Encountered unexpectedly Crossword Clue

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UNEXPECTEDLY (adverb)
1. without advance planning
2. in a way that was not expected

More New Yorker Crossword (9/16/2026) Answers

Across

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17. Nation represented by the Olympians Elaine Thompson-Herah and Usain Bolt

18. South American country named for its latitude

19. Heeds a command

20. Features of bagels and doughnuts

22. Non-___ foods

23. Western neighbor of Vietnam

24. Become inedible

25. Abbreviated rank of the cereal mascot Horatio Magellan Crunch

26. Big Australian bird

27. Symbol on matching “I’m His Boyfriend” shirts

28. Astronomical object with a tail

29. Digital repository of information

31. Holy __!

32. Sole

33. T. rex or triceratops, for short

34. Activity for a cyber-athlete

37. Page-a-day ___

41. Rapid

42. Boxing matches

43. "Desperate Housewives" star Longoria

44. Something pushed by a librarian or a flight attendant

45. Twists and ___

46. Nutritional regimen

47. “I think I just figured it out!”

48. Contaminate

49. German bacteriologist with a namesake dish

50. Muscular dog breed

52. Language in which “good morning” is “buongiorno”

54. Voted into office

55. Avian metaphor for a savings fund

56. Talk about

57. Alternative to contact lenses

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Down

1. Coaxed

2. “The ___ Solution” (2025 documentary about a Southern state’s prison system)

3. What a coach might call using a “T” hand gesture

4. Sticks around

5. Disease suffix

6. Trio with the hits “Waterfalls” and “No Scrubs”

7. Marine animal with an equine name

8. Undergraduate track for a future attorney

9. Competed in a marathon or a triathlon

10. Burden

11. “Seven Days in June” author Williams

12. Final stage of a chess match

13. Walked angrily

14. Canadian city that’s home to the N.B.A.’s Raptors and the W.N.B.A.’s Tempo

21. Instrument in the woodwind family

24. Source of research funding

25. Punctuation mark used to represent the eyes of an emoticon

27. Cancel as a mission

28. Waffle ___ (ice-cream-shop options)

30. In the air

31. Leans to one side

33. Intimidating

34. Got away

35. Language in which “good morning” is “habari za asubuhi”

36. Illegally downloads

37. Vegetable with a cob and a husk

38. Gods

39. Arithmetic mean

40. Numbers of interest to TV executives

42. Does some construction

45. “___ of a Fourth Grade Nothing” (Judy Blume book)

46. Shoulder muscles briefly

48. Skirt worn while doing pliés and pirouettes

49. Que ___?

51. E-mail field for hidden recipients

53. Ro-___ (brand of canned tomatoes with chiles)

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