The New York Times Crossword

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Many a rescue Bit of wisdom Playful sound while tapping someone’s nose Brainchild Buildup of tanks? Atmospheric glow Barrel of monkeys Symbol seen on more than 30% of the world’s flags Catalog Person you might see in August? Whac-A-_ _ _ Word after high or seven

Rice option With 50-Across, blue streak Shapes up Black, in verse Barrier in certain zoo enclosures Dora the Explorer’s cousin Bit of ink Leather band used to sharpen razors Landon who lost in a landslide to F.D.R.

Sch. with campuses in Amherst and Lowell

Eye affliction 47 50 52 54 55 57 63 64 68 69

70 71 4 5 6

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Voter on a failed 2014 independence referendum Ghost in the machine

See 28-Across Partner of dreams Life-or-death Blue-green shade Florida politico Demings “Toodles,” but more formally Rip

Knock me down with a feather Start of a fairy tale Actress Messing What the fourth little piggy had Batik worker Like many theater camp productions Shred the _ _ _ (skiing slang for conquering difficult terrain)

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Skirt covering the knees Noodles often served in broth Oversee, as a flock Adopts Insert a token, say Sight at Rocky Mountain National Park Excited 10 11 12

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27 28 30 31

Accumulated, as charges

Goes by foot, informally Rice option Unobtainable

_ _ _ motor skills (baby’s development) Trim

C.T.O. or C.F.O. Paper pushers? They can be parting Captained Sting operation, e.g.

“A Promised Land” author, 2020

“No way!” “Mostly harmless” place, per “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” 34 37 41

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Home with a dome

Giant head? Messed (with) Spa treatment, informally Burn like embers Chump Playoff ranking One side of the Hoover Dam Get, as a quick lunch

More even-keeled Walked (on) Tiny, informally Orientation inits. It makes up about a third of our planet’s mass

_ _ _ Mode,

“no capes” advocate in “The Incredibles” Operator

B&O and others “Huzzah!”

Answers to yesterday’s puzzle