THE NYT CROSSWORD

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1 Vessel for frying food 9 Variety of green tea 15 Word with power or zero 16 Having win after win 17 Beer you make yourself 18 Get cell service? 19 Lovelace of computing fame 20 Some West Point grads 22 Non- PC? 23 Is an agent for, informally 25 One end of a kite string 26 Genuflect, e. g. 27 Indian state known for its tea 29 The moon, e. g. 30 Book leaf 31 Two, to Teo 33 N. F. L. star who was a Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year in 2017 34 Who said “If you’re not ready to die for it, put the word ‘ freedom’ out of your vocabulary” 37 Accept the sudden loss of, as an opportunity 38 Children’s author Beverly 40 “Duuuude!” 41 Flute, e. g. 42 One doing cat scans? 44 “Finished!” 48 Lift 49 Mother- of- pearl 51 Zippo 52 “Here Come the Warm Jets” musician 53 Butts 55 Lead- in to X, Y or Z 56 Lose fizz 58 Classic declaration in Gotham City 60 Burning 61 Not closing before 10 or 11 p. m. 62 Back from a vacation, say 63 Acceptance from fellow brainiacs, in slang

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1 Name that comes from Arabic for “desert” 2 Dwellings 3 Many graphics on election night 4 Use it for kicks 5 Italy’s third- largest island, after Sicily and Sardinia 6 Engine sounds 7 At the original speed, in music 8 Publishing debut of 1851, with “The” 9 Lead- in to T, A or X 10 In short order 11 Bit of ink 12 What might have a large collection of prints 13 What Gandhi once likened to an ocean 14 Opening of many a speech 21 Swarm 24 Pathetic one 26 College in Brunswick, Me. 28 Ties up, in a way 30 Oslo setting 32 Furtive 33 LinkedIn listing 34 Mixed martial arts champion Conor ___ 35 Multipurpose 36 First ones to bat 39 Representative sample of a larger group 42 Acid holder 43 ___ l’oeil ( illusion) 45 One- named 1950s TV sex symbol 46 Imagine 47 Back from a vacation, say 49 “Gotcha” 50 Old flame? 53 Like Old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard 54 Smooth 57 Burning 59 Spa offering, briefly