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New York Times, Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Author:
Rebecca Goldstein
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
"Sheesh, gimme a break!"
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Rebecca Goldstein

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 75, Blocks: 39 Missing: {FJQVZ} Spans: 2 Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 28 for Ms. Goldstein. Grid flow: 24.6 Tuesday freshness: 58%
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© 2026, The New York Times6/9/26 ( No. 27,972 )
Across
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"Put a sock ___!" : INIT
5
Bottomless pit : ABYSS
10
Home of the W.N.B.A.'s Fever, informally : INDY
14
Viral phenomenon : MEME
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Curse word cover-up : BLEEP
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Singer Del Rey : LANA
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Very impressed : AWED
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Echolocation technology : SONAR
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One who can't handle the truth? : LIAR
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Sport in an octagon, for short : MMA
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Chafes excessively : RUBSRAW
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Acid : LSD
24
"The door's open!" : ENTER
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Elasticized part of sweatpants : WAIST
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Nearly unique : EXCEEDINGLYRARE
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Assists, in basketball slang : DIMES
34
Headed for the hills : RAN
35
Romaine course : SALAD
36
Influential individual : ICON
37
Collection of photographs or songs : ALBUM
39
Broadway award : TONY
40
Lump in one's throat : TONSIL
42
Modifies : AMENDS
44
Org. with Orioles, Blue Jays and Cardinals : MLB
46
City with Carnival samba parades, informally : RIO
47
Compromise that, ideally, leaves both parties satisfied : HAPPYMEDIUM
52
Take to the skies : SOAR
54
English soccer star ___ James : REECE
55
Sonic boom generator? : SEGA
58
Prediction of a negative outcome that is true of 21-, 28- and 47-Across : THISWONTENDWELL
61
"We feel the same way" : USTOO
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Airport raced through in "Home Alone," in brief : ORD
63
Info collected by a spy : INTEL
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Sound of a cartoon hit : BOINK
65
Deep sorrow : WOE
66
Cruising the Caribbean, say : ATSEA
Down
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Spiritual leader at a mosque : IMAM
2
State that's home to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum : NEWMEXICO
3
"Sheesh, gimme a break!" : IMEANCMON
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___ talk : TED
5
Really ridiculous : ABSURD
6
Carnivorous cinematic alien : BLOB
7
Deep desires : YENS
8
Cook in a very hot cast-iron pan, say : SEAR
9
Be a bed hog, maybe : SPRAWL
10
Under the weather : ILL
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Where employees work on tips and receive tips : NAILSALON
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Half of a biological helix : DNASTRAND
13
Spot for a swing set : YARD
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Dee who directed 2017's "Mudbound" : REES
22
Methods : WAYS
25
Decade after the aughts : TEENS
27
Steaming mad : IRATE
28
Make some alterations : EDIT
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Not online, for short : IRL
30
Snatch up : NAB
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Wildebeest : GNU
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Ice cream brand with an apostrophe in its name : EDYS
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Football standout : ALLPRO
38
Word with name or voyage : MAIDEN
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Little pest : IMP
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"Little old me?" : MOI
45
"Toodle-oo!" : BYENOW
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Fall back : RECEDE
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Western half of Hispaniola : HAITI
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Activity that may prompt burning questions? : ARSON
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Parisian subway : METRO
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Squad captained by Lindsey Horan to win Olympic gold in '24, for short : USWNT
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Gets together with : MEETS
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Bit of concert memorabilia, once : STUB
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Very, very much : OHSO
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Utter delight : GLEE
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Penne ___ vodka : ALLA
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Stir-frying vessel : WOK
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Part of una semana : DIA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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