH
55
Some reproductive cells : OVA
56
Baby ones are joeys, familiarly : ROOS
58
Sprightly dance : JIG
59
Dress for a soirée, e.g. : EVENINGGOWN
63
Prefix with sex or brow : UNI
64
Protection against flooding : LEVEE
65
Group of smarties : MENSA
66
"___ Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" : SGT
67
Coffeehouse chain that owns the domain coffee.com : PEETS
68
Inch (up) : CREEP
Down
1
Contacted quickly online, informally : DMED
2
Fix, as shoelaces : RETIE
3
Blues legend Waters : ETHEL
4
Formally denounce : CONDEMN
5
Carp in a Japanese pond : KOI
6
Brings to a boil? : ANGERS
7
___ Gras : MARDI
8
Honeybun : BOO
9
LiMu ___ (insurance bird) : EMU
10
Remove, as a page of a notebook : RIPOUT
11
Brew that's often a little cloudy and fruity : WHEATBEER
12
Festivals often featuring jousting knights, for short : RENFAIRES
13
Nevertheless : YET
18
Beds that might have wheels : COTS
23
Either bronze animal in front of the Art Institute of Chicago : LION
25
Word after rib or batting : CAGE
26
Centerpiece of a birthday celebration : CAKE
27
Green dip, slangily : GUAC
28
[Hi-lar-ious!] : ROFL
31
President of China beginning in 2013 : XIJINPING
32
"This is pretty cool!" : ICANDIGIT
33
Asset for a thrower : ARM
35
Make friendly to humans : TAME
37
Hideout : LAIR
38
Supermodel Hadid : GIGI
39
Avocado-shaped : OVAL
42
Civil disturbance : RIOT
45
Juice box? : CHARGER
47
I.T. pro's offering : PCHELP
48
Imposes, as a tax : LEVIES
49
Jennifer who wrote "A Visit From the Goon Squad" : EGAN
51
Pretty large jazz combo : NONET
52
Whom a diary is often shown to : NOONE
53
Search for groundwater, in a way : DOWSE
57
Jacket closer : SNAP
58
Au ___ (how roast beef may be served) : JUS
60
Shape for flying geese : VEE
61
Apple taster in Eden : EVE
62
Car brand with the Hummer E.V. : GMC

Answer summary:
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