The New York Times Crossword
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1 Men are pigs (after she’s through with them, anyway!) The “A” of James A. Garfield Naysayers Lower-cost option on a popular rideshare app Egg: Sp. Frontiersman’s headgear Result of a merger between Quaker Oats and Greyhound? Maintaining equilibrium Discourage
Soft drink concentrate, e.g. “Night on Bald Mountain” or “Finlandia” With 18-Down, what has four legs and sprints? Musician who was booed in 1965 for playing electric guitar Letters before Gerald R. Ford and Ronald Reagan Luau instrument, for short
Zoom
Corner Second-longest human bone, after the femur Result of a merger between Kraft and Hershey’s? Result of a merger between Google and Planters? Like the wights on “Game of Thrones” Best of the best Spelling ____ What Santa checks twice R-rated Rulers’ staffs
Fire man?
On the ____ Poet Lazarus Prefix with thermal Bad sound for an engine
Result of a merger between Hasbro and Nikon? 6
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Bird like the Canada goose or arctic tern Lummox Cheese offered tableside at Italian restaurants, informally Recipe amt. Eagle constellation Passive acquiescence Voice a view Firm decision maker? Revolutionary Guevara
Klum of “Project Runway”
“My love,” in Madrid Result of a merger between Procter & Gamble and Jacuzzi? Result of a merger between Hormel and Instagram? Warehouse
10 to 10, say
____ reform, cause for the Marshall Project Middling grade Pub choice Shot across the bow?
____ Waldorf, the so-called “Queen B” on “Gossip Girl” Leaves nothing to the imagination Measured “Been there, done that” feeling Disney’s world Result of a merger between Ralph Lauren and Starbucks? “Stop your foolishness outside!”
Not on
Chops up finely Was uncomfortably hot Basil-based sauce ____ Allen, one of the founders of Vermont
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Brexit vote, e.g. Home to the Minoan civilization Shine
“Now I get it!” 2021 Super Bowl champs
Drink up during a timeout, say
Tex who directed the first Bugs Bunny cartoon
Iraqi city on the Tigris Kimono accessory Natural talent ____ Young-White, comedian/ correspondent for “The Daily Show” Lead-in to an Indiana “-ville” ____ Ng, author of the 2017 best seller “Little Fires Everywhere” Piehole “Oops!”
See 30-Across Part of a musical note
Held forth
“Two thumbs down” review Answer to “Are you asleep?” that can’t be true
Drift off to sleep Ordinary
“Eh, not really” 1981 hit Genesis album whose name resembles a rhyme scheme Balls in the sky Little sounds Muscular “Who’s there?” response Nancy who served as the first female member of the British Parliament Come together Like some thinking A.O.C., e.g. Meets Evening prayer Come together Raw material? Quintana ____ (Mexican state that’s home to Cancún) 62 65
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Land governed by the House of Grimaldi Obedience school command More hackneyed A head
A head Best-case scenarios Clipper parts “You can’t fire me!” Italian poet Cavalcanti who influenced Dante Procrastinator’s problem [Bo-o-o-oring!] In essence Where heroes are made
Sass Co-founder of the N.A.A.C.P. Word that, when spelled backward, becomes its own synonym Member of the inn crowd?
One of the Canterbury pilgrims
One doing the lord’s work
In which you might do a deep dive Mistruth JAMA contributors Tool in a wood shop
Shred
____ hole Battery part Language group related to Yupik Birkin stock? From scratch Quinceañera, e.g. Man’s name that spells a fruit backward Passed-down stories
“Stop stalling!” “The slightest” or “the foggiest” thing Oscar-winning lyricist Washington Classic Pontiac Phishing target, for short