THE NYT CROSSWORD

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1 Island nation with a cross on its flag 6 Series installments, for short 9 Unit of energy: Abbr. 13 Had, as food 14 Secure 16 ssorcA- 41? 17 Edwin of 1960s-' 70s R& B 18 Cop's station in England 20 Sweet farewell 22 Given to picking fights 23 States of confusion 24 Part of the English translation of “Notre Dame” 25 Part of Act 4 of “Antony and Cleopatra” in which Antony attempts suicide 28 Islamic spirit 31 Things rested on, metaphorically 32 Bollywood actress Mukerji 33 Scottish John 34 Agricultural commune 37 How a package may arrive 38 Lady in Arthurian legend 40 One with a big mouth in Africa? 41 Corporate giant named for a mountain 43 Make some definite plans 45 “Interesting …” 46 Spares, maybe 47 Dishonest sort 50 Beauty lesson 54 One for whom a flash in the pan is a good thing 55 Title woman of a classic 1928 André Breton novel 56 Ronald Reagan ___ Medical Center 57 Where bills pile up 58 Trap until it gets warmer, say 59 Grey Goose competitor 60 8- bit game console released in 1985 61 Wait on

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1 Hide 2 Web developer? 3 Something a shepherd may have on 4 Twisting effect 5 Alternative music subgenre 6 Like some tanks and promises 7 “Oh, baloney!” 8 One and only 9 Ice cream holder 10 Precisely 11 Monitors 12 ___ bike 15 Superlative for a cake 19 Jackie of “Rush Hour” 21 Letters associated with WNYC and KQED 25 Shade of black 26 Mötley ___ 27 “Livin’ La ___ Loca” 28 Is mortified, so to speak 29 Transgender rights activist and best- selling author of “Redefining Realness” 30 At the outset 31 End piece? 35 Dressed up, maybe 36 Crease smoothers? 39 Trying time 42 Warmly welcome 44 Judge 45 Search engine result 47 Rolls up 48 Where to get down from? 49 One of the Gandhis 51 Titular professor in a Nabokov novel 52 Rhyming prefix with novela 53 “Stay in your ___” 54 Gloomy one