NY Times Crossword

[trauer1282]

<ACROSS PUZZLE V2>
<TITLE>
NY Times, Sunday, September 19, 2021
<AUTHOR>
Peter Gordon / Edited by Will Shortz
<COPYRIGHT>
© 2021, The New York Times
<SIZE>
21x21
<GRID>
BEEFIER.LAPDOGS.HAREM
ECLIPSE.OHHENRY.AMARE
THOROUGHFAIRIES.HADES
HONE.RIOTS.MON.PANICS
...BRASS..PANAMAHAITI
ALTOON.ESAU..DANA....
DORMICE.WILDCARD.UTNE
DOUBLEDIARIES.CARPOOL
EST...SHY..FIDO.AROMA
REHUNG.AZURE.ONETOTEN
..SHOULDERHAIRINESS..
SWEATSIT.GOTTI.OREIDA
TORUS.BONE..ITE...EER
YOULOSE.BOOKSONTAIPEI
ELMS.CLEANUPS.GETSORE
....PREP..THOR.LOUPES
POLKAIDIOTs..ITEMS...
EMINEM.GPA.ADREP.PAPA
CAMEL.FRESHPAIROFEYES
KNOLL.DARKISH.PROCESS
SISTA.AMASSES.STETSON
<ACROSS>
Like the Rock vis-a-vis any of the Stones
Small doodles, perhaps
___ pants
Surpass
Candy bar with an exclamation point in its name
To love, in Italian
Meticulous magical beings?
The land down under
Sharpen
Screams
Calendar column: Abbr.
Frenzied states
High-ranking figures, collectively
Like some cross-Caribbean flights?
Three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver in the New York Jets Ring of Honor
Biblical father of Eliphaz
CNN political correspondent Bash
Bushy-tailed rodents
Postseason tournament pick
___ Reader (quarterly magazine)
Journals of a certain stunt performer?
Commuting arrangement
Body shop fig.
Owing
Buddy of Buddy, maybe
What might whet an appetite
Taken down and put up elsewhere
Relative of cerulean
Scale for some judges
Possible reason for refusing to wear a tank top?
Worries about something
2018 crime biopic
"Potatoes done perfect" sloganeer
Shape of a doughnut
Shape of a canine ID tag, often
Fossil suffix
"Most miserable hour that ___ time saw": Lady Capulet
"Checkmate"
Means of learning about Chiang Kai-shek?
Massachusetts' College of Our Lady of the ___
Some post-pollution efforts
Become ticked off
Ready
Wielder of the hammer Mjölnir
Tools used by horologists
Inept dancers at Oktoberfest?
Express line count
Mentor of 50 Cent
Valedictorian's pride, in brief
Mag space seller
Smurf with a white beard
Dish at a traditional Bedouin wedding
New look provider ... or a homophonic hint to this puzzle's theme
Small hill
Poorly lit
Series of steps
Early R&B group for Missy Elliott
Stockpiles
Felt on the head?
<DOWN>
"2 Broke Girls" co-star Behrs
Bounce off the wall
Musk of SpaceX
Incendiary explosive
Big news to share in the biz world?
Company acquired by Allstate in 2011
Longtime first name in TV talk
Unpartitioned apartment
Clicking sounds?
Letter two after tau
___ E (skin care brand)
Guacamole ingredient
Major exporter of nutmeg
___ admin
"LOLOL"
Big name in microwaves
Straight sides of sectors
Put up
Soccer superstar nicknamed "La Pulga" ("The Flea")
Water (down)
The National Zoo's Xiao Qi Ji, e.g.
Agitate
Hungarian herding breed
Figure on Italy's 2,000-lira note before euros were introduced
Common viper
Free
People can't lie under it
Actor who delivered the line "Nobody puts Baby in a corner"
Word with power or brakes
GQ V.I.P.s
Best
"___: Vegas" (TV reboot of 2021)
Revolted
Treat for Mr. Owl
Seward Peninsula city
Verve
"There was no choice"
Person with star power?
Triangular piece in a party bowlful
Rentals that might come with dolly carts
"Wrong!"
Nickname for someone whose full name is a calendar month
Spur
Letter two before tau
Obie-winning playwright Will
Defamed, in a way
"Indeed"
Reason to see an ophthalmologist
Pea jacket material
Caterpillar competitor
Thomas Jefferson or John Tyler, by birth
Org. that bestows the Community Assist Award
Liberal arts sch. major
Certain curtain
On the ___ (no longer friendly)
Overseas speed meas.
Go from here to there ... like *that*
Quark's place
"It's my hunch ..."
Pithy saying
Dish whose yellow color comes from saffron
"Rude Boy" singer, to fans
Divisions of bushels
Like the Mideast exclave of Madha
Long rides?
Used a prayer rug, say
Literally, "works"
Pieces of work
Traditional rivals of the N.C.A.A.'s 'Hoos
Church part
There are three of them in a Morse "O"
Passing through D.C.?
USD : dollar :: MXN : ___
Part of 79-Down: Abbr.
Frequent C.D.C. collaborator
"___ Way" (Kitty Kelley biography of Sinatra)
Opponent

