NEW YORK TIMES
ACROSS
1 Sci-fi character who graduated from Starfleet Academy in 2359
5 What Iran and Iraq do 9 “Purgatorio” poet 14 Brownie, for one 16 Primitive kind of poker?
17 Dangerous cocktail 18 “___ fine”
19 Luxury hotel option 21 Name related to Rex 22 Wednesday, e.g. 24 Insurance company whose logo contains a bill
27 Tudor house feature 30 Vegan protein source 31 Pot-making supply 32 Like a mythical lion 33 Recipe directive
34 Put away the dishes? 35 Memorable
White House Correspondents’ Dinner host of 2006 36 You might click it open
37 “Eww, stop!”
38 Singular thing 39 Requiring immediate attention
40 Hebrew : ben :: Arabic : ___
41 “Stop playing” symbols
42 Optimistic
43 Strained, at the bar 45 Dash device
46 Creamy, fruity drink 53 One who’s frequently in the dark
54 Fiancée, say
55 Brief bridge opening 56 Like privates, often 57 Part of a pound? 58 Recipe directive 59 Cameos and others
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1 1/256 of a gal.
2 Plastic Clue weapon 3 Strong team
4 Cube holder
5 South ___, N.J.
6 Boy with a bouquet 7 Surfing destinations 8 Something to spin 9 One who’s 60-something?
10 One with a plantbased diet
11 Spotless 12 London museum whose oldest piece is from 1900
13 Some TV drama settings
15 Provisional
20 Sensitive figure, for many
23 Most populous city in Oceania
24 ___ acid (dressing ingredient) 25 Attention-grabbing 26 Epitome of romantic passion
27 Fixes
28 Bounds
29 Natural food coloring sources 32 Rejection of a honeydo list
35 Its ribs stick out 39 Cleaning cloth
42 Wind or unwind
44 It was boosted by Atlas
45 Cloddish sort, in slang 47 Things waiters wait for
48 Huff
49 Long dress
50 “I ___ quotation”: Emerson
51 Amazon unit
52 James B. ___, diving bell inventor
53 Secant’s reciprocal: Abbr.