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New York Times, Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Author:
Brad Wiegmann
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
33-Across : Basketball or baseball, but not boxing
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Brad Wiegmann

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Wiegmann. Grid flow: 20.6 Tuesday freshness: 84%
Jim Horne notes:

Thick black squares in theme answers identify drinks — two in each.

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D
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I
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E
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T
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S
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M
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O
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R
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E
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C
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A
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S
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S
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A
C
N
E
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I
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W
A
N
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C
L
O
P
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P
E
N
T
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A
T
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C
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S
C
A
L
E
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S
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R
E
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S
O
U
P
S
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N
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C
H
A
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R
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U
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M
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P
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R
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K
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D
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P
O
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S
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C
A
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N
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B
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S
S
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A
W
S
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F
L
A
G
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A
U
N
T
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T
E
A
M
S
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P
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O
R
T
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T
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C
B
Y
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K
I
W
I
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M
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T
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N
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L
O
O
S
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A
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G
I
L
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B
O
H
O
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E
W
W
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T
W
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N
E
N
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G
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E
S
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C
A
P
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E
A
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N
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E
G
A
D
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T
W
O
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R
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N
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K
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M
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I
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M
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M
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E
A
S
Y
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N
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F
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R
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G
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S
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© 2026, The New York Times5/19/26 ( No. 27,951 )
Across
1
What you eat : DIET
5
Campfire confection : SMORE
10
Mama ___ of the Mamas & the Papas : CASS
14
Clearasil target : ACNE
15
Hawkeye : IOWAN
16
Sound of a horse's hoof : CLOP
17
Standard musical progression : PENTATONICSCALE
20
Dry and withered : SERE
21
"Dinner's ready!" : SOUPSON
22
High court judge? : CHAIRUMPIRE
26
Joke (around) : KID
27
Whale groups : PODS
28
Michael of "The Man Who Would Be King" : CAINE
29
Joint thing in the Venn diagram of "instruments" and "fish" : BASS
30
"That's so sweet!" reactions : AWS
31
Semaphore device : FLAG
32
Patty or Selma, to Bart Simpson : AUNT
33
Basketball or baseball, but not boxing : TEAMSPORT
36
Frozen dessert franchise : TCBY
38
New Zealander : KIWI
39
Denali, e.g.: Abbr. : MTN
42
Heads of Hogwarts? : LOOS
43
Spry : AGILE
45
Free-spirited aesthetic : BOHO
46
"Ick!" : EWW
47
Matching pair on many jets : TWINENGINES
49
Massachusetts locale of Manchester-by-the-Sea : CAPEANN
51
"Yikes!" : EGAD
52
Requirement at some comedy clubs ... or for 17-, 22-, 33- and 47-Across? : TWODRINKMINIMUM
57
Like a gut course : EASY
58
African country that's another African country minus its final two letters : NIGER
59
Generic canine name : FIDO
60
Breads for Reuben sandwiches : RYES
61
"Beau ___" : GESTE
62
Leak slowly : SEEP
Down
1
Fist bump : DAP
2
Skating exhibition : ICESHOW
3
Groups of nine : ENNEADS
4
Classic falling-block game : TETRIS
5
Basic dog command : SIT
6
It's heard in a herd : MOO
7
___ goal (soccer blunder) : OWN
8
Gorp tidbit : RAISIN
9
Number added at the end? : ENCORE
10
Cyrillic version of "U.S.S.R." : CCCP
11
From Nome or Juneau : ALASKAN
12
Lone star? : SOLOIST
13
Drops some cash : SPENDS
18
___ Lingus : AER
19
Bird of the W.N.B.A. : SUE
22
Return sender, maybe, in brief : CPA
23
Sch. whose campus is just off Interstate 405 : UCLA
24
Sir's counterpart : MAAM
25
Football, informally : PIGSKIN
29
Slowly ___ surely : BUT
31
Tina who hosted the debut of "Saturday Night Live UK" : FEY
32
"Entourage" agent Gold : ARI
33
Atlanta-based network : TBS
34
Leaves together? : PILE
35
Actor Wilson : OWEN
36
___ zone (no-parking area) : TOWAWAY
37
Yoga stance on all fours : COWPOSE
39
Term of friendship for a French woman : MONAMIE
40
Nickname for Jeffrey Lebowski in "The Big Lebowski" : THEDUDE
41
Those opposed : NOS
42
Villain in "The Silence of the Lambs" : LECTER
43
Cafe canopy : AWNING
44
Companion to Fannie and Freddie in the mortgage biz : GINNIE
45
Major unknowns : BIGIFS
47
Sailor, informally : TAR
48
___ Z (Zoomers) : GEN
50
"Grand" ice cream brand : EDYS
53
Units in a tonne: Abbr. : KGS
54
Was introduced to : MET
55
Wrath : IRE
56
Swiffer WetJet, e.g. : MOP

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