THE NYT CROSSWORD

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1 Hosp. procedure 4 Not esto or eso 8 Frances Moore ___, author of the best-selling “Diet for a Small Planet” 13 HUD secretary

Carson 14 Milling byproduct 15 *Onetime White House nickname 16 High-pH 18 Support 19 *What may keep a model’s weight down? 20 “Hear me out

…” 21 Somewhat 22 Caught 24 Music genre that spawned a fashion style 25 Rarest state

bird 26 Walked (on) 27 Shamble, e.g. 28 “The Disrobing of Christ” painter, 1579 31 Most-nominated woman ever in the Grammys 33 What it takes decades to grow 34 Poetic “indeed” 35 Watches every

penny 39 It comes at the end of a sentence 43 Not getting up

until after 10? 44 Something that’s long and steep? 46 Pop singer

Halliwell 47 “Baby ___ Want You” (1971 hit by Bread) 48 Famed deli seen in Woody Allen’s “Manhattan” 50 Visiting the nation’s capital, for short 51 *Anthem writer 53 Brought in 55 It’s usually in

the 80s or 90s 56 Start of a kids’

taunt 57 More substantial, as a paycheck 58 “___ homo” 59 Traffic caution 60 Elevator stop 61 Florida pro

team 62 About 5 mL

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1 Capital of

Swaziland 2 Put a new tag on 3 Vague notion 4 Start of a Beatles

title 5 Adorns 6 Unexpectedly met 7 “It’s just getting out of ___ and getting into another” (John Lennon on death) 8 Fatty acid, for

one 9 German cries 10 Ever-changing 11 *Word after

North or South 12 One may close

a book 15 Rocky Mountain

forager 17 Something that

may be found in

a belt 23 Way overcharge, say 27 2014 psychological thriller based on a Gillian Flynn novel 29 Wood resistant

to splitting 30 Turner of music 32 “___-haw!” 35 Take from the

top 36 *Shade of black 37 Give one’s opinion on, say 38 Bro or sis 39 *Discussion

venues 40 One with a job

to fill? 41 Trials 42 Dramatic ending to a performance … or a hint to answering the six starred clues 45 Padded envelope 48 ___ cards (tools used in ESP testing) 49 Airheaded 52 The Green Hornet’s masked driver 54 Metal containers