The New York Times Crossword
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One who’s left holding the bag?
Dessert with layers
Like roughly one-eighth of the U.S. population
The Haitian Revolution and the Aponte Conspiracy of 1812, e.g. Took a hit
Where to make one’s voice heard, with “the” Contemporary artist Carrie ___ Weems
Fleece “wearer”
Esther of “Good Times” A word before we forget? Detective story?
James Clavell best seller “___-Pan”
Tabbies, e.g.
Post-op persona, perhaps
Sort who might be testing the waters
Place
Rock band with the
2023 album “This Stupid World”
Org. associated with interceptions
Butts (in)
Wordle and others Basketball legend Thomas
French word in vineyards Lug
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Music score abbr.
Word on either side of “to”
Key to understanding ancient history?
What you might use to play music on a beach Having down pat Remittance recipients
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___ system
Like water in a stream Rapper Aubrey
Graham, who’s known professionally by his middle name
Great fall
Like some drinks and injuries
Hammer home?
Be ripe
Bit of fish food
Things typically copiedand-pasted — rather than typed manually — in messages
Find ___ (Nintendo minigame)
Christmas carol title starter
Grams
Map of Hawaii, often Modern coinage for someone turned successful through their celebrity parents Republicans in the 1850s,
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typically
Hot bed?
Feudal superiors
Sherpas, e.g.
Gives, but not for good Make ___ of
Inits. before Queen Elizabeth
Bit of farm food
Suffix with press Stand-up comedians, typically
Good thing to have on the record
Umami enhancer
W.W. II combat inits. Verbally lose it, with
“out”
Kind of rescue search Certain religious ruling Honeydew producer Inventor of the steel plow “This is dear mercy, and thou ___ it not”: “Romeo and Juliet”
Fail under pressure Woman’s name with an accent on its fourth letter See 57-Down
Relative of a filly
In the Red, say
“___ alert”
Title in D.C.: Abbr.
With 50-Down, many people making downloads