The New York Times Crossword
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1 Late Queen of Soul
Places for bears or villains
What a recipe may be written on Puts up
Veep under Nixon Formal defense Photo caption for the winning team’s M.V.P. being carried the field?
Get an F in physics?
Bert of “The Wizard of Oz” Powerful swell In the style of First-generation JapaneseAmerican Houdini feat Rey, to Luke, in “The Last Jedi” Place for a stud to go
What you’re effectively saying when you sign a waiver? Longtime athlete on the U.S. Davis Cup team
Line through one’s teeth? Torment
Full of subtlety Capital of Albania Atlas or Titan, for short
Street through the middle of town Energy secretary Chu under Obama
____ neutrality Actress Long Extended diatribe Moon race? Router attachments It’s just below 0: Abbr. Medieval poets Piece of writing that’s half in verse? Some paid rides, informally First leg of an itinerary 7 12
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1 Name of what was once the world’s secondlargest saltwater lake
Tabula ____ “Hematite, magnetite — take your pick”? Line that ended with Nicholas II “____ Grace” (title of address) “To quote myself …” 2 3
4 5 6 Avenging spirits Greek myth Bad thing to hit with a hammer “Casey at the Bat” poet Ernest Wee bit
“I’m f-f-freezing!” Coined money Aids for determining pregnancy, e.g. Pizazz Fellini’s “La Inducing forgetfulness Outlook alternative Dollar signs without the bars Word after who or how Dropping the baton in a relay race, e.g.?
Bit of ink Optimum Senator Feinstein Blues legend Waters
“____ complicated” Area near the shore Publicans’ servings
Area near the shore Warning not given on a golf course? Something on the rise today Actress Belafonte Start to inhabit Baja California city
“The Zoo Story” playwright Movie trailer, 7 8 9 10
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53 56 Los Angeles neighborhood next to Beverly Grove Wide-eyed Memo starter Half of a cartoon duo
Make official? Super Bowl III M.V.P.
Nail polish brand with the colors Teal the Cows Come Home and Berry Fairy Fun Talking-____ (reprimands) Big female role on HBO’s “Westworld” Two things you might find in Sherwood Forest?
As long as one can remember Work (up) “The Hallucinogenic Toreador” painter Apartment building V.I.P. Mentally sluggish Producer of “60 Minutes” Seniors’ big night out European stratovolcano Astronauts’ wear Young newts Came down Spike Human Rights Campaign inits. Minor altercation Soccer shot resulting from a corner kick, often
Lawn tools Like Tara, several times in “Gone With the Wind”? Singer DiFranco Multi-time music collaborator with Bowie
Some magazine perfume ads Conductor Country on the Arctic Circle: Abbr. 57 60
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113 114 116 117 “Yes for me” The Wildcats of the Big 12 Conf. Brit. legislators [Shrug] Forcibly oppose Following close behind Some celebrity charity events Shirking work, maybe, for short “The Hurt Locker” menace, briefly Scads of
Club known for 66-Down Enterprise starter Barely make (out) Two-masted vessel
Small stream Places for specific social classes to park?
“Any ____?” Heading in the right direction? Fastener with a flange
Bête noire Small bother Pageant whose 1986 runner-up was Halle Berry Procedural spinoff starring LL Cool J Antarctic penguin Person who’s hard to take
Most conservative Page of a movie script?
1994 tripartite treaty
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In those days Tommy of tennis Temporary cover Hopper Writer ____ Stanley Gardner Tiresias, in “Oedipus Rex” Some gametes Join Capitals’ org. Ruby of “A Raisin in the Sun” (legal