Saturday, March 22, 2025
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NYT Crossword Clues
Across
- 1Style of Duchamp's so-called "readymades"
- 5Overlook?
- 9Voted for
- 14___ blue (original team color of the Chelsea Football Club)
- 15Royal adversary
- 16Accident reminders
- 17It's not as random as it seems
- 20Elevated, as a ballet movement
- 21Long-lived being in Buddhist cosmology
- 22Dish sometimes served with lomi-lomi salmon
- 23Telepathic connections
- 26Ashanti Anderson's "___ to Black Skin"
- 27Surrealist painter Carrington
- 29Set units
- 31Modern initialism for Black dialect
- 32On the topic of
- 37"Colors" rapper (1988)
- 38[Here we go again]
- 39Classic Langston Hughes poem quoted on a wall of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 40"Enough!"
- 42Like the Muddy Waters album "At Newport 1960"
- 43Excellent, average or bad, depending on the context
- 44Ornate water heater
- 46The Wildcats of the Big 12 Conf.
- 48Massive hockey arena in St. Petersburg, Russia
- 51PC discourse?
- 52Pop
- 53Company that owns Words With Friends
- 56Plot device in some suspense thrillers
- 60English actress Bamber
- 61Cream alternative
- 62Angled for attention?: Abbr.
- 63Collection in an herbarium, say
- 64This is unreal!
- 65Bird whose diet includes berries that grow on lava
Down
- 1Style influenced by Cubism, informally
- 2Volumes
- 3"Stay still!"
- 4___ of Bourbon, grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots
- 5Car seen in the opening scene of "Dazed and Confused"
- 6Shoemaker's tool
- 7"The Ballad of Reading Gaol" poet
- 8Show obeisance, in a way
- 9They protect some software purchases
- 10Snicker bit
- 11Prelude to good news
- 12Rose
- 13Australian actress Davis
- 18The Aces of Triple-A baseball
- 19Early Netflix offering
- 24Annual Atlanta gathering of sci-fi/gaming fans
- 25One of la familia
- 27Bébé's breakfast
- 28Per
- 30The "magic" in some mushrooms
- 33Configurations of locks
- 34Wife of Mikhail Gorbachev
- 35Cosmic explosion
- 36Concert ending?
- 41Links in a certain chain
- 45Way-out fun?
- 46They come with strings attached
- 47Cry before a shot
- 49Pentagon quintet
- 50Fix (up)
- 542023 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of J. Edgar Hoover
- 55Up to something?
- 57You might sit for one
- 58Certain plan for the future, in brief
- 59Close-lipped
Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Across
- 1. Style of Duchamp's so-called "readymades" — Answer: DADA
- 5. Overlook? — Answer: GAWK
- 9. Voted for — Answer: CHOSE
- 14. ___ blue (original team color of the Chelsea Football Club) — Answer: ETON
- 15. Royal adversary — Answer: TWIN
- 16. Accident reminders — Answer: DENTS
- 17. It's not as random as it seems — Answer: CONTROLLEDCHAOS
- 20. Elevated, as a ballet movement — Answer: ONTOE
- 21. Long-lived being in Buddhist cosmology — Answer: DEVA
- 22. Dish sometimes served with lomi-lomi salmon — Answer: POI
- 23. Telepathic connections — Answer: MINDMELDS
- 26. Ashanti Anderson's "___ to Black Skin" — Answer: ODE
- 27. Surrealist painter Carrington — Answer: LEONORA
- 29. Set units — Answer: REPS
- 31. Modern initialism for Black dialect — Answer: AAVE
- 32. On the topic of — Answer: ADDRESSING
- 37. "Colors" rapper (1988) — Answer: ICET
- 38. [Here we go again] — Answer: GROAN
- 39. Classic Langston Hughes poem quoted on a wall of the National Museum of African American History and Culture — Answer: ITOO
- 40. "Enough!" — Answer: THATDOESIT
- 42. Like the Muddy Waters album "At Newport 1960" — Answer: LIVE
- 43. Excellent, average or bad, depending on the context — Answer: MEAN
- 44. Ornate water heater — Answer: SAMOVAR
- 46. The Wildcats of the Big 12 Conf. — Answer: KSU
- 48. Massive hockey arena in St. Petersburg, Russia — Answer: ICEPALACE
- 51. PC discourse? — Answer: IMS
- 52. Pop — Answer: SODA
- 53. Company that owns Words With Friends — Answer: ZYNGA
- 56. Plot device in some suspense thrillers — Answer: TICKINGTIMEBOMB
- 60. English actress Bamber — Answer: ELLIE
- 61. Cream alternative — Answer: ECRU
- 62. Angled for attention?: Abbr. — Answer: ITAL
- 63. Collection in an herbarium, say — Answer: SEEDS
- 64. This is unreal! — Answer: SHAM
- 65. Bird whose diet includes berries that grow on lava — Answer: NENE
Down
- 1. Style influenced by Cubism, informally — Answer: DECO
- 2. Volumes — Answer: ATON
- 3. "Stay still!" — Answer: DONTMOVEAMUSCLE
- 4. ___ of Bourbon, grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots — Answer: ANTOINETTE
- 5. Car seen in the opening scene of "Dazed and Confused" — Answer: GTO
- 6. Shoemaker's tool — Answer: AWL
- 7. "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" poet — Answer: WILDE
- 8. Show obeisance, in a way — Answer: KNEEL
- 9. They protect some software purchases — Answer: CDCASES
- 10. Snicker bit — Answer: HEH
- 11. Prelude to good news — Answer: ONAPOSITIVENOTE
- 12. Rose — Answer: STOOD
- 13. Australian actress Davis — Answer: ESSIE
- 18. The Aces of Triple-A baseball — Answer: RENO
- 19. Early Netflix offering — Answer: DVDRENTAL
- 24. Annual Atlanta gathering of sci-fi/gaming fans — Answer: DRAGONCON
- 25. One of la familia — Answer: MADRE
- 27. Bébé's breakfast — Answer: LAIT
- 28. Per — Answer: EACH
- 30. The "magic" in some mushrooms — Answer: PSILOCYBIN
- 33. Configurations of locks — Answer: DOS
- 34. Wife of Mikhail Gorbachev — Answer: RAISA
- 35. Cosmic explosion — Answer: NOVA
- 36. Concert ending? — Answer: GOER
- 41. Links in a certain chain — Answer: DAISIES
- 45. Way-out fun? — Answer: MAZE
- 46. They come with strings attached — Answer: KITES
- 47. Cry before a shot — Answer: SMILE
- 49. Pentagon quintet — Answer: EDGES
- 50. Fix (up) — Answer: PATCH
- 54. 2023 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of J. Edgar Hoover — Answer: GMAN
- 55. Up to something? — Answer: ABLE
- 57. You might sit for one — Answer: KID
- 58. Certain plan for the future, in brief — Answer: IRA
- 59. Close-lipped — Answer: MUM
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