NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Yard, nautically 5 Desire for a ski jumper
13 ___ blue dot (Earth, in a famous photograph) 14 “Knock it off!,” in question form 15 Since
16 Classic airplane snack
17 General term in a series
18 Number in a count 19 Change, as a lock 20 One in a million, so to speak 22 Journalism inits. since 1851
23 One way to travel the world
24 Lines from a rapper, in slang
26 Milk option 29 Earth-based pigment
30 Likely hyperbole from a texter 32 Equipment in hockey, lacrosse and pickleball 34 What one might look at the night sky with
38 ___ Lingus
39 Badge holder 40 Spanish geographical word that is an anagram of its English translation 41 “Woo-hoo!,” in online shorthand 43 Pronoun functioning as an object (not a subject!)
45 “Give me five!” 46 Half full?
48 “Dig in, everyone” 50 Tropical vine 53 Work from, as a
desk
54 Purple ___,
Hawaiian crop 56 Bookie?
58 ___ bottles (popular
gummy candy) 59 Bad press, say 60 Event at high noon 61 Occasion to recite the Pledge of Allegiance 62 Button usually held
down by a pinkie
DOWN
1 Word after life or C 2 One whose work might be a piece of cake?
3 Bit of attire seldom worn with a jacket 4 One you might beseech to get glasses
5 Term for an overly commercialized celebration
6 At any one time, roughly 10,000 trillion of them roam the earth 7 Bill concerned with science communication 8 Become barren 9 Synchronize with 10 Arctic native 11 Speck 12 Handmade goods site
14 One on the Israelites’ journey to the Promised Land 16 Lose tautness 18 What stubbles may become
21 Lurch
22 Warning letters with a Reddit link 23 ___ Juniors, soccer team for which Diego Maradona once played 25 Canapé topper 27 “Don’t even think of coming back!” 28 Nephalist
31 Part of a biblical plague
33 Trick question, e.g. 35 Housework? 36 There or thereabouts 37 2022 Jordan Peele film
42 Actress Malick 44 Hands (out) 47 West Coast N.F.L.’ER 49 Damage the reputation of 50 Tibetan title 51 Experimental composer Charles 52 Supports
53 Set ___
55 Common place to see Santa
57 Fade away 58 Public health org.