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New York Times, Thursday, September 17, 2026

Author:
Enrique Henestroza Anguiano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
46-Down : Film production environment for an intimate scene, perhaps
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Enrique Henestroza Anguiano

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 14 Words: 67, Blocks: 38 Missing: {GJQUXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Anguiano. Grid flow: 13.8 Thursday freshness: 29%
Jim Horne notes:
INFINITE SCROLL doesn't usually loop back to the top, it just keeps going down forever, but I get the idea. All columns open ... read more
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© 2026, The New York Times9/17/26 ( No. 28,072 )
Across
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Buds : MACS
5
Concealer for the face : MASK
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Pre-K building blocks : ABCS
13
Plant that thrives in a terra-cotta pot : ALOE
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Stick it to your rival! : EPEE
15
Bring in : REAP
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Twill-woven worsted wool garment : KILT
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Fix, in a way : SPAY
18
Purple bubble tea flavor : TARO
19
Annual e-sport fighting competition, in brief : EVO
20
Short sidekick? : ASST
21
Chocolatier with the tagline "Life is a ball" : LINDT
22
Dub over? : RENAME
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Cuatro y dos : SEIS
26
Business magnate Condé : NAST
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Promising places? : ALTARS
32
Ferry or wherry : BOAT
35
Start of an incantation : ABRA
37
Pastoral sound : MOO
38
Web design feature that may cycle back to earlier sections ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : INFINITESCROLL
42
Inspired stuff : AIR
43
Pro device : IPAD
44
___ out a win : EKED
45
Bond alternatives : STOCKS
47
"... ___ no one ever" : SAID
50
Edge jump in figure skating : LOOP
52
Scenes on Black Friday : CROWDS
56
Kaitlin of "Hacks" : OLSON
59
Pawn : HOCK
61
Addendum to the five W's : HOW
62
Female antelopes : DOES
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"'___' is the thing with feathers" (Emily Dickinson poem) : HOPE
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Woodsy scent : PINE
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Top of a mosque, often : DOME
66
Column in decimal notation : ONES
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Central Plains people : OTOE
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Losing streak : SKID
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Column in decimal notation : TENS
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Cheeky : PERT
Down
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Reddit Q&A sesh : AMA
21
Purple shade : LILAC
23
Prefix with body or bacterial : ANTI
25
Side mirrors on a car, anthropomorphically : EARS
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"Toodle-oo!" : TATA
29
One way to run : AMOK
30
Actors like biting into a juicy one : ROLE
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On board, say : SOLD
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Pollster's concern : BIAS
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"Handling this as we speak" : ONIT
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Hairstyle that you've picked out? : AFRO
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Kings and queens, e.g. : BEDS
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Canon competitor : NIKON
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___ facto : IPSO
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Makeover : REDO
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Film production environment for an intimate scene, perhaps : CLOSEDSET
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Digital security credential : ACCESSKEY
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Get to : IRK
51
Telegram and Simple Dialer, for two : PHONEAPPS
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Cannellini, e.g. : WHITEBEAN
54
Organ-related item in a wallet : DONORCARD
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Perfect place : SWEETSPOT
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Expert employed by a sportsbook : ODDSMAKER
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"Show me some real effort!" : LOOKALIVE
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It's not a full stop : SEMICOLON
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Room in the audience up for grabs : OPENSEATS
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Absolute train wrecks : HOTMESSES
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Andy Warhol, e.g. : POPARTIST

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