NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across

1 Radisson rival 7 Title role for Bryan Cranston in a 2015 biopic 13 Neologism coined by Cole Porter 15 Sea that Homer called “wine- dark” 16 Song whose opening lyric translates to “What a beautiful thing is a sunny day” 17 Missionaries’ targets 18 Scratch 19 River bisecting Orsk 21 Squad cmdr. 22 White notes in Monopoly 23 Golf cart foursome 25 1962 Organization of American States expellee 26 Necromancers 27 Crown cover 28 Part of an armada 31 Instructions on where to go? 32 World’s oldest currency still in use 33 Total 34 Grate catches? 35 Early automotive pioneer 36 Scoopers for taramasalata 37 Musical group with “energy domes” 41 End of a cause? 42 ___ soup 43 Pole topper 45 LeBron James, by birth 47 Restless sort 49 “She understands her business better than we do,” per Montaigne 50 Agricultural outfit 51 Banded metamorphic rock 52 Lively wit

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1 Substance used in Egyptian mummification 2 Unaided 3 Earthworm trappers 4 Contend 5 Things mailed without a label? 6 Who said “I’m so mean I make medicine sick” 7 Cantina offerings 8 De facto 9 ___ boots 10 Ruler’s role 11 Reports of gunfire? 12 Performing for an audience 13 Dummkopf 14 Emancipation proclamation 20 Lay- by : England :: ___ : America 24 “No need to trouble yourself ” 25 Firth of “The King’s Speech” 26 Make a hash of 27 France’s patron saint 28 Conversation piece? 29 Follows the game? 30 They meet at a summit 31 Surname of TV’s “Hot Lips” 32 Extend 36 Seven ___ ( Civil War battle site) 37 Shut out 38 Things that take guts? 39 Cathedral feature 40 Withdraws, with “out” 42 Opportunity’s on it 44 Gefilte fish option 46 Word of agreement that sounds like a pronoun 48 Road map abbr.