NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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1 Like a hermit 9 Response to a sophomoric comment 15 Score after opening with an ace, informally 16 Secret ___ 17 Catch of all catches, of a sort 18 Singer of the Wagner aria “Liebestod” 19 Least cool 20 Make a feast of 21 Looks forward to the next spring? 22 Feature of Namibia and Libya 24 Root used in

perfumery 25 James ___, 1990- 94 New Jersey governor 26 Noodle soup

noodle 27 Joint flare- up? 31 Got some

action 32 Method of

fishing 33 Station that people once looked up to 34 Goes over the

line? 36 Company added to the Dow 30 in 2013 37 Dr. Brody of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” 38 Draw toward

dark 39 Scenery chewer 42 Grinders, of a

sort 43 Tree favored by

giraffes 44 Dubonnet or

Campari 46 Box at the

gym? 47 Bad news on the stock market 48 Part of a record 49 Lowdown sneak 50 Quick shots 51 Many people take them to bed nowadays

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1 “Should there be any question …” 2 Corn on the

cob, e. g. 3 Replaced, as on

a computer 4 Shows theway 5 Force in the Battle of Dunkirk 6 Shakespeare’s First and Second Folios, e. g. 7 Spacewalks, in

NASA lingo 8 It covers bridges, typically 9 Primitive cooking equipment 10 Situated ( in) 11 Alito’s predecessor on the Supreme Court 12 Toon who uses his middle initial 13 High styles 14 Ones always banging their heads against things? 23 Female factory workers in W. W. II, informally 25 West Coast locale mentioned in “( Sittin’On) The Dock of the Bay” 27 Some fruit

pastries 28 Like store brands vis- à- vis name brands, typically 29 Waterway that lent its name to two French departments 30 Students

arriving late? 32 Most airheaded 35 Clam 36 T. S. A.

requirement 38 ___ Ochoa, 2017 Golf Hall of Fame inductee 39 Papa Bear of the

N. F. L. 40 Kind of squash 41 Photog’s lens 42 Intervening, at

law 45 “How ___ are they that have not patience!”: Iago