NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Quartet that reunited in 2022 to “perform” as holograms 5 Hell’s Half ___ (Wyoming landmark) 9 Chromosomes come in them 14 Croc, for one
15 Big name in bubbly 16 Condition linked with grinding teeth
17 District on the western coast of Hawaii
18 Craisin brand
20 Female scholars 22 Lead-in to zone 23 Smallish batteries 24 Author Patchett 27 Components of Mars’s Viking and Pathfinder 30 Intrinsic makeup
33 Fabric whose name is French for “cloth” 35 Hirsute cousin of old TV
36 Gooey addition to a charcuterie board
37 Where turn signals are found 41 Delicacies for which Aveiro, Portugal, is known
42 “Surely you don’t mean me!?” 43 Speechless expression 44 Showstoppers?
45 Bach composition 48 Scratch, say 49 It might be cocked or bent 50 N.B.A.’S Westbrook, to fans
52 Grammy winners for “Jump (for My Love)” (1984) 59 “Apologies for bothering you …” 60 Massage deeply 62 Mosquito, by nature
63 Chip in
64 Ski lift
65 Dutch settlers of South Africa 66 & 67 One of two pen names punnily hinted at by 20-, 37and 52-Across (can you find the other one?)
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1 “Oh, no!”
2 Explode
3 Pro ___
4 Best effort
5 Egyptian sun god
6 Result of some spinning 7 Danger for a mariner 8 Abbreviated abbreviation 9 They might be served carbonara or puttanesca 10 Datebook data: Abbr.
11 About, on a memo
12 Vanguard’s opposite 13 “Survey ___ …” (“Family Feud” catchphrase) 19 Almost adjoining
21 Swiss mathematician who introduced functional notation
24 Totally confused 25 Prominent 26 Physicist Bohr 28 You can count on it 29 Abbreviated abbreviation 30 Amateur pediatrician, informally 31 Strong, silent type?
32 Norse pantheon 34 Paul for whom a guitar is named 36 Backside 38 Turkish inn 39 Prefix with apology or denial
40 “He is richest who is content with the ___”: Socrates 45 Supplies, as a soiree
46 Stiff bristle, botanically 47 Elephant or warthog, e.g.
49 Put in
51 Company with Counting Sheep commercials 52 Last name in soft drinks
53 Reds state
54 “Not hungry yet, but thanks anyway”
55 Word with “Revolutionary” or “Tobacco,” in book titles 56 In one’s right mind
57 ___ Stark, Lord Eddard’s eldest on “Game of Thrones”
58 Unit of meat or marble
61 Fish hatchlings