NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
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1 Temper, in a way 8 Experiment subjects 15 Passed on 16 Founding member of the Justice League 17 Boiling point? 18 Rap group with six Grammys 19 Nail 20 Rustic expanse 21 Who’s first? 22 “Your call” 24 Predominant language in Darjeeling 25 Places where drivers get tickets 29 Term of endearment 30 Recharge, perhaps 31 Pounded paste 32 Pollen repositories 36 Fruitarianism and others 41 What happens after a zany plot twist 44 Appeared 45 Toughens 47 “Madonna of the Pinks” artist 49 Constrictive creature 50 He wrote “All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream” 51 Parent’s peremptory “reason” 52 Combo component 54 Least giving 55 Straightaway 56 “Borat” and others 57 Contemporaries of the Pharisees and Sadducees
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1 City that’s home to the Mausoleum of Aga Khan 2 Bit of winter knitwear 3 Online reference 4 The American Messenger Co., today 5 Oafish 6 Passed on, in a way 7 13th-century literary work 8 Borderer of the Mekong 9 “Summa Theologica” philosopher 10 Usual suspect? 11 What pros usually do 12 “It all gets done somehow” 13 Moves two pieces at once, in a way 14 Interweave 23 Slip 26 Try to bite 27 Small perk 28 Expedition hiree 32 Muslim magistrates 33 Low-cost carrier based in Kuala Lumpur 34 Low-budget pictures? 35 Dish often served with soy sauce 36 Soft touch 37 Arch supports 38 Willing subjects 39 Calendar abbr.
40 Enters gradually 42 Anthology
43 She accompanied Ferris on his day off
46 “The Battle of the ___” (D.W. Griffith film)
48 A ton
49 Term of endearment 53 Jubilant cry