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The New York Times Crossword

- By Larry Snyder Edited by Will Shortz

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13 15

Formal affirmativ­e

Home of the prehistori­c Ggantija temples

Absolute drivel

Longtime TV news colleague of Pelley, Cooper and Whitaker

Queso, e.g.

Prestigiou­s award establishe­d after its founder purportedl­y read his premature obituary

One in a hundred

Whoops, e.g.

Whence the phoenix

Queer identity whose flag is green, white, gray and black, for short

Wrote an exposé, say

Unreliable news source

It has high-end tastes

Isn’t finalized

One of more than 300 for “S.N.L.”

“Sonnets to Orpheus” poet

Predisposi­tions 33

35 36 38 39

40

43 45 46 47 49

51

52 53 54 1

2 3

4

5 6

Something unoriginal

Drain away

Had to recant

Sign of a sellout

What you might get at the gym

Network for 15-Across

“Dear ___”

Singer Marie

Singer Michaels

For real

Stealing from the collection plate, for example

Outmaneuve­r, in a way

Covered in ink

Fleming who was the first opera singer to perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl (2014)

They resemble boas

DOWN

State flower of New Mexico

Early number?

Device used by a court reporter, informally

Word with swim or swap

___ nova

Question asked outside a bedroom 7 8

9 10

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24

25 27

28

Tin lizzies

Competitor of AOL

On

Windy location of myth?

Defunct health technology company that once had a $10 billion valuation

So-called

Baño feature

Identify

Occasion when one might choose truth

Swimsuit portmantea­u

Greenish drink

“Is anybody home …?”

Matches, as watches 29

31 33

34 35 37

40 41 42

44 46 48

50

Instrument that includes ranks and divisions

Get back

One who grapples, in dialect

Tuchuses

Borrower’s limit

Major export of Ukraine

Liturgical chant

Kicked off

Flight components

Team “Ugh!”

Beethoven’s fourth?

Ignatius ___, figure on Netflix’s “Wednesday”

Answers to yesterday’s puzzle

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