NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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1 Begin at the beginning? 9 Fiery 15 Launch of April 1968 16 Set free 17 Staple of a barbershop shave 18 Onerous 19 Seed of a strawberry or sunflower 20 National bird of Trinidad and Tobago 22 Jules or Jim, in “Jules et Jim” 23 “So ___!” 24 Two stars, perhaps 25 Very old school 26 Milky Way maker 27 Mom and pop business? 29 Half of a black and tan 30 Danger for a hiker 31 Fast-food order placed millions of times a day worldwide 32 Separate, as strands of hair 34 It’s got teeth 37 Greyhound destinations? 38 Drivel 39 O’Neill contemporary 40 Take some courses 41 Fitting coffee order on a submarine? 42 Ruin 43 Stopwatch ticks: Abbr. 44 Reprimand gruffly 45 Character of book and film who was born John Clayton III 47 Uranus or Neptune 49 Number one advocate? 50 Gothic architecture feature 51 Davy Jones’s locker, with “the” 52 Spot almost halfway through a course

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1 Epithet meaning “great soul” 2 Momentous 3 Absent 4 Fixes 5 It’s all the same 6 Victor at Brandywine 7 Forerunner in a race? 8 Income for general expenses? 9 Skydivers’ aids 10 Bright camp wear 11 Deli supply 12 Like the Golden Horde 13 Koan contemplator 14 Trim 21 Subservient sort 24 Running around with one’s hair on fire 25 Abbr. in a bibliographic citation 27 Kids, typically 28 Runs, for instance 30 Runner’s place 31 Relative of a cod 32 Ship’s capacity 33 Physics class project testing impact safety 34 Refuse work? 35 One way to look 36 “Are you kidding me?!” 37 Passed the dessert? 38 “___ Carey,” 9x platinum 1990 album 41 Bob who narrated “How I Met Your Mother” 43 Scout uniform part 44 Lived 46 Bad spot 48 Staple of modern sci-fi movies, for short