The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Blue print?

7 Water wings, for example

Toasted treat Japanese for “teacher”

Skating expos Bearing

Paragon

Suck up, in a way Author of “The Kitchen God’s Wife” (1991) There’s no coming back from this

Initialism that might have a ring to it?

1000 hrs.

Scale notes

Agent of immunity

“Did I just hear him say that?!” Principle indicating “No second chances” Outer border for 36-Across See-through items

Two-time

Olympic gymnast Raisman

Male’s name hidden backward in this clue 13 15

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Barely make, with “out”

Whet bar?

Make lace Longtime Disney chief Michael

Big ___

Hair holders Descriptor for a champion Half-page, perhaps

Fatherly tips, to use a portmanteau coinage

Decks with major and minor arcana

56 Lean against DOWN

1 Turn-on for a bartender?

Big epoch for mammals Hypothetical missing links Chain parts:

Abbr.

“This is the life!” Lacking literary sparkle

Setting for a shot Historic kingdom of Spain

Most populous Canadian prov. So to speak

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Sound

Traffic light

Some social media back- andforths

Short relationship One who loves to bring up the past Surfer girl Doctors

Poet who wrote “A Child’s Christmas in Wales”

Firmly bond

Court

“___ Carter III” (best-selling Lil Wayne album) Napa excursion Fictional African country of film

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Took care of a dog or cat, maybe “Alrighty then” “Romanian Rhapsodies” composer

Like the days following Mardi Gras

Cruxes

Gloomy, poetically

Sub text, maybe Hawaiian fish also called the wahoo

Juice suffix

Some Best Buy buys