The New York Times Crossword
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Article of
1 attire akin to a tarboosh Facetious
4 response to “How’d you know that?”
One might be
7 forever
Union deserters 12
Choice for those 14 eager to retire and travel?
___ Plus
16
(brand with a “Lubrastrip”) Brownish-orange 17 shade
Big brass
18
Reliable
20
Baglike structure 21
Spacewalk,
22 e.g., in NASA shorthand
Insect repellent 23 ingredient
Twitter : retweet 24
:: Facebook :
___
26 notification, maybe
Go (for)
27
Hot dogs do this 30
Bar exam?
31
Early
33 trans-Atlantic voyager
Creature in
34
Liberty Mutual ads
Build
35
Small bit of floor 36 décor
Material
38 harvested for its hydrophobic properties
Basic cleaner
39
Actor who
40 voiced the title character in 2018’s “Sherlock Gnomes”
Like some
41 toothpastes Choice for a
42 cinematographer Swab
43
Exec with a
44 noted mansion “The weapon of 46 the powerless against the powerful,” according to Molly Ivins “100%
49 happening!” State in which 51 you might get a tax deduction One with briefs, 53 briefly
Defcon 1
54 mentality
Lisa with the
55
1994 hit “Stay” Fuji, e.g.
56
___ Lovett of
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“Sweeney Todd” Snoop
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Achievements
1
Really, really hot 2
“100% not
3 happening!”
First name on
4 the Supreme Court
Desertlike
5
/, maybe
6
Something you
7 can’t get in a restaurant
Food for a grizzly 8 bear
Doesn’t hesitate 9
Apt name for a 10 yoga instructor? Talk up?
11
Uncle ___
13
Hot spot
14
George
15
Washington signed America’s first one in 1790 TV roommates 19 for 50+ years Fix, as in beta
23
Penny-___
25
Recapitulate
26
Excessive
27
Unlikely
28 member of the “clean-plate club”
Bit of ink
29
Some guest
31 roles on cop shows
Pressing need 32
Bud
33
Convictions
37
Le ___
41
(newspaper)
Von Trapp
42 daughter who sings “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” Indicative and 43
subjunctive, e.g.
Spacecraft
45 activity
Org. concerned 46 with lab safety? 50+ group
47
Word with round 48 or road
Symbol of
49 opportunity Indian lentil dish 50
What you
52 might say after reading a tricky crossword clue