The New York Times Crossword

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“Make it snappy!” Metal for a blacksmith “Well, shucks!” Bug bite annoyance Put money in the bank Emotional states What the suffix “-er” may mean Entree served in a bowl “Rainbow” fish *British publishing house founded in 1935

Cookie with “Stuf” inside

Lover boys Reverse of “It is I” Abbr. meaning “Be wary of looking at this in the office” Having the means Numbered classical pieces

“I gotta decline” In one’s birthday suit

Sea: Fr. *Certain ice cream or soap product Cambridge sch. that sends out acceptance letters on Pi Day Singer Paul with the memoir “My Way” Produce whoppers Soy-based protein source

Went kaput, as a battery 49 54 56 64 66 67 68 3 4 6 7 8

Fashion legend Wang Hermann who wrote philosophical fiction Impede the progress of Wander Subject of “the talk” about sex

… or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues Habitat’s flora and fauna Discontinued Apple music player Midday rests What a score of 70 or less signifies on a common standardized test Spill the beans Lumberjack’s target

Prefix with media or cultural Spiral down the sink, say

A single time

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Asset in playing Whac-A-Mole “I can’t take it any longer!”

Farm measure Minors who look to be headed to the majors Magazine installment Mete out Kitchen fixture Inexperienced gamer, informally 9 10 26 27 28 32 35

Playground retort One who makes his living with his hands *Bodily response to something eerie End of a school’s URL

Winter clock setting in N.Y.C. Trait of the fabled fisherman’s wife “Alternatively …???”

Songs from the ’60s and ’70s, say Be quietly furious Wanderers Order to a birthday child *Thanksgiving football game Contemptuous expression “Mahvelous!” Figured out, as a mystery Compete (for) 44 47 50

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Goal of an intervention, maybe “Enough denying!” Token of past times Actor Schwarzenegger Baghdad citizen “As ironic as it sounds …” Place for a construction project Mimicked Make, as money Display size or camera res, e.g. Antiracist movement since 2013, in brief Letters acknowledging debt

“’I ___,’ said the blind man, as he picked up a hammer and saw”