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New York Times, Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Author:
Peter Gorman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Peter Gorman

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Gorman. Grid flow: 31.6 Wednesday freshness: 50%
Peter Gorman notes:
I've been an indie map designer for the past decade, including a stretch of several years when it was my full-time gig. (I post and ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
I updated my connect-the-squares animations, so it's a good time to look back at some of the best examples. Good One is my favorite. ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times9/16/26 ( No. 28,071 )
Across
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Important info to have while you're waiting in a cellphone lot, for short : ETA
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Fall or fell : TOPPLE
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Cause of a sudden change in interest, informally? : REFI
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Close : SHUT
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Pho soup garnishes : SPROUTS
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Conduit of neural signals : AXON
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Early models : PROTOTYPES
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Relative of a gull : TERN
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"Ain't gonna happen" : NOPE
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Big bang cause : TNT
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Chilling : ONICE
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The remotest of remote jobs? : ASTRONAUT
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Kid : YOUTH
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Supermodel Banks : TYRA
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Break into loud cheers, as a crowd : ERUPT
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Answer to "Who's ready to go?" : IAM
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Broadcast : AIR
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Uno + due : TRE
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Mononymous Irish singer : BONO
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Animated film that was the highest-grossing movie of 1992 : ALADDIN
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"Impossible!" : NOCANDO
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Hibernation spots : DENS
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Dip target, maybe : PEC
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Things entered in a sudoku grid: Abbr. : NOS
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Messy dorm room, figuratively : STY
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Fruits often seen in still lifes : PEARS
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Take back, for short : REPO
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City haze : SMOG
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Canine guard? : RETAINER
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Dishwasher cycle : RINSE
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"A form of madness," it's said : WAR
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Actress Pinkett Smith of "Girls Trip" : JADA
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Singer/songwriter Mitchell : JONI
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Fruits named after a mythical drink : NECTARINES
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Noted cartoon dog : PLUTO
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Its first video, "Me at the zoo," has over 400 million views : YOUTUBE
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State whose outline can be made by connecting seven particular squares in this puzzle : UTAH
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Valley : GLEN
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Give a once-over : ASSESS
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Crafty : SLY
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Channel with "2" and "U" spinoffs : ESPN
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Pharynx setting : THROAT
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Post-mortem : AUTOPSY
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General on a Chinese menu : TSO
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Decide one will : OPTTO
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Hester of "The Scarlet Letter" : PRYNNE
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Grab-and-go breakfast option : POPTART
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Guitar relative : LUTE
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Gas brand seen in Edward Hopper's "Portrait of Orleans" : ESSO
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Betting odds, e.g. : RATIO
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Concern for a gymnastics judge : EXECUTION
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Certain pickleball shot : FOREHAND
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Greenwich Village's Stonewall, e.g. : INN
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Groups of four : TETRADS
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Paper competing with the W.S.J. : NYT
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Debugger? : RAID
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Remedy for a missed exit : UTURN
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Lowly worker : PEON
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Farm sound : MOO
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Ready to eat : RIPE
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Small hound that doesn't bark : BASENJI
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What a premium subscription may help you avoid : ADS
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"Time to go!" : LETSROLL
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Very soon : ANYMINUTE
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By : NEAR
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What "Coco" is a nickname for, for tennis's Coco Gauff : CORI
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Military hairstyles : CREWCUTS
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Family-friendly movie ratings : PGS
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The Sphinx, for one : STATUE
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Classic comic strip that's the source for nine Emmys and two Tonys : PEANUTS
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Folding a fitted sheet, it may seem : ORDEAL
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Edible bulb : ONION
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Many Moroccans : ARABS
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Mononymous Irish singer : ENYA
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Grayish : ASHY
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Profile pic format, in brief : JPG
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Dawn deity : EOS
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In medias ___ : RES

Answer summary:
2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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