The New York Times Crossword

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Hardly a quick read

Boom box contents? Medieval lockup Well versed in

Fly “away!”

Big metal manufacturer Engage in scrambling or bouldering Coruscate Experience euphoria

Chinese dynasty in which gunpowder was invented

Shape of some desks

Green house? Never Light-sensitive cells

Lead-in to gender Tower of London figure

Sarcastic expression of gratitude

Massive step forward, so to speak

They’re inclined to help beginners Playground retort “Long,” in Hawaiian

Shouts of joy Bringing in, as a sail 44 46 48 51 54 55 56 57 59 1 3 4 5 7

Spa treatment, for short

Exemplary individual

Third of the peerage ranks Youngest White House resident since John F. Kennedy Jr.

Didn’t go out, maybe

Feature of many a documentary

Not as open “Gotcha” Inclination

Some hydrating skin-care products Identifiers of a sort: Abbr. Unchanged

DOWN

One hoping to catch a break Program started under Kennedy Lose momentum Paul who sang with Sam Cooke and Neil Sedaka on the 1963 album “3 Great Guys” Roughly a quarter of Girl Scout cookie sales Danish restaurant with “Best Restaurant in the World” accolades ___ Heath, U.S. women’s soccer star 8 9

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Comedic bit

A real piece of cake

Flow chart?

Upper bound at a bank

Narrow landforms prevalent in Zion National Park California-based biotechnology giant

Windy City commuters’ inits. Landmark in Madrid, Oslo or Brussels

[Snicker]

High roller? Where sockets are found

City in the Red River delta Blended products 34 35

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Reality show whose cast appeared in the music video for Taylor Swift’s “You Need to Calm Down”

They require inspiration Disciplines

Some nectar sources

Like the Mocha coffee bean

Really hurts

First name in California politics College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Decent

“Bubbles” in a drinzk

New Deal-era org.