Crossword
No. 0818
Edited by Will Shortz
22
ACROSS
Breaded and
1
topped with tomato sauce and mozzarella, for short
“Holy mackerel!”
5
Instrument
9
played by indie rock’s Sufjan Stevens Black-and-white
13
item in a sleeve V.I.P. on base
14
Winter bugs
15
With 26-Across,
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game that uses a blindfold
Part of the food
18
pyramid Gardening tool
19
Fruit in the
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William Carlos Williams poem “This Is Just to Say”
Edward Snowden’s former employer, in brief
Black History Mo.
23
See 16-Across
26
“Why?”
29
Puts up
31
Bird that had no
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natural predators until humans arrived
Tick (off)
33
Babe Zaharias
35
was the first woman to compete on its tour, in brief
Item exchanged
36
in a so-called “yankee swap” John Lewis was
41
born here: Abbr. Org. that
42
oversees O.T.C.S Campaign
43
expense
Get situated
45
Pacify
48
Frequent reveler,
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or a hint to 16-/26- and 36-Across
Hit the slopes
53
“___ be my
54
pleasure”
Lots
55
Hearty laugh
56
Tidy
58
Cartoonist
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suggested by this puzzle’s theme Brand in the ice
65
cream aisle Aches (for)
66
Words after a
67
gasp
Its underside
68
might be covered in gum
The first cloned
69
mammals
Yarn
70
DOWN
Dad 1 “Midsommar” 2
director Aster
___ faire
3 (historical re-enactment event, for short) Fly-by-night type?
4
Fuel up, in a way
5
Visual in an
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annual report Nimble
7
Hornswoggle
8
Toggle option
9
Artist’s starting
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place
Get-go
11
Guest ___, what
12
The New York Times calls op-eds
What an asterisk
14
might suggest Centaur’s foot
17
Transform
21
Repeated string
23
in a chain letter subject line
Website with
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articles like
“10 Surprising Ways to Use Mayonnaise Around Your Home”
Things best kept
25
under one’s hat? Data structure
27
with a root node Undo
28
Half of a halfbathroom
30
Tiny toymaker
34
Tucker who had
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her first hit in 1972 and won her first Grammys in 2020
Cheese used in
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Babybels
Fruits whose
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seeds can act as a substitute for black peppercorns Something to do
40
Latin gods
44
Shared one’s
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views
For all ages, as a
46
video game
Tell
47
Also
49
At all, in dialect
51
Combined
52
Pretzel, basically
57
Shaming syllable
59
Drug dosages:
61
Abbr.
Light bulb
62
moment sound Show with
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the recurring character Target Lady, in brief “Piggy”
64
LIFE
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