The new york times crossword

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1 The class of ’26

in ’24, say

6 Its approval is often sought, in brief

9 Sit on the

throne 14 Evidence that one is going into labor? 16 Result 17 Unlikely patron of a vegan restaurant 18 High-level

advisers 19 Make do 20 Unfold, as a

series of events 22 Beside 25 Sudden

contraction 26 ___ Gorbachev, former Soviet first lady 29 Toddler on

“Family Guy” 33 Astonishes 37 Clearing, as

device storage 38 Fish in a dragon

roll

39 Tanner’s

applications 42 Org. in the Oscar-winning documentary “Citizenfour” 43 Armada ship 45 Unscripted

comedy 47 French region known for its rieslings 50 1978 Nobel Peace Prize recipient 51 Deserved

comeuppance 54 Enterprise Holdings holding 57 Science fiction concept depicted three times in this puzzle 62 “Yo”

63 Big name in digital documents 64 War of words,

in a sense 67 Opportunity on

Mars, e.g.

68 Is yet to come 69 Zippers on a

snowy day 70 Bartender’s serving, perhaps 71 Orchestra

section

Word of distinction on a diploma

7’1” fourtime N.B.A. champion Cylinders like the 20,000+ housed in London’s Musical Museum

4 Not chilly, like

chili

5 Forte and Strong once worked on it, for short

6 Bean in Egyptian cuisine 7 Bottom-of-thebarrel material 8 One who sells space or time, informally 9 Find another

person to play 10 Chemical kickstarters

11 Aoki of golf 12 Wise guy 13 What Tupperware containers do, helpfully 15 Admit (to) 21 Sixth notes? 23 Scot’s refusal 24 ___ Scouts 27 ___ Paulo 28 Opera piece

1 2 3

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Jeffrey Martinovic and Jeff Chen

30 One getting into

a cab, perhaps 31 “Not ___ many

words” 32 Jennifer who wrote “A Visit From the Goon Squad” 33 Gaming company with the Yakuza franchise 34 Recover

35 ___ Seok-jin of

K-pop’s BTS 36 Soaks (up) 40 Org. sued by the State of New York in 2020 41 Club mixer 44 Salt flat,

once 46 ___-de-Marne (French department)

48 Indulges, with

“to”

49 Stray

52 Actress

Sokoloff of

“The Practice” 53 Be of use 55 Disney title role

for Liu Yifei 56 Takes in the

paper? 57 Besmirches 58 More than a

favorite 59 “Don’t just sit

there!”

60 Bit of sporting gear with a bell guard

61 Scale abbr. 65 “I’m in heaven!”

sound

66 E’en if