NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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1 Handle things 5 T ry out 9 Additional 14 With nobody playing, say 16 Retro stereo component 17 Life preserver? 18 Katherine of NBC’s “State of Affairs” 19 Ob serves closely 20 Girl adopted by Silas Marner 21 Anxious 22 Anti-___ League (Progressive Era organization) 24 Blade brand 26 On the program 28 F eels deep sympathy 32 Sit e of Oscar Wilde’s trials 34 By and by 35 Sound effects pioneer Jack 36 Mandatory courses 37 Eponym of Bible history 39 Ehrich ___ a.k.a. Harry Houdini 40 W as unconsciously disturbing? 41 “I, Claudius” figure 43 Blather s 45 Component of some biodiesels 50 Ones coming ashore 51 Put away for someone 53 D rafted 54 O ne with changing needs 55 It may be off the charts 56 Like some physicians 57 F uses 58 Person offering you a fortune 59 Command that a dog shouldn’t follow

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1 S ection of a botanical garden 2 S chool zone? 3 Top of the winter 4 S words, in Sèvres 5 PC-linking program 6 It’ s hard to find in a crowd 7 8:00-9:00 on TV, e.g. 8 Proverbial certainty 9 Shakespeare character who coins the term “primrose path” 10 W inner of back-to-back Best Rock Instrumental Grammys in 1980 and 1981 11 The ordinary folk 12“Scientists dream about doing great things. ___ do them”: James A. Michener 13 Capacity 15 Gigli and pici, for two 23 “D ear ___” (1960s-’70s radio program) 25 L ongtime “Voice of the New York Yankees” 27 Ea ster stock 28 Do es some grilling 29 Q uarters’ quarters? 30 Gr oup that almost can’t fail? 31 A dded to a plant 33 T reat with violent disrespect 35 Bec ome dull 38 Liv es the high life 39 Go downhill 42 Chic ago Sun-Times columnist Richard 44 Sof t options? 46 Br ainy high school clique 47 Cosmic path 48 F ormer Trump Organization member 49 Lik e Ziegfeld girls 50 Thick of things, in a manner of speaking 52 Kid Cudi’s “Day ’n’ ___”