The New York Times Crossword
MaryEllen Uthlaut is a writer and homemaker in Charleston, S.C. Doing research at her local library she stumbled across a book about crosswords that had been misshelved. She checked it out, read it and started constructing.
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Curse
Unit of current Developer of 1982’s E.T., a video game so bad that hundreds of thousands of unsold cartridges were secretly buried in a New Mexico landfill Stealing attempts on the diamond?
Look extremely stylish, slangily
____ People’s Democratic Republic
Classic actress Sophia Lacking freshness Always glad to be seated in the back of the boat? Printed cotton fabric Think of together Perfectly placed “Batman’’ punch?
Behind the line of scrimmage
Pried, with “in’’
Look ahead
Unfilled spaces
Part of New York City’s Museum Mile, with “the’’ Charlatans
“Catch you later!’’ Buddhist temple structure Penny going through the wash once again? Subject of Walter Lord’s “A Night to Remember’’ Epson product Facebook profile feature Soup served at the church social?
Persuade by force Sheep’s kin Commencement Church officer Grape-Nuts maker
Ark groupings Feudal workers
In a lively manner What a pointless meeting probably should have been handled by California in San Francisco, e.g.
Afternoon gatherings of Mensa?
Force at sea
Monk’s title Withdrew
Having no feeling in one’s texting hand? Assumed name
One of the so- called “Three Crowns of Florence,’’ along with Petrarch and Boccaccio
Source of the idioms “fat of the land’’ and “fire and brimstone’’
As we speak
Small anatomical opening, as in a bone
These can go for a lot of bucks 97 100 103
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Check for mistakes Party tray meat
Ad for heartburn medication?
Puts forward
State you’ll never get to “Quit your snickering, Damon!’’?
Hitting the floppy disk icon, say
Islamic rulers
Hill resident
Soup pod Dangerous fly Dividing membranes ____ flour
“No man hath ____ God ...’’
DOWN
Labor-regulating org.
“Such a pity!’’
Bugs
Doc’s needle Without reserve Yucatán natives Fancifully worded Drink rarely drunk with a straw
____ Bora, area of Afghanistan
____ American Heritage Month (April)
Foul rulers
Says without feeling Start of a magician’s phrase Send over the moon Waited at a red light, say FedEx, maybe
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“Please ____ your tray tables’’ (plane request) World-renowned Sanskrit scripture
Part of many California place names
Get out of Dodge, so to speak
Caustic compound Needing a passcode, maybe Even one
Latin clarifier Easy-to-bend metal Greek vowel
Lead-in to rail Computer menu with Undo and Redo
Dash gauge
Word with freeze or fixing Choice word
“Don’t just ____ there!’’ Digital passcodes Viewed optimistically ____ snake Japanese city where Lexus is headquartered Classic muscle cars Cards with the most pips Bread
Map section Irascible
Some Hollywood up-andcomers Responded in court Cowardly sort
Turn down
Units of distance in physics Sticks a fork in
Piece of news 75
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Drinks usually drunk with straws
Compos mentis Stark who was crowned king in the “Game of Thrones’’ finale Eight-year member of Clinton’s cabinet State
Glance at, as headlines Animal for which the Canary Islands are named Opposite of WSW
-s or - ed
Modern prefix Practices lexicography One vain about his looks “You ____?’’ Greetings to some mainlanders Ground- dwelling songbird Bit attachments
Old enough
Kind of acid
Like most mouthwashes Brownish shade Greek vowels Classic pop-art sculpture with a slanted “O’’ “Personally ...’’
Cut out
Male deer Singer/songwriter Lee Appropriate
“Suis’’ is part of its conjugation
Comic book publisher Lee Where to find MA and PA