The New York Times crossword puzzle
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1 Pauses in discussion 4 “I Am ___,” best-selling autobiography of 2013 10 Foods that can help boost testosterone levels 14 Some discount offerings 16 Reserve group, in brief? 17 Moving film? 18 Words before and after “deal” 19 Enemy organization in Marvel Comics 20 Truck part 21 Azalée ou chrysanthème 22 Bug-eyed toon with a big red tongue 23 Part of an oil well, maybe 24 Add to the kitty 25 ___ Foundation (nonprofit with a history going back to 1984) 26 Locale for a pin 27 Military leader of old 28 Demand for honesty 30 Expression in an uncomfortable situation 31 “No need to elaborate” 32 ___-eyed (naïvely idealistic) 33 Default avatar on Twitter, once 34 It’s raised by the best 37 Browns, in a way 38 Sanskrit honorific 39 “Faster!” 40 Brought on board 41 Buddy 42 Sunk one’s teeth into? 43 “Why haven’t you …?” retort 44 Sign outside a hospital room, maybe 46 Alternative to a finger poke 47 What Kleenexes are created for 48 M.L.B. star Juan 49 “Oh, hallelujah!” 50 Garden activity
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1 Ultimate result 2 Literary character who “alone, in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil” 3 Louche 4 ___ Van Duyn, 1990s U.S. poet laureate 5 Comic strip cry 6 Plight of the 1? 7 Pro pitcher 8 Help for a case 9 Shakespeare’s “pretty worm of Nilus” 10 It’s not what it looks like 11 “It seems to me ...” 12 Straight up 13 Hold in contempt 15 Embroil 21 Something you hope to find while rock climbing 23 People born on the 4th of July, e.g. 24 Holy trinity? 26 King Arthur’s slayer 27 Barcelona or Belfast, to Boston 28 Provided with funds 29 Church inits. 30 One who’s always thinking ahead? 31 Not-verysatisfying explanation 34 Leave gracefully 35 Disinclined 36 It has a significant part in the Bible 37 Places for cabins 38 On a hard disk, say 39 What “#” means in chess notation 41 Prefix with -cratic 42 Noted virtual community 44 Drink that can be spiced … or spiked 45 German pronoun