[trauer1282]

<ACROSS PUZZLE V2>
<TITLE>
NY Times, Monday, September 20, 2021
<AUTHOR>
Pao Roy / Will Shortz
<COPYRIGHT>
© 2021, The New York Times
<SIZE>
15x15
<GRID>
ROCKS.STATE.TEN
INLAW.OUGHT.ALE
GLUTENFREECRUST
AYE.DEAN.YENTAS
...PENS.ATTA...
.SEINE.ACHE.LIU
CINQ..ASTEROIDS
ASSUMETHEMANTLE
SQUEEGEED..SHED
TOE.GOAS.SNEER.
...HAMM.WHIT...
PAGODA.CAAN.SPF
ROTTENTOTHECORE
ANO.AISLE.PINOT
YES.LAKER.MAGMA
<ACROSS>
What lava becomes after an eruption
The "S" of L.S.U.
Number of provinces in Canada
Relative by marriage
"This ___ to do the trick"
Pub brew
Pizza feature for a specialized diet
Nay's opposite
College official
Gossiping types
Products of Pilot and Bic
Lead-in to girl or boy
River beneath 37 Parisian bridges
Pain
Lucy of "Charlie's Angels"
Five, in French
Classic arcade game set in outer space
Take on a position, along with its responsibilities
Cleaned, as a window
Storage for garden tools
Sticky part of a gecko
Dress like, for a costume party, say
Contemptuous look
Soccer great Mia
Iota
Eastern place of worship
James who played Sonny Corleone
Letters on a bottle of tanning lotion
Lacking any moral compass
Year, in Spain
"Cleanup on ___ 5!"
___ noir (wine)
"Affirmative!"
Los Angeles N.B.A. player
What lava is before an eruption
<DOWN>
Latvia's capital
Solitary
Aid in solving a mystery
Dennings of "2 Broke Girls"
Land between Norway and Finland
Couches
Word before "the tables" or "the tide"
Grow older
Nonbinary pronoun pair
"... and the list goes on"
Opposite of loose
Disney princess voiced by Idina Menzel
Safeguards for tightrope walkers
Official bird of Hawaii
Genetic "messenger"
Excite, as curiosity
Played a part on stage
One-named R&B singer with the 1999 6x platinum album "Unleash the Dragon"
Follow shortly thereafter
Volcanic emissions
Thin and graceful
One just passing time
Secondhand
Group in a playbill
Starting squad
Arrival
Business announcement involving billions of dollars
It's all about me, me, me
Former Iranian leader
Prime-time hour
Sweltering
One piece of evidence of a planet's habitability
Address God
Top-notch
Classic Pontiac muscle cars
Rapper J. ___
Serenade, e.g.
Big night for a high schooler
Crumbly salad cheese
Chastising syllable
"Zero Dark Thirty" org.

[trauer1282]

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[BJMcBean]

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[trauer1282]

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[BJMcBean]

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[meta4]

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[judie]

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[trauer1282]

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