NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Presses (down)
6 Org. for the Houston Dynamo and Austin F.C.
9 Along for the ride, say
14 “Yeah, lunch now works for me”
16 Taurasi who leads the W.N.B.A. in career scoring
17 Showing promise
18 Tag
19 What you’d love to own and drive
20 Acknowledgment with a shrug
21 “This ___ here!”
22 Partner of day 24 2014 Television Hall of Fame inductee
25 Spirals out over the winter holidays?
29 Endorsement, for short
31 Gymnast Mary ___ Retton
32 Its members were collectively awarded Time magazine’s 2017 Person of the Year
35 Unearned advantage based on sex
36 Hit HBO series based on a Liane Moriarty novel
37 What “minuscule” is often misspelled with
38 Stub hub?
39 Prep class subject, for short
40 Costa ___
42 Activity common in nightclubs, in brief
44 Italian for “so”
48 Tab on a Google search
50 Band together against
54 Lite
55 Question that’s rarely a sign of good news
56 Buncha
57 Get overly personal, perhaps
58 Environmentalist Adams
59 They’re good to know
60 Compound with a fruity smell
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1 Key symbol near “!”
2 Tough nut to crack
3 Sang part of “Old MacDonald”
4 Beadlike bit on a surfer’s necklace
5 Improbable
6 Ginormous
7 ___ Bassi, first woman to earn a doctorate in science (University of Bologna, 1732)
8 Garage brand 9 Like some threats
10 “Slow Hands” singer ___ Horan
11 Four on the floor?
12 Like tutoring, typically
13 Peaceful protest
15 Party org.
20 Pests for a grain farmer
23 Be sycophantic
26 Had quite a trip?
27 Styles associated with the Beatles
28 Taken care of, with “out”
30 ___ Cruz, socalled “Queen of Salsa”
32 Hat tricks are seen in them
33 “Thanks a ___!”
34 Parts of many romcoms
35 Quick postwedding getaway
36 World’s largest pasta producer
41 Fire ___ (gemstone)
43 “Wasn’t the first time enough?!”
45 Genre for Bridget Riley’s “Shadow Play”
46 Crack
47 Aide for a cartoonist
49 It doesn’t offer flights on Saturday mornings
51 Workers you wouldn’t want to see in the office?
52 Group cofounded by Eazy-E
53 Splicing target
55 X