NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Phrase popularized by Long John Silver of “Treasure Island”
16 It’s “on a dark desert
highway,” in song
17 Ways in which different cultures interact
18 Le Dakota du Sud or le Dakota du Nord
19 Like some traditions
20 Listens, old-style
21 Have that *wow* factor
22 Name ending for
Mari- or Rosa23 Things people often claim to have read when they haven’t
24 Typesetting unit
27 Funky stuff
29 N.B.A. M.V.P. of 2015 and ’16, familiarly
31 “I don’t do ___. I am ___”: Salvador Dalí
32 Eponymous instrument inventor Adolphe
35 Smaller than usual, endearingly
37 “What do you call cheese that isn’t yours? Nacho cheese!,” e.g.
39 Periods that aren’t usually added, for short?
40 “Live in ___” (clothing slogan)
42 Water colors
43 Japanese camera
44 Protagonist of “The O.C.”
45 What may be thrown down for a duel
47 Popular video game series with cars, for short
49 Nickname that drops “An-”
52 Show petulance, in a way
53 Former-yankeeturned-broadcaster, to fans
54 Clean, as decks
55 “Don’t sweat the naysayers”
58 Opening statement of an appeal?
59 Digs near a flower bed, say
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1 Black ___
2 “Too ___ Handle” (Netflix reality show)
3 “We’ve all been there”
4 Let it all out
5 Hebrew name meaning “my God”
6 Pioneering brand of caffeine-free soft drink
7 Combine
8 Longest-serving U.S. first lady, informally
9 One might be open for business
10 “___ tree falls ...”
11 Big time for longdistance calling
12 Prickly shrubs
13 Vast, poetically
14 Places for curlers
15 Be wise to
23 Apparel often worn with sandals
25 Computer addresses, for short
26 Green stew
28 Outfit
29 Norcal airport
30 Syllable of disapproval
31 “Whip It” rock band
32 It travels at Mach 1
33 Black sorority with 300,000+ members, in brief
34 Marks, as a survey box
36 The Cowardly Lion’s counterpart in Kansas 38 Presidential monogram of the early 1800s
41 The cool kids, e.g.
43 “That really isn’t necessary”
44 Original “S.N.L.” cast member
45 Home to Lake Volta, the largest artificial reservoir in the world
46 Volume measure
48 Island nation near Fiji
50 Betray, in a way
51 Critic who said “Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels”
52 Daniel Webster or Henry Clay
53 Sheik’s peer?
54 Part of a fancy bedding set
56 ___ Juan
57 Like the mizzenmast