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New York Times, Friday, March 13, 2026

Author:
James McCarron and Rachel Souza
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Top guns?
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James McCarron
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Rachel Souza

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. McCarron. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Souza. Grid flow: 56.4 Friday freshness: 75%
Jim Horne notes:

Top guns? Great clue.

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© 2026, The New York Times3/13/26 ( No. 27,884 )
Across
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Group of students on a field trip, say : BUSLOAD
8
Holly or Monty, for Queen Elizabeth II : CORGI
13
Where to see the sites : INTERNET
15
Tools for potatoes : PARERS
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Guitar player's percussive technique : SLAPBASS
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Canine's coat : ENAMEL
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President whose wife was nicknamed "Lemonade Lucy" for refusing to serve alcohol in the White House : HAYES
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Land's end : SHORELINE
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Something unwanted that can linger : ODOR
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Deceptive actions : FEINTS
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Big player in D.C., for short? : NAT
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Cross product : PEN
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Chuck who created "Young Sheldon" : LORRE
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Kicks in : ADDS
27
Showed subservience, in a way : BENTTHEKNEE
30
Section of Westminster Abbey where Chaucer and Shakespeare are honored : POETSCORNER
31
Film character who says "Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate" : JACKSPARROW
32
With 37-Across, major N.Y.C. thoroughfare : PARK
33
Inception : ONSET
34
Perch : SIT
37
See 32-Across : AVE
38
Gave a buzz : PHONED
40
Powerful auto engine type : HEMI
41
"Knock it off!" : CANYOUNOT
43
Pop star who once stylized her name with a dollar sign : KESHA
44
Quite a lot? : ESTATE
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Trait of someone who may say things he shouldn't : NOFILTER
47
Lots, e.g. : REALTY
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The 1930s-'40s, to a jazz aficionado : SWINGERA
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___ Rooney, best-selling author of 2024's "Intermezzo" : SALLY
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Cancels : NEGATES
Down
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Piece that can't move to a different-colored square : BISHOP
2
Take cargo from : UNLADE
3
Not hang up the call : STAYON
4
Biblical pariah : LEPER
5
Oranges, but not apples : ORBS
6
"Ugly Betty" actress Ortiz : ANA
7
Implement with mousse or pudding : DESSERTSPOON
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Some Christmas tree decorations : CANES
9
Kind of cavity : ORAL
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Prompt : REMINDER
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Dangerous item whose first six letters are an anagram of DANGER : GRENADE
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Keys : ISLETS
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Top guns? : TSHIRTCANNONS
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Cheeky : PERT
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Nowheresville : ONEHORSETOWN
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Some are gothic : FONTS
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Ingredient in some vegetable stock : LEEK
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One way to start : ANEW
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Dark beer variety : BOCK
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Didn't do the right thing : ERRED
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Figure-eight, for example : KNOT
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Folksy? : PARENTAL
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Body of water near Sumatra : JAVASEA
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Aids for competitive marathon runners : PACERS
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Last six lines of a sonnet : SESTET
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Announcement upon arriving : IMHERE
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Toppers that twinkle : TIARAS
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Word with mouth or training : POTTY
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Military chopper : HUEY
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Scandinavian woman's name meaning "blessed" : HELGA
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Southern collective? : YALL
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Reign man : KING
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"Bah!," to Lady Macbeth : FIE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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