new york times crossword
ACROSS 1 Old-fashioned group of people
9 You may train to get in it 14 Another moniker for the Empire City of the South 15 Having an uninterrupted series of steps 16 Chosen 17 Kite grippers 18 Peso : Cuba :: ___ : Korea 19 Être, across the Pyrenees 20 Predecessors of Transformers 21 Yearbook sect. 22 Scratch 24 Lose sleep (over) 26 Like the characters on “Lost” 28 Kitchen gadget brand 29 Couple seen on Raisin Bran boxes 32 Bullish figure? 34 New Age keyboardist 35 Third character to appear in “Macbeth” 36 Painted Desert sights 37 New Age composer 39 It may be made into spears
40 Job for an investment bank, for short 41 Some modern discounts 43 “State Fair” director Walter 45 Fifth-century scourge 46 Tailward 49 Ridge 51 81-card game 52 Vamp’s wear 53 It points sharply down
54 The American Film Institute named its soundtrack the greatest film score of all time 56 United 57 Bob’s relative 58 Wikipedia’s globe and such 59 Alternative to a 9-to-5 work schedule
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1 Warms 2 “Your” follower 3 Some prep school wear 4 Subject of the 2004 autobiography “The Soul of a Butterfly” 5 One use for hair clippers, in modern lingo
6 How many Oscar acceptance speeches are delivered 7 Buffet burner 8 Fooled 9 Part of a natural repair process 10 Some lunar effects 11 No small favor 12 Potentially attracted to anyone 13 Workup sites, briefly 15 Like some kisses 20 One who might say “You wish!” 23 Appear in print 25 Poorer 26 U.S. poet laureate ___ Van Duyn 27 Whipper snapper? 29 Rebellious “Downton Abbey” daughter 30 Italian hors d’oeuvre 31 What Homer used to propose to Marge 33 People on the case, for short 35 Benjamin 38 Like an amnesiac’s memories 39 Medieval weapon 42 Ovary’s place, botanically 44 Insurance mascot with an accent 46 Early counters 47 Comments section, often 48 “The enemy of creativeness,” per Picasso 50 Sierra Nevadas and others 53 Poorly 54 Cover letters for certain applications? 55 Like some kisses