The New York Times Crossword

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Podcasters’ needs Meaty pasta sauce “Hey, by the way …”

Apple with multiple cores Eurasian river Abstain from *Job for a coxswain with rowdy rowers? What’s tolerated by every body? Natural hairstyles Poorly *Review for a soso bakery? 2007 Michael Moore documentary about health care “You’ve got ___ nerve!” Melody

It’s often in stock Chose a course Dorothy Parker quality *Person who assigns the order of opening presents? “Yes,” in Japanese Check box of last resort

Norse protector of humankind Complain querulously Kyrgyzstan mountain range 47 49 55 56 63 64 65 66 1 2 3 7 8 9

Extremist sects *Completes a superhero transformation? And others too numerous to mention

Nary a soul Island nation whose currency is the tala Preschool teacher’s mantra … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues Have a nibble of Brazilian berry She, on the Seine Expression that might accompany a mustache twirl Word repeated in a 1956 Doris Day single Brighter times

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It’s catching “Not sure yet” Something to make or break “Magic that works,” per Vonnegut Runner on the ground? Like an excited crowd Social blunder Marine leader? Small ice cream order

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“Never mind what I just said!” One of the Astaires Caterwauls Cozy corner Romantic attraction, slangily, with “the”

Its name means “waterless place” in Mongolian Hype (up) Something to follow, in cards “If so, then …” Number of graduates in the first class at West Point (1802) Poetic frequency Utmost Writer Umberto Buds go in them Dance floor flourish 44 46 48 49 50 51

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Less sharp, as footage Animal whose brain has the most gray matter of any mammal They’re raised in Chi-Town Found innocent Part of, as a plot “_ _ _-daisy!” Tales of daring Frome of fiction Classical coverups

Chilling Labor activist Chavez

“___ 18” (novel by Leon Uris) Exclusively Wrinkles in time? Its ways are numbered: Abbr. O.S.S. successor

Answers to yesterday’s puzzle