NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Gold, frankincense and myrrh, famously 6 Fleet of foot 11 Bit of bunny slope gear 13 Pop music’s ___ Vanilli 14 #1 hit for the Troggs 16 Finalize, as comic art 17 Pandora released them 18 Pupil’s place 19 Speaks like Sylvester 20 Face cards, informally? 21 N.Y.C. subway line 22 Bed size 24 Bad outcome for a QB: Abbr. 25 Reacting to an awkward moment, perhaps 29 Jazz improvisations 32 Flashy accessories 33 Aperitif with black currant liqueur 34 Mother of Horus 35 Threshold 36 Pasta choice 37 & 38 Cocktail with lemon or lime 39 Center 40 Oppressive 42 Removable locks 43 What Gollum calls “my precious” 44 Number of suspects in Clue 45 J. Edgar Hoover’s org. 48 Parsley portion 51 J. Edgar Hoover used one: Abbr. 53 Formal letter opener 54 Source of the word “whiskey” 55 Close, as a community 57 Touch of color 58 Sounding like Big Ben 59 Many Punjabis 60 Quick cuts
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1 Breathers? 2 Unaffiliated voters: Abbr. 3 See 14-Down 4 Item shot out of a cannon at an arena 5 Evade 6 Like the Cheshire cat 7 Entertaining, in a way 8 Sorts 9 Go gaga (over) 10 Spam holders 11 Not so hot 12 Reggae singer ___ Kamoze 14 With 3-Down, Nintendo exercise offering 15 Part of a guitar that also names something you can wear 21 Stand-___ 23 Instant 24 Possibilities 25 Static ___ 26 “It’s a joke” 27 Petty criticisms 28 Moxie 29 Oil machinery 30 “Oh, really?” 31 Over, to Odette 32 “Show me your worst!” 35 Russian pancake 36 Start of some evasive maneuvering 38 Deliberate discourtesies 39 Verb that’s also a Roman numeral 41 Otto who worked on the Manhattan Project 42 Word before reach or reason 44 Venice’s Bridge of ___ 45 Original sauna users 46 Water cooler? 47 Loyal follower? 48 Gathers dust 49 Toyota hybrids, jocularly 50 Zamboni site 52 Actor Cage, to friends 53 Pass on 56 “Didn’t need to know that!”