NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 What a left arrow might mean
5 Setting for much of “A Farewell to Arms” 10 Convalescent’s need, for short 13 Where Ulysses encountered the Cyclops 14 Saw
15 Blacken
16 With 1 Across, warning at sea 18 Accrue in large amounts, with “in” 19 “Aww”-inspiring one
20 Small batteries 21 Feature of the Devil
23 Capital city with three consecutive vowels
25 “Bad Guy” singer Billie 26 With 1 Down, like a free-forall fight 30 Dostoyevsky novel, with “The”
33 Air alternative 34 Org. opposed by Moms Demand Action 35 Dings 36 Otoscope-using M.D.
37 Scales on a pangolin, e.g. 39 Farm delivery letters
40 Hero feature, often
41 They’re attached to many houses 42 With 1 Across, charity event involving a coast-to-coast human chain 46 Besmirches 47 Cheese often mixed with Monterey Jack 50 It’s funky
51 Death Valley’s is -282.2 ft.
53 Glass part 55 “Houston, ___ had a problem” (message misquoted in “Apollo 13”) 56 With 1 Down, dessert sometimes made with pineapple 59 Father of Phobos and Deimos
60 Tennis star Osaka
61 Hula accompaniers, informally
62 Web portal with a butterfly logo 63 Three-time Emmy winner Cicely
64 ___ Myerson, only Jewish woman crowned Miss America
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4 ___ Chow, author of 2021’s “Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir” 5 Hawaiian “thanks”
6 “You have no ___”
7 Places to find dishes of different cultures
8 Fifth word of “American Pie” 9 Zooey Deschanel sitcom
10 “I take the blame”
11 Great place to visit near Michigan? 12 Largest First Nations group 15 “Brooklyn Ninenine” actor Robinson
17 Baits, in a way 22 Greeting in Portuguese 24 “Enough already!”
25 One behind The Times
27 Some Sephora purchases
28 West of Malibu 29 Ones on the briny
30 The “i” in p.s.i. 31 Worst-case scenarios 32 Words from the “speechless”
37 Nook
38 Yemeni money 40 Much of “The Fugitive”
43 Some Nordics 44 [not a typo] 45 Stuck until a thaw
48 Mini freezer? 49 “Oh no!”
50 Made a bank getaway? 51 Those, in Spanish
52 Stretch for the stars?
54 Tinker (with) 57 Word before “a fine” or “a visit” 58 Ursa minor?