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New York Times, Monday, April 13, 2026

Author:
Brad Wiegmann
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Risky time for beach property owners
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Brad Wiegmann

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Wiegmann. Grid flow: 31.7 Monday freshness: 41%
Jim Horne notes:

The first 4 theme answers start with HIP, HIP, HUR, and RAY, which together sound like THREE CHEERS.

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© 2026, The New York Times4/13/26 ( No. 27,915 )
Across
1
Undergoes a chemical change : REACTS
7
Yosemite or Yellowstone : PARK
11
Hairstyling stuff : GEL
14
Send out of the country, as goods : EXPORT
15
One of many in an autumn pile : LEAF
16
Alter ___ (secondary identity) : EGO
17
Rap songs and such : HIPHOPMUSIC
19
Certain endurance race, in brief : TRI
20
Bowling venue : ALLEY
21
Singer Tori : AMOS
22
"You got that right!" : AMEN
23
Brewski : BEER
24
Places to stick wallets : HIPPOCKETS
26
"___ of the d'Urbervilles" : TESS
28
"There's ___ in 'team,' but there is one in 'win'" : NOI
29
Longtime TV brand : RCA
31
Paula of "American Idol" : ABDUL
35
Something named on a license plate : STATE
39
Risky time for beach property owners : HURRICANESEASON
42
Chose : OPTED
43
Highway stopover : MOTEL
44
Married : WED
45
Keg attachment : TAP
47
French fashion magazine : ELLE
49
Singer with the 1961 #1 hit "Hit the Road Jack" : RAYCHARLES
55
"The Thin Man" terrier : ASTA
58
Salt Lake City's home : UTAH
59
"___, and ye shall find" (Matthew 7:7) : SEEK
60
Tehre are two in tihs clue : TYPOS
61
___ B, a.k.a. Scary Spice : MEL
62
"Woo-hoo!" ... as suggested by the starts of 17-, 24-, 39- and 49-Across : THREECHEERS
64
Slight amount : BIT
65
The slightest amount : ATAD
66
Make fizzy, as a drink : AERATE
67
Actress de Armas : ANA
68
Freight car weights : TONS
69
Picnic food holder : BASKET
Down
1
Physical therapy and such, informally : REHAB
2
Send out of the country, as a disgraced leader : EXILE
3
Fruit pastry that pairs well with vanilla ice cream : APPLETART
4
Stick together : COHERE
5
Land of Priam and Hector : TROY
6
Motor oil brand : STP
7
Pleasingly round : PLUMP
8
Author of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" : AESOP
9
___ d'etre (justification for being) : RAISON
10
Colonel Sanders's chain : KFC
11
"See what I mean?" : GETME
12
Wading bird : EGRET
13
Gird one's ___ : LOINS
18
___ tai (cocktail) : MAI
22
Japanese dog : AKITA
24
Big banking inits. in the U.K. : HSBC
25
Sportscaster Howard who cried "Down goes Frazier!" : COSELL
27
Responded to a doctor's request : SAIDAH
29
Greek P : RHO
30
Baking quantity : CUP
32
Fish ladder locale : DAM
33
Chicago-style pizza chain : UNO
34
"Live and ___ live" : LET
36
Right now : ASWESPEAK
37
Nursery rhyme's "little piggy" : TOE
38
Finish line : END
40
[Gag!] : RETCH
41
Observes : SEES
46
Afghan language : PASHTO
48
Features of lasagna or an onion : LAYERS
49
Dance from Cuba : RUMBA
50
Stayed home for dinner : ATEIN
51
Site where Allies met in 1945 : YALTA
52
Showed again, as on TV : RERAN
53
City NE of Manchester : LEEDS
54
Barely manage, with "out" : EKE
56
Rich cake whose name comes from German : TORTE
57
Strong suit : ASSET
60
Ellington's "Take ___ Train" : THEA
62
Tit for ___ : TAT
63
Taxi : CAB

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