NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Bitter end? 5 Many a line from Benjamin Franklin 10 Fool, in British slang 14 Numerical prefix 15 First name in rap history 16 Look (for), as a compliment 17 Question after “Hey!” 20 Bathroom or beach supply 21 Eye intently 22 “Awake in the Dark” author 23 Mic holders 26 Soccer superstar Lionel 27 Gutenberg’s Bible, e.g. 28 Workers, dismissively 30 Jean who wrote “Wide Sargasso Sea” 31 [Don’t you think you’re milking it a bit too much?] 32 Enid who wrote “National Velvet” 34 ___ milk 35 Checker of someone’s vitals 36 2008 presidential campaign topic 37 Name associated with chicken 38 Unwavering 39 Takes off 40 Focus of Boyle’s law 41 Relative of philia and agape, to the Greeks 43 Fortune 500 company whose products have a trademarked green-and-yellow color scheme 44 Capital of South Sudan 45 Hertfordshire neighbor 47 Provider of a traveler’s check, for short 48 Like 49 Item suggested visually by the black squares in this puzzle’s grid 52 Like many an ESPN Deportes watcher 55 Full-bodied 59 Redress 60 Reduplicative dance name 61 Impressively tough, slangily 62 Marched
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1 “Hmm …” 2 Millennials, in relation to their parents 3 “Hope” and “Friendship,” for two 4 HBO’s “Veep,” e.g. 5 Envelope abbr. 6 “OB-viously!” 7 Parrot 8 Go on and on 9 Vaper’s device 10 Big name in pharmaceuticals 11 Not be in the driver’s seat 12 Simple 13 “In other words …” 18 Juicer 19 Group of whales 23 Heavy metal band with the doubleplatinum album “Countdown to Extinction” 24 Victory 25 Seafood known for its sweet taste and delicate texture 28 Peeled 29 Group running together 32 Tender 33 Many profs 42 ___ Kyle, Catwoman’s alter ego 44 Go on and on 46 Places for pedestrians to be alert, informally 48 Drink with a straw 50 Sez 51 Some wares in a china shop 52 The International Space Station, e.g. 53 DuVernay who directed “A Wrinkle in Time” 54 ___ Baker (British clothing retailer) 56 Italian cardinal 57 Bummed 58 ___ time