The New York Times Crossword

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Something a student may cut Doesn’t bother Team V.I.P.s Author of “The Eagle and the Fox” and “The Fox and the Lion” Where to watch the Lightning and Hurricanes Porridge grain Region that spans about 8% of the earth’s land area [Arabic] Attempt Rodin sculpture featuring a couple whose lips don’t quite touch

“My Gal ___” Fencing option Addams family cousin

Body of water bordering Nevada and California [Washoe] Actor McGregor 30 Biological molecule Days past Shakespearean fairy queen Playground retort Electricity bill datum Landmark on which most U.S. radio stations base the starts of their call signs, with “W” on the east and “K” on the west [Algonquin] 43 44 49 50 54 56 57 58

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Together (with) Clay targets, informally Official language of Ghana: Abbr. Certain mattress material Commonly torn band, for short Excited about Nation that shares an island with part of Indonesia [Indonesian]

Fall behind Takes home Governor DeSantis Commercial spaces in an app “Mud”

Like the names of 18-, 25-, 40- and 50- Across vis-à-vis the bracketed languages 65 Undivided

Look away from Wombs

Big fashion inits. Some downtown street liners 70 Start over

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Dramatis personae portrayers Actress and documentarian Remini Arthur of the court Be absorbed, as a marinade

Pole that extends a sail

Fellows

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23 25 28 29 ___ Virtue, threetime world ice dancing champion Sly sort

Grain in some hearty soup Is French? What all good children do, in a nursery rhyme Penguins great Lemieux

Do, as hair

First MLB team to use artificial turf in its stadium Persian language Eye-opening experience? They might be guided

___ Raducanu, 2021 U.S. Open women’s tennis champion

Cry out

What some workout videos promise Loch ___ 38 39 41 42

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Investigate persistently Ape’s weapon in “Planet of the Apes” International oil grp.

Fellow Therefore Little brats “That’s sufficient, I guess”

It’s just an illusion Take a lighter to “Have fun!” Long, long times Get on

How ballerinas often perform Fortune tell Some pub brews Freezes (over) Scale button Thin cut

Cook with a long history at Apple Bobby of Bruins lore

Answers to yesterday’s puzzle