THE NYT CROSSWORD

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1 Astaire with steps 6 Onetime Virginia senator Jim 10 “My Two ___” (1980s sitcom) 14 French parish priests 15 Piece of merchandise 16 “___ homo” 17 Camaraderie 19 Autumn spice 20 Words to the disloyal 21 Cheryl of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” 22 Binge-watch, maybe 23 Like a Hail Mary 25 “By the way …” 27 “Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers and ___” (2003 book) 28 Channel with several spinoff channels 30 Pay 32 Ones who may dress down those dressing up? 36 Some detox diets 37 Modern college major 38 Former Giants G.M. Al 39 Big name in Art Deco 40 Many a time suck 41 Social reformer Dorothea 44 Comment after a bump 49 Caustic soda, chemically 51 What you might charge for a ride 53 Onetime Korean statesman Syngman 54 Movie villain whose first name is Julius 55 Part of many an N.Y.C. subway station wall 57 Lip 58 Video game neophyte, informally 59 Mod bottoms 60 Kvass grains 61 Workers on the hill 62 Brno-born, e.g.

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1 Made (like) 2 On account of 3 Mythical figure often depicted holding a lyre 4 Arboreal primate 5 Largest section of the dictionary 6 “Dunkirk” and “Pearl Harbor,” for short 7 Merit 8 Court submission 9 She convinced George to switch to fivepointed stars, in American legend 10 Show 11 Places of learning 12 Distributor of Penguin classics? 13 What an asterisk may mean 18 “Nigerian prince,” often 24 Sink 26 Some of life’s twists and turns 29 Nick of Hollywood 31 Part of a programmer’s conditional 32 One who sucks the joy out of the room 33 Worker on the Hill 34 Places where brain waves are analyzed 35 Panang curry alternative 36 Show that once had an April Fools’ Day episode hosted by Pat Sajak 37 More sweeping 42 Book that’s the basis for the movie “What’s Love Got to Do With It” 43 Gas in arc lamps 45 Actress Ana of “Devious Maids” 46 River crossed in 1945’s Operation Plunder 47 Thing often described redundantly as “of the past” 48 “Gimme a break!” 50 Prepares a bed? 52 Tab’s counterpart 56 Hip-hop’s Run___