The New York Times
No. 0120
1 Gardener’s item that breaks down a lot
11 Any member of the order Chiroptera 14 Plant-based protein brand 15 Mélange 16 “America’s Got Talent” precursor 17 Top
18 Actress Blanchett 19 Subject for a museum curator 21 Photo finish? 22 “Goooooooool!,” e.g.
23 Not now! 24 Points the finger at 25 “Good goin’!” 28 Plans a getaway for, perhaps 31 Beverage with an oxymoronic name 33 Stentorian 34 Something that may be hard to drink?
35 ___ bag 36 Lacking bells and whistles
38 Like the smell of burned rubber 39 Got ready
40 “It’s a secret”
41 Signature items 42 Sweet ___ 43 Tried to take a seat? 46 Dead-tree edition 50 It’s on the house 51 Paul who was People’s 2021 Sexiest Man Alive
52 Bad drawing? 54 Brewery stock 55 “Frankly …” 56 “You got it” 57 Extra bits and pieces
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1 Fortune 100 company whose name is the last two syllables of the city near where it was founded 2 Readily available 3 Exams for some science majors 4 One might be cleansed with a strip
5 Rap pioneers, slangily 6 Colors outside the lines? 7 Visibly emotional
8 Line along the Embarcadero, in brief 9 Yearning
10 It’s not often seen on a diamond 11 Nonkosher Wendy’s offering 12 Initialism for a pleasant tingling on the scalp or back of the neck
13 “___ say …” 15 View with disdain 20 Jazz trumpeter Woody 22 Things that were once commonly stored in towers 24 “Well, maybe …”
25 Served as a wingman 26 Number of Reyes Magos, in Spanish tradition 27 Legendary creature 28 Montana neighbor: Abbr. 29 Onetime source of toothbrush bristles 30 Greek who originated the expression “Leave no stone unturned”
31 Like some hair 32 Like the hair of 1-2% of the world’s population 34 Is made up
37 Bowed 38 “That’s it!” 40 Be steamed 42 More golden, say 43 More golden, say 44 Nautical direction 45 Cousins of sirens 46 Put your hands together, perhaps 47 “I ___!” (shout of exultation) 48 See what’s in store? 49 Buckwheat noodle 50 ___ Marathon (annual mountain bike race that’s said to be “a volcanic challenge”) 53 Saturate
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