The New York Times Crossword
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1 Onetime Sony rival 8 Off-color
12 Maker of the X6 and Z4 Doctors Without Borders, e.g.: Abbr. Deep secret “____ Dead?” (Mark Twain play) Quickly learn one’s lesson? Startling sound Bookworms call dad?
South Beach and Paleo, for two Swiss painter Paul Company whose business is picking up?
Seedy area?
Big Apple media inits. Depletes, with “up” A young Justice Ginsburg chuckles? Signature item Singer Watson, a.k.a. Tones and I, with the 2019 hit “Dance Monkey” Apt name for a lawyer
False accusation, informally Fancy Feast alternative One “R” in R&R Hoarse
Do core exercises all day, every day?
“____ Brockovich” Quick drive Elusive legend Business for Sanders supporters? Holiday dish served with sour cream or applesauce Links grp. Hard to handle, in a way Hunky-dory Response to an order
Burger King bingefest? 15
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1 Prepare for a road trip, perhaps End of a threat 2
Alma mater for Spike Lee and Donald Glover, for short
Logical connector With the greatest of ____
____ golf Sloped-roof support
Govt. org. with a forerunner known as the Black Chamber
Race units Dinner-table expander Hops-drying oven Supernova in our galaxy? Follower of word or potato “Gimme ____” ____-cat Numerous Symbols in Twitter handles
Like ____ of sunshine Anatomical pouch When E.M.T.s bring home the bacon? “I mean ...”
A/C spec Members of the crow family Heavier alternative to a foil Guthrie who performed at Woodstock Cutting edge? Some astronomy Ph.D.s? Longtime Japanese P.M. who stepped down in 2020 “Runnin’?” team of N.C.A.A. Division I college basketball Comparable (to) Disciple Tarnish
Really good time Capital near the North Sea Prepares (for) 3 4
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Nora Ephron and Sofia Coppola, for two
The land down under? Walk-____ Prickly covering of a seed
“____ the only one?” Beatles title woman “____ your request ... “
Feature of a classical Greek drama
“You betcha!” “The ____ — is wider than the Sky” (start of an Emily Dickinson poem) Bit of fill-in-theblanks fun Subject of intl. treaties Compliant sorts Squalid digs Sports team V.I.P.s Corporate money managers, for short Ancient Egyptians Result of a breast pocket mishap, maybe
Ally of the Brat Pack Common baking pear
Sacred cross in ancient Egypt Chance to go Preserve, in a way Only Stratego piece with a letter on it Sardine container Studmuffin Absorb, as sauce with bread Give extra consideration, with “on”
Idaho, e.g., in dialect
Color marker Got hip, with “up” How a door might be slammed Subcontractor in a bathroom remodel Gusto 55
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One may be nominated for a Hugo Award Least forward Palindromic farm animal
“We ____ Overcome” Stubborn sorts It helps in passing Rocker Cobain Japan’s street food mecca Diarist who documented the Great Plague of London
Gets lost Eponym of the Detroit Lions field Any Olympian, once Drops an f-bomb, say
False fronts Promises, promises! Takes steps
____ avis Coarse farm sound Dangerous move on a busy highway “Blueberries for ____” (kid-lit classic) Legendary password stealer Higher, as ambitions Build-your-own TexMex dish
Does a dog trick Declare Where hangers hang
They go wherever the wind blows They can be batted and rolled When high school seniors often visit the colleges that accepted them Like binary questions Volt-amperes Attention hog, maybe Galoot Portrait seen on renminbi bills Car-sticker fig. “Roses ____ red ... “Nonsense