NY Times Puzzle No. 0130

ACROSS

Hero of 1 Philadelphia IG-11 on “The 7 Mandalorian,” e.g. Stereotypically 12 arcane subject Wry comment 14 on a sorry situation Decline

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One temporarily 16 donning a cap Spent

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Decked out

18 “Between the 19 World and Me” author, 2015 Frequently 21 flooded land Team that 22 infamously blew a 28-3 Super Bowl lead they had late in the third quarter: Abbr.

Doctor’s office, 23 maybe

Piece of the 24 pie?

Standard of 26 comparison Lock holder?

28 Sharp feeling

29 Smear

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Shell, maybe

31 Little ball of fur

34 ___ change

38 Makes clean … 39 or less clean Rigmarole

40 Buck, boomer, 41 jack, flyer or jill, informally One might 42 carry a torch Like some 44 brows and berets Longtime 45 Sacha Baron Cohen persona Was on

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Turns over

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Bit of 49 encouragement for someone’s success “Decision 52 time!”

Spike in activity 53 on a sports field?

Absolutely 54 trounced

DOWN

Dog … or a 1 type of dog

Dos y dos y dos 2 y dos

America’s first 3 historically Black sorority, in brief

Set the wheels 4 in motion Continuously 5 improve, in tech-speak Subject of a 6 family feud, maybe

Lead-in to 7 belief

Certain 8 mouthpiece attachment

Not with “them”

9 Frosty air?

10 De-frosting?

11 Queens, e.g.

12 Lines in an 13 application? Setting of 14 a 1945 conference Natural cover

15 Holding up the 19 line for? Workers with 20 talent

Angles

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Color that 25 comes from the Latin for “red” Earth-shattering

27 Glossy 28 alternative Makes out

30 Material that 31 artists get all fired up about?

Amphibian that 32 Ogden Nash once rhymed with “bottle” “Little Women” 33 actress Ronan Milan ___, 34 author of 1984’s “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” Openness

35 Parting word

36 Little ’uns

37

Singing style 39 with AfricanAmerican roots Say “Ta-da!,” 43 say

Excited, with 44 “up”

Actress 46 Rowlands Natural recess

48 Many a 50 31-Down piece Banh ___ 51 (sticky rice cake)