The New York Times Crossword
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Lawn game played with a ball known as a pallino
Thin snack
Formal words of commitment Omitted, as a syllable
Toyed (with) Neighborhood in lower Manhattan Exhibited heliotropism, as a flower Plus-or-minus one?
Joe’s co-host on “Morning Joe”
Part of a Tolkien army
Big fuss
What gives a gin fizz its fizz Novelist Brontë Prepared for an oral exam? Construction beam
Abolitionist who wrote “Twelve Years a Slave” Fantasy sports scoring standard, informally
Bygone phrase for “gone by” “Enough! I get it!” Overly proper Cambridge or Oxford, to a Londoner 45 47 49 55 56
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Big initials in theaters
Dip that might be made in a molcajete, informally
Poor review
Went uneaten, as some groceries Classic Asimov collection
Part of a calendar septet, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle’s theme
Florida’s “Sunshine City,” for short
Futile
Philly basketball player
Leafs (through)
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Bully in “Back to the Future”
Home for the artist Edvard Munch
Spicy ramen condiment
Monte _ _ _
John who sang “Bennie and the Jets”
Exploded
Lei man’s term? Rank’s counterpart, on a chessboard
New Jersey city named for its most famous former resident 10 12 16
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Come back
_ _ _ Alcindor (Kareem AbdulJabbar, formerly) Ballet or ballroom, e.g.
First phase of a home reno Finished off
Word after kick or bad
“The Way,” in Chinese Pinyin Track-and-field athlete with a strong arm Pretentiously avant-garde Dweeb
Te _ _ _ (“I love you,” in Spanish) Yap from a lap? Jazz singer Jones Elvis hit that was the B-side of “Don’t Be Cruel” 35 39 40 43 47 50 51 52 53
Caterer’s container
Smallest Canadian province, for short Stop in a desert Once-popular big box stores
Ocean creatures with nearly triple the neural wiring of humans
Rapper whose name sounds like a beverage Thousand-dollar bill, slangily
Before surgery, informally Writer/podcaster Harris
Mountain goat A good time Be wide-open Parts of the
“Mona Lisa” that seem to follow you around