NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

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1 Hangs onto something 9 Establishing 15 Bad record 16 “Hello-o-o-o!” 17 Jalapeño, after smoking 18 Like Art Nouveau 19 Aesop’s “The ___ and the Grasshopper” 20 Upper-crust sorts, stereotypically 22 Utterly, in modern slang 23 Elect 24 Starbucks competitor 26 Soccer superstar Lionel 29 ___-chic 30 They’re loaded with cash 33 Currently 36 “I’m in awe” 37 Fruity liqueur 38 “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” co-star 40 Ending with many fruit names 41 Fried chicken option 43 Openly lament 45 Composition of Indonésie 46 ☥ ☥ ☥ ☥ 47 “Sweet” locale in T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” 49 Pro caregivers, for short 50 Led a parade, musically 52 Title character not requiring an actor 54 Start of many Southwest place names 57 Wayne of soccer fame 59 2016 prequel that earned more than a billion dollars at the box office 61 Lawrence of Arabia portrayer 62 Classic book that begins “At the far end of town where the Grickle-grass grows ...” 63 Show that won the Outstanding Drama Emmy for each of its first four seasons 64 Worshiper with an inverted pentagram, maybe

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1 Sight on an Alaskan cruise 2 German route 3 Small peninsula 4 Rafael Nadal’s home, in Olympics shorthand 5 Exhibition highlight 6 Adjust to, as on a thermostat 7 Some bottom-dwellers 8 Part of a blended family 9 Invitation qualification 10 Major vessel 11 Cousin of “Gosh darn it!” 12 “Forgive the question ...” 13 C or D 14 Splits 21 Outlines 23 Agcy. headed by a deputy asst. secretary of labor 25 Like Bugles snacks 26 Colorful parrot 27 Piece played in a conservatory 28 Cart fare 29 Pirated, in a way 31 Transform 32 Rebellion leader of 1786 34 “Haste makes waste,” e.g. 35 One with hairy legs 39 Reasons to say “I’m sorry” 42 Many honeymoon locales 44 Whiz 48 “Send My Love” singer, 2016 49 19th-century author whose works are still read word for word 50 Email line 51 “Not one ___!” 53 Site of the 2022 World Cup 54 Rick’s wife on “The Walking Dead” 55 Santa ___ (some winds) 56 Barely communicate? 58 Thirst 60 Forever, seemingly