The New York Times Crossword
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Deciding contest Musical whose preshow warning about cellphone use says that knights “may drag you onstage and impale you”
God on a mission?
Cry after a windfall What might keep you on pins and needles? Bit of gear for gliding Personal struggles personified
___ Carter, mostrecorded jazz bassist in history
Critics’ picks, informally
Eldest daughter of Oceanus and mother of Nike
Source of milk for Manchego cheese Comme ci, comme ça European airline that was nationalized from 1944 to 2001
Boston Harbor detritus, once Cartoonist Groening Hands and feet Trancelike state during a monotonous drive Northern hemisphere? Antivenoms, e.g. World’s rarest goose Symbol found in Pac-man and on slot
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machines
Going ___
Rode the bench
First, and so far only, chimpanzee to orbit Earth
Its tributaries have colorful names
Cry from Homer “I want to, but really I shouldn’t ...”
[Violin emoji] Stand-up person? “You did great!” Moving company? Suboptimal ending Name on an envelope
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Sitarist Shankar Informed of
Time to draw? “Getting ___ is no problem. You just have to live long enough”: Groucho Marx
5 Jardín contents
6 Post-thanksgiving meal drowsiness, familiarly
Compete in a freestyle, e.g.
Cowboy Bill
Coy response to a compliment
10 Casually chic updo
11 Original tablet holder 12 Makeup artist?
13 Prefix with -genarian 14 Storyteller’s transition
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Bacon bits
Noble gas used in propelling ion thrusters Code of conduct Carefully consider Boston College athlete Check box in a survey Stands
1986 rock autobiography
Selling point
Prop (up)
Cruel ruler
Spent
Ones in a waiting room Drink brand that sounds like a shout Novelist Leonard
Act bullish?
Printer brand
Slips into
Where Life Savers and pop-top cans were both invented
Howard or Spelman: Abbr.
Hit, in a way
Fall sound
Brood
It’s got a big mouth “Jingle Bells” contraction