The New York Times Crossword

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CROSS 1Cries 8What something unexpected might do 13“Just give it time”

14 ___ Manette, woman in “A Tale of Two Cities” 15The Jonas Brothers, e.g. 16 Needle on a thread? 17Female kangaroos 18Swarm 19 Color similar to lilac 20 “Herb” … or a lead-in to herb

21 What some consume on a diet

22 Court figure, informally 23 Balanced, as some molecules 25A mover … but not a shaker, one hopes 26Practice squad?: Abbr. 27Welcome 28“You guys STINK!,” e.g. 30Interior secretary Haaland 31Things going beyond your control?

35 Big name in construction equipment 36Student enrolled in courses like Contracts and Civil Procedures 37Wreck 38Chap 39Overextend 40The U.N.’S smallest member 41Pill bug or wood louse 43 Billy Joel’s “___ Always a Woman”

45 In, in the past

46Water ___, mammal dubbed the “cheetah of the wetlands” for its speed and stealth 47Bread with charred brown spots

48Give (out)

49 Cameos might be seen on one 50Things to settle 52 Give it a whirl! 53Flotsam once in Boston Harbor 54Nonstop 55 “A party? Count me in!” DOWN 1 “Wanna tell me more?”

2 “History is a set of ___ agreed upon” (remark attributed to Napoleon) 3Suffix with liquid 4Get down 5High winds?

6 Leann of country music 7Small part of a watch 8“Gosford Park” director, 2001 9Like the homes of roughly one in six Americans 10Hunger hyperbole 11 Jewelry gift for a 25th anniversary 12Some fishermen 13Butt of a joke? 15Throw for six, informally 21Secure 22 Word with door or dance 24Steal 25One of seven for Salome 28“That’s what I just said!” 29 Good name for a lastminute planner? 30Pest control brand once touted by Muhammad Ali 32It’s between the shoulders

33 Hot rods popular in the ‘60s 34Pre-algebra class calculations

38 Casual dining setting 39Nearing 40Person of integrity 42 World leader associated with the justicialism movement

43 State capital dubbed the “Cherry City” 44Attacked 47Terse denial 48Active person 51Michael of “Saturday Night Live”