NEW YORK TIMES
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1 “Are we clear?” 12 E.R. figures 15 Eager to a fault 16 Sound of alarm 17 Joseph, to the Catholic Church 18 “Transformers” technology, for short 19 Roth of cinematic gore 20 Father of the Amazons, in myth 21 Total taken in? 23 Peaceful scene 24 Mindless followers, in slang 25 Event for an enumerator 28 Hand-held game devices 29 Trinity test subject, informally 30 Lessen 31 Family of computer games 32 Quipster’s delivery 33 [Mwah!] 36 Major suit 37 They, in Portugal 39 Tax ___ 40 N.C.A.A. hoops powerhouse 42 Running numbers? 44 Lowly workers 45 Southern corn bread 46 Like Easter eggs 47 Castigate 48 Partner for life 49 Religious trip 52 Solo flying? 53 Military assistants 56 Dungeons & Dragons baddie 57 Help some for affordable ordering furnishings 58 With 54-Down, river of the Carolinas 59 Base of some aquaculture farms
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1 Really cool 2 You might make one in your lap 3 Fabulous creature 4 “Catch-22” pilot 5 Emmy-winning “Orange Is the New Black” actress 6 Eight English kings 7 Prop at a sales meeting 8 “Ah well, we tried” 9 Père d’une princesse 10 Urge to raid the fridge, with “the” 11 Think a lot of 12 “Transformers” antagonist 13 Wining and dining 14 Higher education? 22 Some antique buses 23 Real close? 24 Protest action 25 Seller of lenses 26 Viral fear of the 2010s 27 “Dream on!” 28 Paths left by storms 30 Grease 34 Catchy 1952 slogan 35 They never fail 38 Mennonites, e.g. 41 Chew on this 43 Believers in world spiritual unity 44 Time to work out 46 Ball club? 48 Clue for a detective 49 Robust 50 Mythical shooter 51 Some PC image files 54 See 58-Across 55 Hipster