The New York Times Crossword

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One who’s left holding the bag? Dessert with layers

Like roughly oneeighth 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 48

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DOWN

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French word in vineyards

Lug

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 ___ 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 copied-andpasted — rather than typed manually — in messages

Find ___ (Nintendo minigame) Christmas carol title starter Grams

Map of Hawaii, often 15 16

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Modern coinage for someone turned successful through their celebrity parents Republicans in the 1850s, 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 WW II combat inits.

Verbally lose it, with “out” 41 44 47 48 50 52 53 54 56 57

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 50Down, many people making downloads

Answers to yesterday’s puzzle