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New York Times, Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Author:
Adrianne Baik
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
3-Down : Bad thing to pull while running
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Adrianne Baik

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Baik. Grid flow: 21.6 Wednesday freshness: 37%
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© 2026, The New York Times8/12/26 ( No. 28,036 )
Across
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Mentions by username, on social media : TAGS
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High range : TREBLE
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Hits up on Insta, say : DMS
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___ vez (again, in Spanish) : OTRA
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Torment : HARROW
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On the sea, it's akin to "Sí" : AYE
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Where Docs and Sheets are stored : GOOGLEDRIVE
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Jordan joined it in 1984, for short : NBA
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Pal : AMIGO
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Only number that appears twice in the Fibonacci sequence : ONE
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Rip-off : SCAM
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Measurements of Wi-Fi performance : NETWORKSPEEDS
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Didn't have a match in Go Fish, say : DREW
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Feeling little to no amorous attraction, in L.G.B.T.Q.+ lingo : ARO
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Identity prefix : CIS
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Baldwin with a record 17 appearances as "Saturday Night Live" host : ALEC
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Unwanted divisions : RIFTS
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Web volume measured in hits ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 49- and 61-Across : INTERNETTRAFFIC
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2024 film that won Best Picture : ANORA
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Boba tea flavor : TARO
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Word with run or resort : SKI
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Throw, for instance : RUG
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Buddhist leader : LAMA
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Major consequence of a virus, perhaps : COMPUTERCRASH
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Extreme craving : LUST
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"OK," in Osaka : HAI
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"Like ___!" ("Whatever!") : ICARE
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"Sorry, it's ___ from me" : ANO
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Cause of some slow data transfers : SERVERDELAY
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Highly monitored area, for short : ICU
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Flowery : ORNATE
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Affinity for something, so to speak : NOSE
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Home of Emanuel Leutze's "Washington Crossing the Delaware," with "the" : MET
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Snipes of "White Men Can't Jump" : WESLEY
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Baking amts. : TSPS
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Party wrap : TOGA
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Bit of chemistry : ATOM
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Bad thing to pull while running : GROIN
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Failed under pressure, in a way : SAGGED
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Hot French beverage : THE
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"Sick, dude!" : RAD
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What a bug may cause : ERROR
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Cusp : BRINK
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Is gaga for : LOVES
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Farm female : EWE
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"Battles" of those busting moves : DANCEOFFS
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"I messed up" : MYBAD
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Lines in mines : SEAMS
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Tolkien fantasy series inits. : LOTR
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Little flourish on a letter : SERIF
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Break off gradually : WEAN
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Barn nestling : OWLET
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Lawyer's aide, informally : PARA
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Org. in the Jack Ryan movies : CIA
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Tabard ___, locale in "The Canterbury Tales" : INN
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Leaves in a huff : STORMSOUT
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Greek letter representing elasticity in economics : ETA
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PC "copy" shortcut : CTRLC
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___Tok : TIK
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STEM part: Abbr. : SCI
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Go ballistic : ERUPT
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Big name in pasta sauce : RAGU
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Pride sound : ROAR
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___ Marian (English folklore heroine) : MAID
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It's on the up and up : ASCENT
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Fraud victim's filing : CLAIM
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Perfumery unit : OUNCE
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"And ... voilà!" : THERE
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Comes to deserve : EARNS
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Measure up to, as in competition : RIVAL
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Nickname for M.L.B.'s Angels : HALOS
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Feature of one's voice following a loud concert, say : RASP
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Potato discards : EYES
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Farm female : SOW
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It ends in septembre : ETE
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Singer Lana Del ___ : REY

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