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New York Times, Saturday, May 16, 2026
ACROSS 33
1 Modern "go-to's" URLS
5 Curtain for silhouetting on stage SCRIM
10 Bird on the South Carolina state quarter WREN
14 Capote or chesterfield COAT
15 Emulates E.T., in a way PHONESHOME
17 Roman goddess who drives a two-horse chariot LUNA
18 Precious self-reference LITTLEOLME
19 Name shared by the singer of the #1 hit "Rock Me Gently" (1974) and the first Korean American elected to the U.S. Senate (2024) ANDYKIM
21 Double-___ cassowary (bird of Indonesia and Australia) WATTLED
22 Matches with forensics DEBATECONTESTS
24 Occasions to relax and recharge MEDAYS
25 Obama's third secretary of defense (2013-15) HAGEL
26 Gasoline brand that offered the Torch Club credit card AMOCO
27 Aid in making salsa DICER
28 Operculum, e.g. LID
31 Capital of Greenland NUUK
32 They're hard to pull off FEATS
33 Spa service, in brief MANI
34 Up to snuff, facetiously EPT
35 Trickles SEEPS
36 Cup holders ZARFS
37 Many a Porsche 911 COUPE
38 Practical types who are often perfectionists, it's said VIRGOS
39 Don't start with me! SECONDSTRINGER
43 Difficult effort TRAVAIL
44 Cut out EXCISED
46 Setting for Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" RIVERSEINE
48 Cold-smoked lox NOVA
49 7 up, perhaps EVENSTEVEN
50 Gulf of ___, waters that abut Djibouti and Somaliland ADEN
51 Vanilla units PODS
52 Spouts SPEWS
53 Romp LARK
DOWN 33
1 Victor over Washington on 11/12/1955 in "Back to the Future, Pt. II" — and in real life UCLA
2 Cattle call ROUNDEMUP
3 Went wide or long, as a tennis ball LANDEDOUT
4 "No closer!" STAYBACK
5 Takes off SPLITS
6 Wind pipe? CHIME
7 Blight ROT
8 Getting a break on Broadway? INTWOACTS
9 Medleys MELANGES
10 Marriott property with the slogan "Whatever Whenever" WHOTEL
11 Triumphs smoothly ROLLS
12 ___ Brickowski ("The Lego Movie" protagonist) EMMET
13 "What this country ___ …" NEEDS
16 Certain volleyballer SETTER
20 Deck KAYO
23 Once-popular terra-cotta figurine CHIAPET
24 Trigger hair MANE
27 State in which Gulliver is discovered by the Lilliputians DEEPSLEEP
28 Combo meal upgrade LARGESODA
29 Going back ages INFOREVER
30 ___ track DISS
32 Folks who enjoy a well-aged beef? FEUDISTS
33 Borderline MARGINAL
35 Echolocation systems SONARS
36 Element between copper and gallium on the periodic table ZINC
37 Spelling combinations? COVENS
38 They're concerned with feeding kits VIXENS
39 Pharyngeal woe STREP
40 Cynthia ___, Tony winner for "The Color Purple" ERIVO
41 Buckled CAVED
42 Extend, in a way RENEW
45 Chilly and damp DANK
47 "___ noticed" IVE