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New York Times, Thursday, May 14, 2026
ACROSS 37
1 Cliff formed by a fault SCARP
6 Avoided a tag, say SLID
10 Penultimate Greek letter PSI
13 "My fault entirely" ALLME
14 Taste perception first identified in 1908 UMAMI
15 Physics unit named for a physicist OHM
16 Feature that debuted on Page 1 of The New York Times in 1997 COLORPHOTOS
18 Confucian "way" TAO
19 Prime breeding environment for mosquitoes STANDINGH
20 Impression on some fancy sheets HMARK
22 Puente of "The Mambo Kings" TITO
23 Traveled path ROUTE
24 At sea, say ONTHEH
27 Powerful fireboat gear HCANNONS
30 Rationalist's theology DEISM
31 Decree FIAT
32 Part of an analogy ISTO
33 "___'s da breaks!" DEM
34 Lovestruck SMITTEN
37 Flesh and blood KIN
38 Biblical locale guarded by a flaming sword EDEN
40 Direction to bow, in music ARCO
41 Squeezing (out) EKING
43 Gets bloated, say RETAINSH
45 Pair for a pool HWINGS
46 Ruthless Athenian lawgiver DRACO
47 Tidy up, in a way DUST
48 What collects in a puddle RAINH
49 Things often getting free refills HPITCHERS
54 Simile segment ASA
55 Broadcasting giant with hundreds of stations IHEARTRADIO
57 ___ Friday GAL
58 Origin of the words "sky" and "scrape" NORSE
59 Heather genus that's also a woman's name ERICA
60 Good periods UPS
61 Former small-sized G.M. cars GEOS
62 Compound with a caret-shaped molecule, as depicted by this puzzle's circled letters WATER
DOWN 37
1 Anatomical containers SACS
2 Thicken CLOT
3 Palindrome on an Italian restaurant menu ALLA
4 September to April, in the oyster industry RMONTHS
5 Alternatives to hourly wages PERDIEMS
6 Ecological concern SMOG
7 Trellis piece LATH
8 "If u ask me" IMO
9 Gossip about, informally DISHON
10 A peeling that's appealing? POTATOSKIN
11 Prolifically posting about one's kids online, in a neologism SHARENTING
12 Reassuring reply IMOK
14 "That … ain't it" UHNO
17 Essence PITH
21 Certain tax-free bond, informally MUNI
23 Velocity, e.g. RATE
24 Relatively unusual ODDER
25 Had to have right away NEEDEDASAP
26 Races against the clock TIMETRIALS
27 Travel by pick-up? HITCH
28 "The Elder" or "The Younger" Roman CATO
29 Strains to hear? SONGS
31 Hemlock relatives FIRS
35 Hand, at a hacienda MANO
36 Group with a satellite truck NEWSCREW
39 Palindrome on an Indian restaurant menu NAAN
42 Seven-stringed instrument that gave the guitar its name KITHARA
44 Ancient book of divination ICHING
45 Member of a sluglike "Star Wars" species HUTT
47 Presaging disaster DIRE
48 Meaty pasta sauce RAGU
49 Long lunch? HERO
50 Get ahead of PASS
51 Cut and paste, e.g. EDIT
52 Force through a food mill RICE
53 Go way up SOAR
56 Uprooting tool HOE