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New York Times, Tuesday, May 19, 2026
ACROSS 35
1 What you eat DIET
5 Campfire confection SMORE
10 Mama ___ of the Mamas & the Papas CASS
14 Clearasil target ACNE
15 Hawkeye IOWAN
16 Sound of a horse's hoof CLOP
17 Standard musical progression PENTATONICSCALE
20 Dry and withered SERE
21 "Dinner's ready!" SOUPSON
22 High court judge? CHAIRUMPIRE
26 Joke (around) KID
27 Whale groups PODS
28 Michael of "The Man Who Would Be King" CAINE
29 Joint thing in the Venn diagram of "instruments" and "fish" BASS
30 "That's so sweet!" reactions AWS
31 Semaphore device FLAG
32 Patty or Selma, to Bart Simpson AUNT
33 Basketball or baseball, but not boxing TEAMSPORT
36 Frozen dessert franchise TCBY
38 New Zealander KIWI
39 Denali, e.g.: Abbr. MTN
42 Heads of Hogwarts? LOOS
43 Spry AGILE
45 Free-spirited aesthetic BOHO
46 "Ick!" EWW
47 Matching pair on many jets TWINENGINES
49 Massachusetts locale of Manchester-by-the-Sea CAPEANN
51 "Yikes!" EGAD
52 Requirement at some comedy clubs … or for 17-, 22-, 33- and 47-Across? TWODRINKMINIMUM
57 Like a gut course EASY
58 African country that's another African country minus its final two letters NIGER
59 Generic canine name FIDO
60 Breads for Reuben sandwiches RYES
61 "Beau ___" GESTE
62 Leak slowly SEEP
DOWN 41
1 Fist bump DAP
2 Skating exhibition ICESHOW
3 Groups of nine ENNEADS
4 Classic falling-block game TETRIS
5 Basic dog command SIT
6 It's heard in a herd MOO
7 ___ goal (soccer blunder) OWN
8 Gorp tidbit RAISIN
9 Number added at the end? ENCORE
10 Cyrillic version of "U.S.S.R." CCCP
11 From Nome or Juneau ALASKAN
12 Lone star? SOLOIST
13 Drops some cash SPENDS
18 ___ Lingus AER
19 Bird of the W.N.B.A. SUE
22 Return sender, maybe, in brief CPA
23 Sch. whose campus is just off Interstate 405 UCLA
24 Sir's counterpart MAAM
25 Football, informally PIGSKIN
29 Slowly ___ surely BUT
31 Tina who hosted the debut of "Saturday Night Live UK" FEY
32 "Entourage" agent Gold ARI
33 Atlanta-based network TBS
34 Leaves together? PILE
35 Actor Wilson OWEN
36 ___ zone (no-parking area) TOWAWAY
37 Yoga stance on all fours COWPOSE
39 Term of friendship for a French woman MONAMIE
40 Nickname for Jeffrey Lebowski in "The Big Lebowski" THEDUDE
41 Those opposed NOS
42 Villain in "The Silence of the Lambs" LECTER
43 Cafe canopy AWNING
44 Companion to Fannie and Freddie in the mortgage biz GINNIE
45 Major unknowns BIGIFS
47 Sailor, informally TAR
48 ___ Z (Zoomers) GEN
50 "Grand" ice cream brand EDYS
53 Units in a tonne: Abbr. KGS
54 Was introduced to MET
55 Wrath IRE
56 Swiffer WetJet, e.g. MOP