NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 ___ Nast, publisher of Vogue 6 Bab y 11 V oodoo doll action 14 “R obin ___” (old Irish ballad) 15 Bitt ersweet spread 17 C ompany concerned with net profits? 19 Big name in pop 20 P assover month 21 Curr ent positions? 22 S candalous
’80s initials 23 Oldfashioned verb suffix 24 “Isn’ t ___ bit like you and me?” (Beatles lyric) 26 Black Friday scene 28 Back on the plane? 31 Server of pink champagne on ice, in song 37 Is perfectly punctual 38 Spok e
forthrightly 39 W orkshop 40 F rench seasoning 41 P re-A.D. 42 Incline press target, briefly 43 “___ Ho” (“Slumdog Millionaire” song) 45 Lik e Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 47 D rowned valley, maybe 50 Full of moxie 52 Spong es 55 W as vindicated 57 P asta strip 58 Cr oss swords 59 Bab y 60 Flo wer known to attract butterflies 61 V ictimizes, with “on”
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1 Maine’ s ___ Bay 2 Clas sic theater name 3 Cr ack investigators? 4 Ag ent’s handful, say 5 Iv anka’s younger brother 6 Silv ery fish 7 Lik e some
bulls 8 Cr ash-prone “Catch-22” pilot 9 “It’ s showtime!” 10 “R ent” showstopper 11 W as involved with 12 S etting for paintings by Tintoretto and Hieronymus Bosch 13 Gen ___ 16 Manif est,
e.g. 18 Fine and dandy 24 19 37 Shirley Temple title role 25 “F ooled Around and Fell in Love” hitmaker of 1976 26 P ostprandial handouts 27 Olden 29 Apple on an iPod, maybe 30 F our-bagger 31 Doesn’ t proceed 32 “Labor are est ___” (Masonic motto) 33 O ne calling the shots on court? 34 In concert 35 Wo rd before ball or shot 36 C ollector’s item 44 Memo abbr. 45 ___ Balbo, right-hand man to Mussolini 46 “___ Please, We’re British” (1971 stage farce) 47 C ompact item 48 He can help after a crash 49 Gr ate expectations? 50 Bunk er Hill general 51 Michelle of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” 53 Q uickly put (together) 54 Henry VIII’s sixth 55 F ell 56 Bad cholesterol letters