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New York Times, Monday, May 11, 2026
ACROSS 34
1 ___ Spiegel (German magazine) DER
4 Animal that ranges around Peru LLAMA
9 Pointed, as a weapon AIMED
14 Lumberjack's tool AXE
15 Cameroon neighbor GABON
16 Yell "#$%!" SWEAR
17 Rankings of song popularity used as the music industry standard BILLBOARDCHARTS
20 Swells up BLOATS
21 Number in a septet SEVEN
22 Pb, in chemistry LEAD
23 Own (up) FESS
24 Freeze's opposite THAW
28 Whirling water EDDY
29 Up to, as a certain time TIL
30 Take fowl foully POACH
31 Canapé or deviled egg, for example HORSDOEUVRE
34 Clears of charges ACQUITS
38 A million gazillion UMPTEEN
39 Movie production facilities with controlled acoustics SOUNDSTAGES
41 Leave stunned AMAZE
42 Monk's counterpart NUN
43 Cut of pork or lamb CHOP
47 Spa service on the toes, in brief PEDI
48 "Please, no more!" STOP
50 "That is so funny" HAHA
51 Braid PLAIT
53 Helping for someone very, very hungry THIRDS
55 Insignificant amount DROPINTHEBUCKET
59 Tired from overexposure JADED
60 "It was the ___ I could do" LEAST
61 Big part of an elephant EAR
62 Storage places for lawn mowers SHEDS
63 Go kaboom, as a volcano ERUPT
64 Deadpan DRY
DOWN 42
1 Practice casually, with "in" DABBLE
2 Kicked out, as from a country EXILED
3 Fill with more ammunition RELOAD
4 Pride letters LGBT
5 Vientiane is its capital LAOS
6 Lawyers' org. ABA
7 Tasty little bites MORSELS
8 Peruvian mountains ANDES
9 Tennis star Arthur ASHE
10 "Don't involve me anymore" IWANTOUT
11 French for "sea" MER
12 Gobble down EAT
13 Medical pros: Abbr. DRS
18 Noblewoman LADY
19 Rival of Walgreens CVS
23 Winning a blue ribbon FIRST
25 Possess HAVE
26 Unit initially conceived as the amount of land that can be plowed in a day ACRE
27 "___ in doubt ..." WHEN
29 Pre-K enrollees TOTS
30 Enlivens, with "up" PEPS
31 ___-and-seek HIDE
32 Unearthed DUGUP
33 Rain clouds, to some OMEN
34 Rapper ___ Rocky ASAP
35 "___ as you are" COME
36 College courtyard QUAD
37 Opened, as a fly UNZIPPED
40 Request from someone craving more ANOTHER
43 Fashionable CHIC
44 Listened, poetically HARKED
45 "Goodness me!" ... or a phonetic hint to 17-, 31-, 39- and 55-Across OHDEAR
46 Croissant, éclair or Danish PASTRY
48 The "S" of S.F. SAN
49 Mr., Ms. or Mrs. TITLE
52 Tube tops? LIDS
53 Recipe amt. TBSP
54 Jabba the ___ ("Star Wars" villain) HUTT
55 Party pros playing tunes DJS
56 "Go team!" RAH
57 Poem of praise ODE
58 Contents of l'océan EAU