NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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1 ___ Nast, publisher of Vogue 6 Baby 11 Voodoo doll

action 14 “Robin ___” ( old

Irish ballad) 15 Bittersweet

spread 17 Company concerned with net profits? 19 Big name in

pop 20 Passover month 21 Current

positions? 22 Scandalous ’ 80s

initials 23 Old- fashioned

verb suffix 24 “Isn’t ___ bit like you and me?” ( Beatles lyric) 26 Black Friday

scene 28 Back on the

plane? 31 Server of pink champagne on ice, in song 37 Is perfectly

punctual 38 Spoke

forthrightly 39 Workshop 40 French

seasoning 41 Pre- A. D. 42 Incline press

target, briefly 43 “___ Ho” (“Slumdog Millionaire” song) 45 Like Beethoven’s

Symphony No. 7 47 Drowned valley,

maybe 50 Full of moxie 52 Sponges 55 Was vindicated 57 Pasta strip 58 Cross swords 59 Baby 60 Flower known to attract butterflies 61 Victimizes, with

“on”

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1 Maine’s ___ Bay 2 Classic theater

name 3 Crack

investigators? 4 Agent’s handful,

say 5 Ivanka’s

younger brother 6 Silvery fish 7 Like some bulls 8 Crash- prone

“Catch- 22” pilot 9 “It’s showtime!” 10 “Rent”

showstopper 11 Was involved

with 12 Setting for paintings by Tintoretto and Hieronymus Bosch 13 Gen ___ 16 Manifest, e. g. 18 Fine and dandy 24 1937 Shirley

Temple title role 25 “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” hitmaker of 1976 26 Postprandial

handouts 27 Olden 29 Apple on an

iPod, maybe 30 Four- bagger 31 Doesn’t proceed 32 “Laborare est ___” ( Masonic motto) 33 One calling the

shots on court? 34 In concert 35 Word before

ball or shot 36 Collector’s item 44 Memo abbr. 45 ___ Balbo, righthand man to Mussolini 46 “___ Please, We’re British” ( 1971 stage farce) 47 Compact item 48 He can help

after a crash 49 Grate

expectations? 50 Bunker Hill

general 51 Michelle of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” 53 Quickly put

( together) 54 Henry VIII’s

sixth 55 Fell 56 Bad cholesterol

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