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New York Times, Thursday, June 18, 2026

Author:
Scott Hogan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
45-Down : $2 coin, eh?
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Scott Hogan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JKQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Hogan. Grid flow: 68.3 Thursday freshness: 98%
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© 2026, The New York Times6/18/26 ( No. 27,981 )
Across
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Prepares for offspring : NESTS
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Hack : CHOP
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Supplier to Wile E. Coyote : ACME
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Employee after working hours, on "Severance" : OUTIE
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Sole : LONE
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Horse with a muted coat : ROAN
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"ur funny" : LOL
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Essence : GIST
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"Goosebumps" author : STINE
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Adrenaline surge providers : EPIPENS
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Bit of Yahtzee equipment : DICECUP
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Word rhymed with "flash" in "A Visit From St. Nicholas" : SASH
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Obnoxiously blingy : GARISH
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"___ Been to the Mountaintop" (M.L.K. Jr. speech) : IVE
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Feminine sides : ANIMAS
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Gave a hand : AIDED
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Alfred ___, co-creator of the original I.Q. test : BINET
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Rents out again : RELETS
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Mix-___ (ice cream shop supply) : INS
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Like shipping that's not quite overnight : TWODAY
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Downfall of the boy in 2018's "Beautiful Boy," in brief : METH
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Total after costs : NETGAIN
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"Next one's on me" : IOWEYOU
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[So heavy!] : GRUNT
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Mind-reading scan, in a way : FMRI
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1,000,000,000 years, in astronomy : EON
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Relative of Hindi : URDU
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Follower of "4" on a love note : EVER
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Start of a selection process : EENIE
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They might be seeded : RYES
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Some yellow-green sodas, informally : DEWS
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Bob with the Silver Bullet Band : SEGER
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Argon, krypton and xenon, informally : NOBLES
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Moon of Jupiter that has a liquid ocean under its surface : EUROPA
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Absolut alternatives : STOLIS
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Hermana de la madre : TIA
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"The ___ is wither'd from the lake": Keats : SEDGE
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Bona fide numbskull : CLASSAMORON
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Big name in archery equipment : HOYT
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Fuyumi ___, author of the "Twelve Kingdoms" fantasy novels : ONO
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Colas in the "cola wars" : PEPSIS
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Former governor Schwarzenegger, informally : ARNIE
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Occur at the same time : COINCIDE
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Skillful move : MANEUVER
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Lit. course : ENG
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Improvise : WINGIT
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Chemical agent used to make frosted glass : ETCHANT
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The terrible twos, for one : PHASE
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"Use at your own risk" and "Not professional advice," for two : DISCLAIMERS
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"Of the foot" prefix : PED
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Rose (up), in dialect : RARED
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___ Lion, Penn State mascot : NITTANY
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Nonspecific response to "Who's there?" : ITSME
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Like pickles and some potato salads : VINEGARY
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Chill way to take things : INSTRIDE
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Kid-lit character who says "It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it" : EEYORE
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Where many things get tossed : BIN
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Follower of quick or dim : WITTED
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Checking out : EYEING
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$2 coin, eh? : TOONIE
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Drive : HUNGER
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Masters : GURUS
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Cellar stock : WINES
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What time did in fun times : FLEW
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Traditional parka material : FUR
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Boston's Mass ___ : AVE
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1.0 G.P.A. : DEE

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

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