Consider a few clues in today’s crossword, constructed by Adam Shapiro.
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New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2026
Sheerazie, lead gardener at Pasadena’s Arlington Garden, has studied permaculture and designed and constructed a number of swales at the garden and elsewhere.
Assume a 10% per year rate of return (compounded annually), roughly the gain for the S & P 500 over the past three decades, before accounting for inflation.
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Zev Fima,
CNBC,
12 Oct. 2026
The euthanasia drug, pentobarbital, must be pure and non-compounded.
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Dr. Jacob Appel,
New York Daily News,
8 Oct. 2026
Seth Wickersham, a top sports journalist with ESPN in Bristol for over 25 years, has assembled his best work into a nearly 500-page paperback collection.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
18 Oct. 2026
The industrialist Vincent Bolloré has assembled a vast media empire that includes CNews, a Fox News-style channel that has become an important platform for the nationalist right.
Kamran Pasha has devised a truly unique take that honors the source material while expanding it in an enthralling, unexpected way.
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Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2026
Designed for twice-daily use, the cream is meant to be applied with a massage ritual the brand devised just for the cream—a final touch on its feel-good MO.
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