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New York Times, Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Author:
Ryan Patrick Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
27-Across : Six Flags location that was the first amusement park to offer 20 roller coasters
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Ryan Patrick Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Smith. Grid flow: 32.7 Tuesday freshness: 50%
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© 2026, The New York Times3/31/26 ( No. 27,902 )
Across
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"The Planets" composer : HOLST
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About 746 of these equal one horsepower : WATTS
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Colorado Plateau people : UTE
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Sign in a TV studio : ONAIR
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Kirin competitor : ASAHI
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Something entered into an A.T.M. : PIN
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2003 crime drama adapted from a Dennis Lehane novel : MYSTICRIVER
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___ Bo (exercise regimen popularized via VHS tapes) : TAE
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List in Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next" : EXES
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Direct (to) : REFER
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Middle-of-the-bell-curve result : NORM
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Swimmer in a Japanese garden : KOI
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Fled the scene : RANAWAY
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Six Flags location that was the first amusement park to offer 20 roller coasters : MAGICMOUNTAIN
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Chicken ___ king : ALA
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Admissions overseer, maybe : DEAN
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Stake : WAGER
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The "1" in a 9-1 record : LOSS
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Typeface that sounds like the name of a Disney princess : ARIAL
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___ wolf (extinct canine once prevalent across North America) : DIRE
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Attire in the old Roman Senate : TOGAS
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Sign of things to come : OMEN
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Crater's edge : RIM
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Concept explaining why certain humanoid robots look so unsettling : UNCANNYVALLEY
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Cloudy craft beer : HAZYIPA
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Mediator between the id and the ideal, in Freudian psychology : EGO
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Pasta that resembles rice : ORZO
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Knuckle-cracking or clipping nails in public, to some : PEEVE
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"hahaha!" : LMAO
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Kenan's bestie on a 1990s sitcom : KEL
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Utopian expanse ... a map of which might include 17-, 27- and 48-Across? : FANTASYLAND
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French 101 article : UNE
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Something to raise in a crisis : ALARM
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Like flapjacks and Frisbees : ROUND
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Damage : MAR
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Censor, informally : BLEEP
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Undercover operatives : SPIES
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"E.T. phone ___" : HOME
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Banded mineral seen at many a street fair : ONYX
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Produce coherent light : LASE
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Piece of equipment for a Winter Paralympian : SITSKI
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Muscle strengthened by dips, familiarly : TRI
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Ending with kitchen or earthen : WARE
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"Dream on!" : ASIF
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Establishment where a D&D party might refuel and pick up new leads : TAVERN
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What 2020 was a year of, in the Chinese zodiac : THERAT
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"Aaron Burr, ___" ("Hamilton" number) : SIR
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Billy Joel title character who's "been living in her white bread world" : UPTOWNGIRL
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Headwear for Wonder Woman : TIARA
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Antagonist : ENEMY
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Ukrainian peninsula seized by Russia in 2014 : CRIMEA
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Water nymph of Greek myth : NAIAD
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Anxious condition, in brief : OCD
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Rural turndown : NAW
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Soda fountain order : MALT
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Potatoes, in Indian cuisine : ALOO
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Vehicle with low fuel efficiency, in slang : GASGUZZLER
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Longboat propeller : OAR
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International Longshoremen's Association, e.g. : UNION
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Lake separating Ohio from Ontario : ERIE
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Rapper ___ Ma : REMY
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Panasonic acquisition of 2009 : SANYO
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"Inside ___ Schumer" (sketch comedy series) : AMY
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Embankments protecting New Orleans : LEVEES
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Biol. or chem. : SCI
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One who's constantly telling you to do this and do that : NAG
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Horrify : APPALL
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2010s dance fad with a reduplicative name : NAENAE
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Bound along clumsily : LOLLOP
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Malarkey : HOKUM
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Venue for a boss fight : ARENA
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French 101 verb : ETRE
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Extemporize to fill time, say : VAMP
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Hawaii's second-largest island : MAUI
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Frank of diary fame : ANNE
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Bookie's determination : ODDS
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___ Five (advisers on "Queer Eye") : FAB
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Decade makeup: Abbr. : YRS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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