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New York Times, Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Author:
John Guzzetta
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Language in which "computer" is made up of the characters for "electric" and "brain"
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John Guzzetta

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 42 Missing: {FGJQXZ} This is puzzle # 41 for Mr. Guzzetta. Grid flow: 35.2 Wednesday freshness: 15%
Jim Horne notes:

Four inventions that were discovered while their inventors were looking for something else. Read RECHALL as REC HALL.

As I was Going to St. Ives

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K
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D
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M
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N
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© 2026, The New York Times3/11/26 ( No. 27,882 )
Across
1
Clause separator : COMMA
6
Channel showing committee hearings : CSPAN
11
Request : ASK
14
Winning, for the moment : AHEAD
15
"Don Giovanni" genre : OPERA
16
Container for sardines : TIN
17
In 1968, Spencer Silver at 3M Corporation was attempting to develop a superstrong adhesive ... : POSTITNOTES
19
Musician Yoko : ONO
20
One in a hundred : SENATOR
21
Alternative to fries, maybe : SLAW
22
___-color pasta : TRI
24
In 1928, Alexander Fleming at St. Mary's Hospital in London found mold in his cultures of staphylococcus bacteria ... : PENICILLIN
27
Vulgar : COARSE
30
Answer to the riddle ending "How many are going to St. Ives?" : ONE
31
"Olympia" painter : MANET
32
Ran out, as time : ELAPSED
36
In 1945, Percy Spencer at the Raytheon Manufacturing Coimpany noticed the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted close to a magnetron ... : MICROWAVEOVEN
39
Language in which "computer" is made up of the characters for "electric" and "brain" : CHINESE
40
Take one's foot off the gas : LETUP
42
Kwik-E-Mart proprietor on "The Simpsons" : APU
43
Attacks : BESETS
44
In 1943, James Wright at General Electric was attempting to develop synthetic rubber for the war effort ... : SILLYPUTTY
50
Inits. on a police forensic van : CSI
51
Racetrack shape : OVAL
52
Like Mercury among all the planets vis-à-vis the sun : NEAREST
55
One to build on : LOT
56
Happy chance, as illustrated by the four invention stories at 17-, 24-, 36- and 44-Across : SERENDIPITY
60
Singer Garfunkel : ART
61
Update, as the Constitution : AMEND
62
Vaudeville show : REVUE
63
Deli bread option : RYE
64
___-turvy : TOPSY
65
Paradises : EDENS
Down
1
Upper limit : CAP
2
"Well, that's a surprise!" : OHO
3
Marked by a religious zeal : MESSIANIC
4
Join : MATE
5
Tennis score after deuce : ADIN
6
Old French tale : CONTE
7
With whom the dish ran away in "Hey Diddle Diddle" : SPOON
8
___ dish : PETRI
9
Exist : ARE
10
Rapper Lil ___ X : NAS
11
Part of Micronesia : ATOLL
12
Mount associated with Moses : SINAI
13
Recognized : KNOWN
18
Wrap for an athlete's injury : TAPE
21
Things a vest lacks : SLEEVES
22
Channel for old westerns : TCM
23
Wander : ROAM
25
Deal (with) : COPE
26
Shoe part : INSOLE
28
Community center for games and activities : RECHALL
29
Having streaks : STRIPY
32
Producer of milk for Roquefort cheese : EWE
33
"___ Culturistas" (popular podcast) : LAS
34
Street sign abbr. : AVE
35
Clue examiner : DETECTIVE
37
"Movin' ___" ("The Jeffersons" theme song) : ONUP
38
McAuliffe's one-word reply to a German commander's demand of surrender : NUTS
41
Tire inflation meas. : PSI
43
Polar explorer Richard : BYRD
44
Certain renewable energy : SOLAR
45
Shade of off-white : IVORY
46
Milky coffee drink : LATTE
47
General Assembly participant, for short : UNREP
48
Many first-time smartphone owners : TEENS
49
Jessica who won an Oscar for "Driving Miss Daisy" : TANDY
53
Ireland, to the Irish : EIRE
54
Hightailed it : SPED
56
Exam for college applicants : SAT
57
Angsty : EMO
58
Large cask : TUN
59
"For sure!" : YES

Answer summary:
3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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