The New York Times Crossword
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1 Maternity option involving a pool 11 Imposture 15 “Not pulling my leg?” 16 Scour 17 Modern young person vis-à-vis video games and smartphones 18 Seton who wrote “Dragonwyck” 19 Egyptian pyramid, e.g. 20 To-dos 21 Gym count 22 Baldwin sometimes seen on stage 24 Trunk 26 Day of a hunt 29 Followers 32 Pliant 33 It might start as a shadow 34 Start of many a “Jeopardy!” response 35 Divine messenger 36 With 39-Across, 1970s-1980s fashion icon 37 Farm delivery 38 “That is ___” 39 See 36-Across 40 Author who wouldn’t let bygones be bygones? 41 Quartz, e.g. 43 Ingredient in V8 juice 44 Sci-fi star who hosted the documentary series “In Search of ...” 45 Something scratched 46 Blackbird 47 Washington State’s ___ Island ... or some things seen off its shore 50 Appropriates inappropriately? 54 University in Athens 55 Corn or rice 57 Dishevel 58 Shared delusion, from the French 59 Help badly 60 Good bet
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1 Biblical verb 2 With the bow, in music 3 Bring to ___ 4 Removers of some irritants 5 Tiny spoonful, of a sort 6 Hardly a swinger 7 Man’s name that comes from the Hebrew for “laughter” 8 Some throws 9 Peregrination 10 Part of some gender studies 11 Like Al Capone’s face 12 Fair pay 13 “Weekend Update” co-host for four seasons 14 Grads who’ve demonstrated firm knowledge? 23 One side of a ship 25 Hackneyed 26 ___ Canetti, 1981 literature Nobelist 27 Seattle, to Alaska 28 Classic poem with the lines “Did you want to see me broken? / Bowed head and lowered eyes?” 29 Soaring real estate? 30 Sleepers, e.g. 31 Pushover 33 Hit hard 36 Semis are found in them 37 Boulder locale 39 Prefix with -logical 40 Std. 42 “Start from the beginning” 43 Pamper 45 Bottom 46 Attraction in midtown NYC 48 Latitude 49 Pop, maybe 51 Sign with the times 52 Risqué 53 Risqué, say 56 Poofy bit of headgear