The New York Times Crossword
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1 Rounds out, as an event Sound of a cake hitting the floor, frosting first
Gush (over), as to gain favor
Plant watcher, for short
Reluctant Designer Saab Wins the Hunger Games, e.g. Young newts Annual pageant winner
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Maker of Z-cars, once
Hoover rival Online handle
Like the “5” of “5 & 10”
Maine university town
Repellent spray Coleridge’s “The ___ Harp”
One requested by disgruntled customers: Abbr. Bard’s “before” See 30-Down Common street name in suburbia Fish with a long snout
Mexico has 31 of these
“The Sleep of Reason Produces
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Monsters” artist Go haywire
Have as a tenant One of the Eternals, in Marvel comics Insurance giant acquired by CVS in 2018
Followers of the largest denomination of Islam
Labor group for athletes
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Top-shelf Supersharp Actress Kunis of “Family Guy” “Thumbs up from me!”
Sea eagle
Rustic verse Steady looks
Wine category
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1 Classic pink cocktail
Up and about Terrible twos, e.g. Surrenders Ukrainian, for one Neighbor of a Ukrainian
Hideout Off-roaders, for short
Grp. established by 1992’s Maastricht Treaty 2 3 4 5 6
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Bottom ___
Car whose logo features a coiled green serpent With full knowledge Puccini aria popularized by Pavarotti
“Only joking!,” to a texter
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Result of a rift With 41-Across, a celestial event … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle
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What avocados don’t do until they’re picked Catastrophic weather event 35 36 38 41
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63 65 potentially caused by a meteor crash Spiderlike
“Yes, of course” Brief second? Bruins legend, to fans
Receives an anesthetic, perhaps
Open, as a tomb Button on a scale Herb unit
Un gato grande Incessantly
Much of Chile ___ land
Ansari of “Master of None”
Harness
You are, in Spanish
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