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The New York Times Crossword

- ACROSSPORT­MANFAUX / By Byron Walden and Joel Fagliano / Edited by Will Shortz

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81 82 83 Era of ignorance Elevators in an office building? Houston squad, casually Eaglelike Mississipp­i River bottom feeder “Wouldn’t that be nice!” Satchel for a homicide detective? Joe of “GoodFellas” Something found at the top of many a Google search page Manufactur­ed Baking soda has many of these Tush

Danny Ocean’s ex-wife in “Ocean’s Eleven” Unseasonal wear on a winter vacation?

Map Parisian waters Jewish mourning period

Zoom, e.g. Baseball stats sometimes called 39-Down

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Swiss canton that was home to William Tell Variety of stud poker, familiarly Berry with two diacritics in its name

“Get ____!” Late-morning meal for a TV family? Dorm overseers, for short Sports event with two diacritics in its name

Cry after “Company” Who wrote,

“In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king” One way to buy mustard cheaply? Like the number i, mathematic­ally Burns writing Strong bond

A pillar of Islam Emails such as “Click this link to become an Apollo astronaut”?

Erie Canal city ____ Spiegel, co-founder of Snapchat “Darling, won’t you ____ my worried mind” (“Layla” lyric) Peter’s chief of staff on “The Good Wife” Down-on-their-luck sorts 84

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See to it When a happy hour might start Haven Seizure cause

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Div. for the Red 106-Down Secures with a band

SASE, e.g.: abbr. They require stitches

What the rotator cuff rotates School extension? Neutral shades Word from the Latin for “noose”

One caught by a 12-Down Nurse Can-can dancing? Formula for slope in math

Costa Rican president who won the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize Stuffed ____ Clay and oil, for artists

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65 66 67 Delmonico steak cuts Document listing technical specificat­ions TV network with a science-y name Prefix with puncture More sensible One is roughly the mass of a speck of dust Festoons with Charmin, for short Charged up Laura of

“Big Little Lies” Confucian philosophe­r ____ Hsi Really trendy

Hit just beyond the infield Hightail it, saltily Ocean froth “The Simpsons” bar Asian fruits used in Western alternativ­e medicine Norwegian king near the end of the first millennium Non-____ (food label) Western powwow held every year or so 70 72 73 74 75

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“Fancy that!” People like you Orfeo in Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice,” e.g. Not catch Crescent-shaped Italian pastries Piedmont wine town Alternativ­es to gelcaps Semiliquid stuff Neural junction So-so filler? Lunkheads Holiday glitter Flora and fauna Plaster for painting Animal used to guard sheep and goats Spanish crockery Munchkin “____-Tikki-Tavi” Misreckons

“It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is ____”: Churchill

See 5-Down Numerical prefix Much Top 40 music now

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