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1 Two-time N.B.A. M.V.P. between K.D.
and Russ
6 ___ pearls (ingredient in Cantonese
dessert soup)
10 School with a view of the Charles River:
Abbr.
13 Seed used to make some butter
14 Each
15 “The fool think he is wise.. .”: “As
You Like It”
16 ’s (Anheuser-Busch near-beer)
17 Type of question with two possible
answers
19 Hunting cry
21 Back cover of a magazine, often
22 Grumpy, e.g.
24 Variant of a gene
25 First Asian-American woman elected to
the Senate
29 Choppa, “Shotta Flow” rapper
30 Loves to bits
31 Like 2021
32 Mysterious cafeteria offering
33 moment
34 Stat that never goes down
35 Serious
36 The Mahabharata, for one
37 Small component of a larger machine
38 It’s “a place on Earth,” per a 1987 No. 1
hit
39 R.R. stop
40 Spot for a Squirtle, say
42 World leader whose name is also a
diacritical mark
44 Fix, as laces
45 As in chemistry?
47 Subject of brontology
51 Flying off the shelves
53 Dry white wine from Italy
54 Disney character who says, “I’m so ticked
off that I’m molting!”
55 Citation abbreviation
56 Code of conduct
57 System of servers created for faster
Internet use: Abbr.
58 1948 Hitchcock film that appears to take
place in real time
59 Flies off the shelvesDOWN
1 Annie Lennox, for one
2 “I’m finished!”
3 Earth sci.
4 Nobel-winning physicist whose
eponymous equation predicted the
existence of antimatter
5 Sacred period that includes Maundy
Thursday
6 Awakening, in Japanese Zen Buddhism
7 Car-ad abbreviation
8 Rise
9 Either 1, in the equation 1 + 1 = 2
10 Rock that rolls?
11 “Well, that’s that”
12 Place for a plunger?
15 ___ Webster, Twain’s “celebrated
jumping frog”
18 Ingredient in baklava and spanakopita
20 Laugh syllables
23 Classic arcade game that could have been
called Animal Crossing
25 Works miracles
26 Street-cleaning program
27 Scales on a chart, e.g.?
28 Poem that’s often dedicated
32 Cherry on top
34 Copacetic
35 Masters37 Softwood source
38 Icy sci-fi planet that’s home to wampas
and tauntauns
40 Game with a square ball
41 Pluck
43 City west of Sparks
46 Ancient Roman senator mentioned in
the first chapter of “Moby-Dick”
48 Author of “Danny, the Champion of the
World”
49 Good contrast
50 Movies on a “You might also enjoy.. .”
list, for short
52 Sticky stuffPUZZLES & GAMES DEPT.
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