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New York Times, Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Author:
Brian Keller
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
60-Across : What you'd need to press to make the starred clues and their answers match
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Brian Keller

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Keller. Grid flow: 19.8 Wednesday freshness: 53%
Brian Keller notes:
I'm excited to be back for my 2nd crossword, especially on a later day than my Mon debut and with a trickier theme. The idea for the ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times5/13/26 ( No. 27,945 )
Across
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Uber alternative : TAXI
5
The class of '26, at the beginning of '26 : SRS
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Hosp. triage specialists : ERDOCS
14
One acting on impulse? : AXON
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Wasabi-coated tidbit, maybe : PEA
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Pittsburgh Pirates mascot : PARROT
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*Peers : PLUSSIGN
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Order to relax : ATEASE
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Group of reps : SET
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Back-comb, in a way : TEASE
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___ mater : ALMA
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*Number of years between Summer Olympics : DOLLARSYMBOL
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Brews : STEEPS
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Heated competition? : MEET
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Kilauea output : LAVA
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Some porcelain pieces : CHINA
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Shiba ___ (dog breed) : INU
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*Number of Supreme Court justices : OPENPARENTHESIS
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Ethane or methane : GAS
42
Belittle : ABASE
43
Conscious of systemic societal problems : WOKE
44
Big inits. in frozen desserts : TCBY
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They're adjusted when truing a bicycle wheel : SPOKES
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*Guns N' Roses guitarist : QUESTIONMARK
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Beauty supply chain : ULTA
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"Swell!" : NEATO
54
Under the weather : ILL
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Jackal-headed Egyptian deity : ANUBIS
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What you'd need to press to make the starred clues and their answers match : SHIFTKEY
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It was discovered by the Curies : RADIUM
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Kind of line at the beach : TAN
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Try a new course, say : VEER
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TikTok phenomena : TRENDS
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Guileful : SLY
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Drink with junmai and nigori variants : SAKE
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Array behind the counter at a tavern : TAPS
2
Wheel assembly component : AXLE
3
Strike from a list : XOUT
4
Important contacts : INS
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Many fast pitches : SPIELS
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Majestic : REGAL
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Stark daughter played by Sophie Turner on "Game of Thrones" : SANSA
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Fuel economy org. : EPA
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Tattletale : RAT
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Imagined while sleeping : DREAMT
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Toothbrush handle? : ORALB
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Cranberry-tinged cocktail : COSMO
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Criminally good deal : STEAL
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"Quit it!" : STOP
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Its fur might trim a royal robe : ERMINE
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College faculty head : DEAN
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Email status : SENT
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Opposite of "nah" : YEAH
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Real grind : SLOG
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Seville snack : TAPA
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Holiday preceders : EVES
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Handout with a kids' menu : CRAYON
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Bulls and bucks : HES
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Avoids injury, say : ISOK
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Personification of victory : NIKE
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Wields : USES
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Formal accord : PACT
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Actress Jacobson of "Broad City" : ABBI
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Furry "Star Wars" creature : EWOK
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Container at an airport checkpoint, for short : TSABIN
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Smooth and glossy : SATINY
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Seminar head, informally : PROF
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Ice cream purchase : QUART
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Forearm-related, in a way : ULNAR
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Practice piece : ETUDE
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Tree "houses" : NESTS
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Palace, in Hindi : MAHAL
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Retail outlet with a store map at its entrance : IKEA
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Garlic relative : LEEK
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Strings of yore : LYRE
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T-shaped birth control insert : IUD
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Texting inits. : SMS
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Fixtures at sports bars : TVS

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