The New York Times Crossword

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Actor Sean of 1 “Stranger Things” “Right on!” 6 Driver’s place 10 Ancient allegory 13 paralleled in the plot of “The Matrix” ___ Addams, first 15 American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize Tales of woe 16 Prod 17 Some short 18 releases, for short “Oh, gimme a 19 break!” Spots for fighter 21 jets, in brief Journalist who 22 wrote the 1990s-2000s comic strip “Capitol Hell” Ice cream 23 dessert One who’s taken 25 a vow Chafed, say 26 Gobble up 28 Locale near the 29 headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates, some believe Dating inits. 30 Unmotivated, 31 and then some Holy ___ 32 Sustenance 33 Cheyenne, e.g.: 35 Abbr. “That’s a ___” 36 Forces (upon) 38 Inebriate 39 “Young Man With 40 a Skull” painter Throws 41 heavenward Split 42 Really soak up 44 the sun Cassius Dio said 45 it went “from a kingdom of gold to one of rust and iron” Mac 47 Winter Olympics 50 feat Product of tissue 51 engineering, such as artificial skin Contemptible 53 sort “Come help me 54 with this” Contemptible 55 sort Doesn’t check, 56 say Big buttes 57

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Locale of the 1 Chair of Saint Peter in Saint Peter’s Basilica Unappetizing 2 bowlful Things often 3 seen in windows “___ magic!” 4 Statement of 5 inevitability The Taj Mahal 6 complex has 42 of them Eldest of the 7 Pleiades When a vesper 8 bell rings Beverage brand 9 portmanteau High on the job? 10 Pets that 11 commonly have different-colored eyes, such as one blue and one amber Existed 12 Like many minorkey 14 compositions Sharp increase 15 Hardly a test of 20 one’s memory “Mi ___” 21 (Spanish words of endearment) Portable lunch 23 options from Japan Dingy kitchen 24 items? Is lachrymose 25 Brings together 27 Brings down 28 Place of 32 drudgery Riddled 34 Marathon 37 runner’s wear Like bootleg 38 pants Eponymous 43 founder of a San Diego research institute Really stinks 44 Hindi for “king” 45 Amanda Gorman, 46 e.g. Diagonal kind of 47 cut It has coronoid 48 and styloid processes Spots for shams 49 When italicized, 52 word before something exemplary