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New York Times, Saturday, June 6, 2026

Author:
Daniel Bodily
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
31-Down : Ce n'est pas du fast food
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Daniel Bodily

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 60, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JQ} Average word length: 6.63 This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Bodily. Grid flow: 9.6 Saturday freshness: 100%
Daniel Bodily notes:
This puzzle came about when I dusted off some code I'd written back in 2019 and aimed it at this metric. Sometimes I use commercial ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
As Daniel implies in his notes, this amazing grid shatters the 15x15 record for most open squares — white squares that do not touch ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times6/6/26 ( No. 27,969 )
Across
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Spreads out in the morning? : SCHMEARS
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Tool in the opening scene of Disney's "Frozen" : ICESAW
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Moving day rental : UHAULVAN
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Portmanteau nickname for politician Harris : MOMALA
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Cleanse negative energy, in Indigenous tradition : BURNSAGE
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Lacy : FRILLY
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"What gives the artist real ___ is his imitators": Igor Stravinsky : PRESTIGE
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Showing signs of spring, say : INLEAF
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T-slots? : ARMHOLES
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Former CBS procedural that co-starred LL Cool J, informally : NCISLA
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Like bows, at times : ROSINED
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Aquarium device : AERATOR
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Judge : DEEM
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Hare-brained : INANE
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Dealt with something : COPED
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Rapper who performed in the Super Bowl LVI halftime show, familiarly : DRE
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Ring master : BOXER
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Rainer who was the first person ever to win two consecutive acting Academy Awards : LUISE
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Tough crowd : GANG
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Took Marie Antoinette's advice? : ATECAKE
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Pen holder, paper tray, memo pad, etc. : DESKSET
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Wild chase? : SAFARI
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Certain radio components : FMTUNERS
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Contribute to the pot : STIRIN
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"Yes" or "No" : RESPONSE
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Binged, with "out" : PIGGED
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Multinational communications giant founded in 1964 : INTELSAT
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Words after "Honey!" : IMHOME
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Budding actresses : STARLETS
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Lepidopterist, often : NETTER
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Giant, as a mattress : KINGSIZE
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Deficient : SUBPAR
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Mexican fried pastry often covered in cinnamon sugar : CHURRO
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Groups of female elephant seals : HAREMS
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Hindu clerk : MUNSHI
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___ Howard, first Black player on the Yankees : ELSTON
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Proved useful : AVAILED
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What those close to failure are said to be on : RAGGEDEDGE
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Old blades : SNEES
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"Don't worry, no injury!" : IMFINE
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Farm structure in which ears are stored : CORNCRIB
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Mexican revolutionary Zapata : EMILIANO
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0% in New Hampshire, Oregon, Montana, Alaska and Delaware : SALESTAX
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Solitary : ALLALONE
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Rover : WAYFARER
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Religious right? : AMENDMENTI
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Prohibition ___ : ERA
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School memento : CLASSPIN
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Doc's license plate in "Back to the Future" : OUTATIME
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Staple of slapstick comedy : PIEFIGHT
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Ce n'est pas du fast food : ESCARGOT
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"Oh, golly!" : DEARIEME
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Browns : GETSTAN
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___ egg (chocolate treat with a toy) : KINDER
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Ski race that debuted at the Olympics in 1988 : SUPERG
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Gentle hills : KNOLLS
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Mr. Miyagi, to the Karate Kid : SENSEI
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Faux : ERSATZ
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Pest with a repetitive name : TSETSE
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Cavort : FRISK

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5 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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