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Sam Ezersky
NY Times, Sun Jun 7, 2026 Puns and Anagrams
Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29
1 W | 2 I | 3 N | 4 G | 5 S | 6 P | 7 A | 8 N | | 9 G | 10 A | 11 D | 12 G | 13 E | 14 T |
15 O | V | E | R | H | E | R | E | | 16 S | W | O | O | S | H |
17 M | O | V | I | E | D | O | M | | 18 N | O | H | O | P | E |
19 B | R | I | N | G | | 20 M | E | 21 T | | 22 L | A | N | E | S |
23 S | Y | S | C | O | | 24 A | S | H | 25 E | S | | 26 A | R | C |
| | | 27 H | A | 28 S | | 29 I | R | A | | 30 T | H | A | R |
31 A | 32 W | 33 N | | 34 T | O | 35 R | S | O | S | | 36 B | E | N | E |
37 T | A | B | 38 A | S | C | O | | 39 B | I | 40 G | D | A | T | A |
41 I | T | C | H | | 42 I | L | 43 L | S | E | E | | 44 D | O | M |
45 T | E | S | S | | 46 A | L | A | | 47 R | O | 48 O | | | |
49 A | R | P | | 50 S | L | I | P | 51 S | | 52 F | I | 53 N | 54 I | 55 S |
56 G | L | O | 57 A | T | | 58 N | B | A | | 59 E | L | I | D | E |
60 A | I | R | B | E | 61 D | | 62 E | V | 63 A | N | S | T | O | N |
64 I | N | T | U | N | E | | 65 L | E | G | C | U | R | L | S |
66 N | E | S | T | O | R | | 67 T | R | E | E | P | O | S | E |
© 2026, The New York Times
Across
1
9
15
Eavesdrop, by the sound of it :
OVERHERE16
So how's this for Nike's logo? :
SWOOSH17
18
Phone 0: "I can't go on" :
NOHOPE19
(Bs arranged in a circle -- see PDF) :
BRING20
Ran into a New York pro :
MET22
Paths for Nathan and Diane :
LANES23
Big food distributor in easy score :
SYSCO24
26
March 2nd through 4th :
ARC27
29
Glass heard on the air :
IRA30
__ __ __taway, to a pi__ate :
THAR31
Bristle in most of lawn :
AWN34
Some sculptures of roosts :
TORSOS36
What's been good in Italy? :
BENE37
Sauce that earns tacos a B for taste :
TABASCO39
41
42
Not aisle A or aisle B, reportedly :
ILLSEE44
Abdomen's midsection :
DOM45
____ Tate (trusts and wills lawyer) :
TESS46
In the style of the Yellowhammer State :
ALA47
49
50
Stumbles with lisps, say :
SLIPS52
What $5 is, at the end :
FINIS56
58
Org. with a travel ban? :
NBA59
Leave out a syllable of Ile-de-France :
ELIDE60
Sleeping option for a bride :
AIRBED62
Note vans in this Chicago suburb :
EVANSTON64
Where RIB is for TRIBUNE, or RBI for TURBINE :
INTUNE65
(The letters of DRUMSTICK arranged in an arc -- see PDF) :
LEGCURLS66
Empty ____ (dimwitted Trojan counselor) :
NESTOR67
Down
1
Where zero BMWs develop :
WOMBS2
"Which letter of IVY is a shade of white?" :
IVORY3
Vine's Caribbean island of origin :
NEVIS4
Dr. Seuss character with a smile over a half-inch :
GRINCH5
Female farm animals' hostages :
SHEGOATS6
7
Scent of a tomato :
AROMA8
9
Channel in Throg's Neck :
GSN10
No-shows in a slow military :
AWOLS11
Oh, ad in a Mideast capital :
DOHA12
13
14
Clue from "Jeopardy!" rematches: "Edvard Munch created this famous painting in 1893" :
THESCREAM21
25
What life becomes when I erase my problems :
EASIER28
Like gatherings for one in SoCal :
SOCIAL30
Vowelless "What a shame" :
TBD31
32
33
35
38
Sounds of realization in a high school :
AHS40
What might go around illegally reselling a former G.M. car :
GEOFENCE43
It fastens you in a lab pelt :
LAPBELT48
50
51
Shopper with a coupon, or vice versa :
SAVER53
Intro to chemistry class :
NITRO54
Items of solid gold in a tomb, say :
IDOLS55
__m__ll, heari__g or ta__t__ :
SENSE57
"I don't want to hear an 'if,' an 'and' or ____!" :
ABUT61
63
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.
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