THE NEW YORK TIMES Crossword

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Unrepaired 1 Terse turndown 5 to an invitation “No ___” 11 Romance 14 novelist’s award One taking a 15 bow

One of the 16 pioneers of the internet Internet 17 marketing metric Smallest 19 possible band Commands 20 Monkey 21 Shows 23 friendliness, in a way Lead-in to 24 gender

One of the 25 film-directing Wachowskis

Word whispered 27 by the quiet old lady in “Goodnight Moon”

Like most 28 proverbs, in brief

An order might 29 be one

Bar 34 requirement Playwright who 35 wrote “We are all born mad. Some remain so”

Shade at the 36 beach Caper 37

___ classic 38 Sharp 39 1962 Stanley 40 Kubrick film Like some 46 winter windshields This might be 48 cast in a police drama

It self-replicates 49 Not stay on the 50 same page, say With 55-Across, 52 film comedy bomb of 1994 Brokerage giant 53 founded in 1991 Diner manager 54 in “Garfield” See 52-Across 55 Not just rank 56 It appears in 57 stacks

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About 5% of 1 the world’s population Finer cut, 2 usually Anxious 3 Something 4 the force is responsible for? Landscapers 5 may find them hard to handle Asylums 6

Big 7 manufacturer of bar code scanners “You really 8 have a warped mind!” Receive 9 surprising news Beehive State 10 city Prepared to 11 move to the sticks?

Bit of 12 unpleasantness ___ Worms 13 (1980s toys) “In a way” 18 Protest 22

Part of a place 24 setting

“___ news?” 26 Only musician 27 to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as both a vocalist and an instrumentalist Shown in more 29 than one place

Make match 30 “That’s my ___” 31 Arrives at in a 32 vehicle Artichoke 33 heart? Comfort Inn 34 competitor ___ fly 35 Scrim material 40 Pablo Neruda’s 41 “___ to Wine” Late civil rights 42 leader John

Prelim 43

“Ich liebe dich” 44 : German :: “___” : Spanish Time spent 45 close to home No goldbrick 47 Stay close to 48 shore, say Dance move 49 ___ Sherman 51 cigars