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Sunday, August 16, 2026
Puzzle by
Kiran Parekh and Tobin Saxton
● Edited by
James Knake
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Sunday, August 16, 2026
Puzzle by
Kiran Parekh and Tobin Saxton
● Edited by
James Knake
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Plant ___ (give an idea)
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Radiohead or Oasis
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Sprinters, long jumpers and others, for short
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Peninsula next to the Suez Canal
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Deoxy___nucleic acid
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Restore to well-being
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Like building integrity
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Message to employees
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Time piece?
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Opposite of fast
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"Get over here ASAP!"
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Game company behind Sonic the Hedgehog
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Change the status quo, say
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B&B
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PC details, informally
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___ shanty
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Actor Braugher of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
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Letters between two names
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Tissue torn by Tom Brady, among others: Abbr.
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Plays (with)
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Making special exceptions ... or a hint to four sets of shaded squares in this puzzle
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Smoothie bowl berry
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Slangy refusal
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Space between two teeth
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Like the Aeneid but not the Odyssey
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___ Z
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It's a small world!
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Brain disease for many a hockey player
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Criss of "Glee" and Broadway
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George Orwell's alma mater
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Reason to get dolled up
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Opposite of trans, in gender studies
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Lead-in to boy or cat
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On ___ with (comparable to)
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Indication of ideal food quality
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Latvia's capital
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___-Seltzer
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Home Depot rival
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Isl. with a marsupial "devil"
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Russian leader before 1917
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"It's ___" (both sides are equal)
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Consider, as one's options
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Status update, in military jargon
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Piss off
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___ de parfum
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Board game cubes
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Beastly sorts
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___ guitar (imaginary instrument)
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Joe Mazzulla, Steve Kerr, or (newly) Dusty May, e.g.
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Pain, in Paraguay
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Words of woe
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Justin Bieber, once
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Bukowski novel about the Great Depression
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Opposite of speed
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With "and" and 27-Down, publicly torture in a manner popular during the American Revolution
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Sport for Ronda Rousey, for short
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Maine's ___ National Park
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See 18-Down
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Glide down a mountain
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Ordered list of values in math
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___ Arbor, Mich.
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One of four in a relay
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Visual tool with rectangular areas
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Portmanteau for an ideal society that prioritizes the environment
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Shirt stickers for a college orientation, maybe
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Compilations of bloopers
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Trashy magazine
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Doc. often signed by reality show participants
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Monarch's meal
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Canada's capital
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Herdsman who borders the Big Dipper
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Catch like Spider-Man
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Hit, but not a walk
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Cacao bit
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Archaic unit of weight
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University of Michigan Women's Basketball player Swords
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Music genre related to reggae
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___ Jones
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