The New York Times Crossword

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26 29 34 35 36 38 39 41 ___ cheese (cheese that isn’t yours, in a classic joke)

Camera type, in brief

Chef Ming ___, whose last name is hidden in “condiments aisle” Was sore

Layer of paint Going ___ (squabbling) *What might be kneaded in the kitchen

Abstract artist Joan

Satirizes

In a spooky manner

Kentucky Derby and Indianapolis 500

A tough _ _ _ to swallow

Physicist Einstein Taken care of, on an invoice stamp Savings plan option, for short Poke fun at Lacking originality Many a Scott

Joplin tune

Pants holderupper

Flights of fancy Pioneer in digital recording

Certain knee tissue, for short Obtains 42

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61 62 63 64 1

2 3 5 6 8 9 ___ tag (game with target vests) “OTOH …”

Focus of many an engagement photo One-named “Queen of Tejano Music”

Death notice, in brief

Bone-in cut of lamb, e.g.

Los Estados

___ (the U.S., in Spanish) Performing a play, say

Grumpy mood *Person to keep an eye on for future success

Smooch

Word after tall or tell

Surrounded by Teensy

Foxy

Green pasta sauce

DOWN

Apt rhyme for “grabs”

Parcel of land Olympic figure skater Nathan Adjustable part of a car seat

“It’s likely that …” Check (out), like competition Singer Rawls or Reed

Craze

Ethnic group of Sri Lanka 10 11 12 18

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Classic Maya Angelou poem … or a hint to the answers to the starred clues and the circled letters, in two different ways Well-ventilated “Who am ___ judge?”

A truly unpleasant situation

Word before tape or after tear

Be a passenger Mattress coils Chance to hit, in baseball Bloodsucking parasite

*One being propelled by hot air

Prepares to shoot a target

Black bird 33

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Ancient Greek marketplace Slender

Do nothing during the course of, as a storm

“I’m listening”

Part of a crossword that gets filled in Protective cover for a camera Beach grit

Teensy

What catches more flies than vinegar, in a saying

Cup or pint

Places for peels or scrubs

Singer Tori

Proper fellow “Cogito, ___ sum” Hit the slopes Everyone or everything

Answers to Saturday’s puzzle