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New York Times, Tuesday, May 12, 2026
ACROSS 32
1 Appropriate answer for 1-Across START
6 Have the sense of FEEL
10 Females shepherded by shepherds EWES
14 Fuel-bearing ship OILER
15 Leer at OGLE
16 One piece of a three-piece suit VEST
17 Listing at an ice cream shop in Ipswich FLAVOUROFTHEDAY
20 Lou Gehrig's disease, in brief ALS
21 "___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel song) MRS
22 Happen afterward ENSUE
23 Some limb-moving muscles ABDUCTORS
27 Kids' items at a day care in Derby COLOURINGBOOKS
32 Pack tightly JAMIN
33 Spanish for "this" ESTE
34 Pod tidbit PEA
35 Spoke to a convention, say ORATED
37 Members of the aristocracy ELITES
40 Establishment that might offer free breakfast INN
41 Quaint lead-in to while ERST
45 Leads off OPENS
46 Areas on a map of Manchester NEIGHBOURHOODS
50 Sudden, widespread appearances of illness OUTBREAKS
51 Live (in) DWELL
54 "Thanks a ___!" (informal appreciation) MIL
55 Butcher's discard FAT
58 "Hmm, why use the spellings of 17-, 27- and 46-Across?" OHYOUAREBRITISH
63 Laura of "Jurassic Park" DERN
64 A pelican can hold more water in this than in its belly BILL
65 Franz ___, Prague-born writer of dark fiction KAFKA
66 Force holding us onto Earth, informally ONEG
67 Pepsi alternative COKE
68 Be present EXIST
DOWN 44
1 Divan SOFA
2 Tens or ones place? TILL
3 Lead-in to "poor Yorick!" ALAS
4 Al Sharpton's title, for short REV
5 Instrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbut TROMBONE
6 "Absolutely!" FORSURE
7 Sense of self EGO
8 Hermey is one, in TV's "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" ELF
9 Do-over at serving LET
10 "Nevertheless …" EVENSO
11 Marries WEDS
12 One son of Isaac and Rebekah ESAU
13 Bacterial eye malady STYE
18 Pakistani language URDU
19 Chervil or chive HERB
23 Touched down ALIT
24 Stool pigeons, in police shorthand CIS
25 Explosive inits. TNT
26 Kind of arch in architecture OGEE
27 ___ asada CARNE
28 Resident of a Mideast sultanate OMANI
29 Chose, with "for" OPTED
30 Wails KEENS
31 Give some lip to SASS
32 Sign up for JOIN
36 Some are said to be "swimming" in this DEBT
38 Resemble LOOKLIKE
39 Ways to raise capital, in brief IPOS
42 Lowe on TV ROB
43 Big ___, West Coast tourist destination SUR
44 Shake with fear TREMBLE
47 Sandlot QB's order to a receiver GOLONG
48 Streaming service owned by Disney HULU
49 Cause of a shower drain clog, maybe HAIR
51 Birdbrain DODO
52 "At what time?" WHEN
53 Brontë heroine EYRE
55 Popular female poodle name FIFI
56 Inquires ASKS
57 Word after "Copy" or "Fancy" THAT
59 Airer of "The View" ABC
60 Site of the world's largest Carnival celebration RIO
61 Wapiti, by another name ELK
62 Put a burden on TAX