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New York Times, Saturday, June 27, 2026

Author:
Adrian Johnson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
15-Across : "What if we just ... didn't?"
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Adrian Johnson

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FQVZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 18 for Adrian Johnson. Grid flow: 34.5 Saturday freshness: 18%
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© 2026, The New York Times6/27/26 ( No. 27,990 )
Across
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"Delightful!" : WHATATREAT
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Cock-a-hoop : GLAD
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"What if we just ... didn't?" : HOWABOUTNO
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Dancer's restraint? : REIN
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Kitchen project with minimal cleanup : ONEPOTMEAL
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City on India's "golden triangle" tourism circuit : AGRA
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Castaway's place, perhaps : DESERTISLE
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Alternative to Word : DOCS
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GPS calculation: Abbr. : RTE
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Gavrila Derzhavin's "God," e.g. : ODE
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Word repeated in a fit of disbelief : BUT
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"That way ..." : THUS
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He's credited as the director of photography for the 1967 film "Magical Mystery Tour" : RINGOSTARR
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Female lobster : HEN
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On the topic of : ASTO
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Hindu rule of living : SUTRA
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U-Haul competitor : RYDER
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GPS calculation: Abbr. : ETA
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Some choppers : AXMEN
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Give credit for : OWETO
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Wee, informally : ITSY
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"Your point being ...?" : AND
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Defense council? : WARCABINET
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___ climbing a tree (Sichuan noodle dish) : ANTS
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Musical group that went on hiatus in 2022 so its members could serve in the military : BTS
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British ___ (colonial rule of India) : RAJ
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Lead-in to -ology, for the study of the atmosphere : AER
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Doesn't sit by : ACTS
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A bit stale, say : GETTINGOLD
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British buddy : CHAP
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Hit the hay, to a toddler : GOBEDDYBYE
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Its tail blows in the wind : KITE
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"It's just me here" : IMALLALONE
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Worry, worry, worry : STEW
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When many rebellions emerge for the first time : EARLYTEENS
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"___ have thought?!" : WHOD
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Sharpen : HONE
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Moves a lot : AWES
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Wanes, with "off" : TAPERS
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Command from space command : ABORT
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Walks with a wobble : TOTTERS
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Persian poet who wrote the "Masnavi" : RUMI
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"Qui ___-vous?" (French for "Who are you?") : ETES
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Kind of clock : ANALOG
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City between Madrid and Ciudad Real : TOLEDO
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Person congratulated in a yard sign, maybe : GRAD
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Toy adorned with a tiny rubber cape : LEGOBATMAN
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That blows! : AIRCURRENT
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Things analyzed in some forensic tests : DNASTRANDS
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Many a political piece : ESSAY
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Homages to a prior era : THROWBACKS
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"Look where you're going!" : HEYWATCHIT
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Deliberately downplay : UNDERSTATE
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Suffix with urban : ITE
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Out : NOTIN
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Prom night rental : TUX
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Like a fired-up sports crowd : AROAR
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Multipurpose shortening? : ETC
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Put away : ATE
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In a quietly dignified way : STAIDLY
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Plastic item in a lunchbox : BAGGIE
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___ Oluo, author of 2018's "So You Want to Talk About Race" : IJEOMA
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Diamond pattern : ARGYLE
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Finish up by : ENDAT
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Eject : SPEW
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Way up a mountain, perhaps : TBAR
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"Do ___ ..." : TELL
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Light wind? : OBOE
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Super Bowl X M.V.P. ___ Swann : LYNN
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Diamond edges? : DEES

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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