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New York Times, Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Author:
David J. Kahn and Ethan Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
69-Across : Awards for Shohei Ohtani and Caitlin Clark [2010]
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1913/15/19946/10/20266
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16251.551,24137.452%
David J. Kahn
TotalDebutCollabs
16/10/20261
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0001000
CircleScrabDebutFlowFresh
11.73324.025%
Ethan Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {Q} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 191 for Mr. Kahn. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Quigley. Grid flow: 24.0 Wednesday freshness: 38%
Jim Horne notes:
The circled three-letter strings are the FIFA country codes for each nation that has won the World Cup: Code Country Years in clue BRA ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times6/10/26 ( No. 27,973 )
Across
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Landon who ran against F.D.R. in 1936 : ALF
4
Big dust-up [1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002] : BRAWL
9
"All That ___" : JAZZ
13
Broadway actress Phillipa : SOO
14
Alter, in a way, as a waistband : LETOUT
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It may be big or bright : IDEA
17
In the past : AGO
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Big dust-up [1998, 2018] : AFFRAY
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Tam-tam, e.g. : GONG
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Kind of dish for culturing micro-organisms : PETRI
22
Longs (for) : LUSTS
24
Mars, notably [1978, 1986, 2022] : WARGOD
27
Comes to : WAKES
31
Little dust-up : SPAT
33
Abbr. at the bottom of a business letter : ENC
34
Not at all : NOWISE
35
Michelin product : TIRE
36
Cinco de Mayo birth, e.g. [1930, 1950] : TAURUS
38
Basketball position for a team's tallest player, usually: Abbr. : CTR
39
Donations for the poor : ALMS
40
How you might feel after a marathon : WIPED
41
Three-player card game : SKAT
42
"Born" in Haiti : NEE
43
"Lady Bird" director Greta [1954, 1974, 1990, 2014] : GERWIG
44
Dog in "The Thin Man" : ASTA
45
Cousin of a flugelhorn : CORNET
47
Suffix with serpent : INE
48
Tribe of the Colorado Plateau : UTES
49
Result : ENSUE
50
Japan Airlines hub [1934, 1938, 1982, 2006] : NARITA
52
Ghostly pale : ASHEN
55
Univ. of Maryland athletes : TERPS
58
Used one : PAWN
61
Get back for [1966] : AVENGE
64
Vietnamese holiday : TET
65
Suit in a certain suite : EXEC
66
First name of TV's Mrs. Maisel : MIRIAM
67
Seat of White Pine County, Nev. : ELY
68
Deliver up : CEDE
69
Awards for Shohei Ohtani and Caitlin Clark [2010] : ESPYS
70
Stereotypical dog's name : REX
Down
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"Quickly!" : ASAP
2
Balcony section : LOGE
3
Fluffy slippers, e.g. : FOOTWARMERS
4
___ House, residence for visiting dignitaries in Washington : BLAIR
5
One making calls, informally : REF
6
Antismuggling grp. : ATF
7
Global "club" with only eight members, each of which appears in circled letters with its country code : WORLDCUPWINNERS
8
Feast offering lomi salmon : LUAU
9
Wikipedia's logo, e.g. : JIGSAW
10
Hullabaloo : ADO
11
In a ___ state (fully present) : ZEN
12
Veer quickly : ZAG
15
Notes of appreciation, in online parlance : TYS
21
Money market account figures : RATES
23
Deuces : TWOS
25
Lose a water balloon fight, say : GETWET
26
Studio sign : ONAIR
28
Online crowdfunding platform : KICKSTARTER
29
Biltmore ___, America's largest privately owned home : ESTATE
30
Some mattresses : SERTAS
31
Batter's position : STANCE
32
Keep adding to a heap : PILEON
34
Motivator, of a sort : NUDGER
37
Madrid's ___ Sofía Museum : REINA
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Prepare, in a way, as zucchini : SAUTE
43
Thousands, in slang : GEES
46
Subtle difference : NUANCE
51
Total count in an online shopping cart : ITEMS
53
Sandwich meat option : HAM
54
"Howards End" daughter : EVIE
56
Only player on three victorious teams in this puzzle : PELE
57
"Dread river of oath," per Homer : STYX
58
Upper-body muscle, for short : PEC
59
Let go : AXE
60
Hump day: Abbr. : WED
62
Chill in the air : NIP
63
Cheerful : GAY

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