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New York Times, Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Author:
Jeff Stillman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Head block?
TotalDebutLatest
101/28/20143/25/2026
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0144001
CircleScrabDebutFlowFresh
11.574037.432%
Jeff Stillman

This puzzle:

Rows: 14, Columns: 15 Words: 67, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Stillman. Grid flow: 17.0 Wednesday freshness: 77%
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© 2026, The New York Times3/25/26 ( No. 27,896 )
Across
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Swahili for "journey" : SAFARI
7
Something a commuter might need to catch : LASTBUS
14
Monstrous : OGREISH
16
Some Nebraskans who are close to Iowans : OMAHANS
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Charge at a state park, e.g. : USERFEE
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Respectfully request : SOLICIT
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Grandmotherly type, say : DOTER
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Sedative in a zookeeper's dart, informally : TRANK
21
Condition affecting TV's Monk, in brief : OCD
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Longtime U.K. record company : EMI
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Sort : ILK
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Beams : RAYS
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In arrears : OWING
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One day soon : ANON
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Lhasa ___ : APSO
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Captain Nemo's creator : VERNE
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Eye affliction : STYE
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Unable to decide : TORN
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Go along : AGREE
38
Place for a lace : SHOE
39
Wad in a wallet : ONES
40
Historic theater chain : LOEWS
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Divulge : TELL
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Give some juice to : REV
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Unspecified amount : ANY
44
Experiences : HAS
45
Family name on TV's "Dallas" : EWING
49
"A Promised Land" author, 2020 : OBAMA
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Head block? : AMNESIA
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Put a new tag on : RELABEL
58
Cocktail made from gin, vermouth and Campari : NEGRONI
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"The Hunger Games" protagonist : KATNISS
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Make smooth : SLEEKEN
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Got to experience briefly : TASTED
Down
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Paltry amount : SOU
2
Chief prosecutors, in brief : AGS
3
A Nightmare on Elm Street [see grid art] : FREDDYSREVENGE
4
Prefix with space : AERO
5
Schism : RIFT
6
"Now it's clear!" : ISEE
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Home Alone [see grid art] : LOSTINNEWYORK
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Roman love god : AMOR
9
Room in una casa : SALA
10
Svelte : THIN
11
Sister Act [see grid art] : BACKINTHEHABIT
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Sea urchin, to a sushi chef : UNI
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Concorde, e.g., in brief : SST
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Mamma Mia! [see grid art] : HEREWEGOAGAIN
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Rhetorician : ORATOR
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"Scarface" : CAPONE
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Actress Helen of "The Queen" : MIRREN
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New Orleans university : LOYOLA
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Prepares to be knighted : KNEELS
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Some heirs : SONS
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Like Mercury's orbit around the sun : OVAL
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Thousands, in a heist : GEES
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Helper: Abbr. : ASST
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Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes ___ Watching God" : WERE
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Suffers no damage : ISOK
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Midmorning hour : NINE
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Tuckered out : BEAT
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Resort near Snowbird : ALTA
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Supplies with workers : MANS
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Reply: Abbr. : ANS
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Brooks of film : MEL
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Legal conclusion? : ESE
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Microdosing drug : LSD

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

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