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New York Times, Thursday, May 21, 2026
ACROSS 39
1 Gossiped-about duo ITEM
5 River whose southernmost source is found in Burundi NILE
9 Animal that expresses anger by spitting LLAMA
14 Curbside call TAXI
15 Egg's outline OVAL
16 Traditional Vietnamese garment whose name means "long shirt" AODAI
17 2000 Eminem single with lines from his "biggest fan" STAN
18 St. Benedict, for one MONK
19 Central meeting points NODES
20 timiL BACKWARDSCAP
23 50ยข or $1: Abbr. AMT
24 Fish more formally known as a batomorph RAY
25 Capital of Portugal, to natives LISBOA
29 Crown of jewels DIADEM
31 Penultimate Greek letter PSI
33 One of four seen on Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" ARM
34 Goat's cry MAA
35 Golfer's suppor- CUTOFFTEE
38 Move like a fox SKULK
40 Get a lode of this! ORE
41 John from Britain ELTON
42 Evade MINISKIRT
44 "Bad" beginning MAL
45 Like news that everyone already knows OLD
46 Legal boundaries? ELS
47 Kind of cat with a black-and-white coat TUXEDO
50 More melted, as a marshmallow GOOIER
53 Tree alongside a ski run FIR
54 Bro, e.g. SIB
55 P | u | n | c | h | e | s STRIPEDSOCKS
59 Sound of a perfect basketball shot SWISH
62 "Beware the ___ of a patient man": John Dryden FURY
63 Ordered BADE
64 Increase, as interest PIQUE
65 German Ms. FRAU
66 Pupil's surroundings IRIS
67 Environmentalist Adams ANSEL
68 Site for many stars? YELP
69 Sounds of disapproval TSKS
DOWN 39
1 Short negative review ITSBAD
2 Floor covering in a Japanese tearoom TATAMI
3 "Bingo!" EXACTAMUNDO
4 Stole material MINK
5 Southern denial NOMAAM
6 Something tickled on a piano IVORY
7 "Buy ___. They're not making it anymore" (old saying) LAND
8 Philanthropic group with a clock face in its logo ELKS
9 The so-called "Pineapple Isle" LANAI
10 Goes around and around LOOPS
11 Make sense, with "up" ADD
12 "Maggie ___," classic folk song covered by the Beatles MAE
13 ChatGPT, Claude, etc. AIS
21 Inflicts WREAKS
22 Muse of history CLIO
26 Lasting damage from a tough experience, metaphorically BATTLESCARS
27 Milkshake flavor OREO
28 Gospel shout AMEN
30 "Fountain of Milk Spreading Itself Uselessly on Three Shoes" painter, 1945 DALI
31 Contented sounds PURRS
32 "Changed my mind," in editing notation STET
35 Curl COIL
36 Hip-knee connectors FEMURS
37 Source of linseed oil FLAX
38 It's all a haze SMOG
39 Drug bust unit KILO
43 Model Miranda KERR
47 Make neat TIDYUP
48 Large-eyed African antelope with a duplicative name DIKDIK
49 Fixate OBSESS
51 Give out ISSUE
52 Neighbor of Ricky and Lucy, on 1950s TV ETHEL
53 Far from house-trained FERAL
56 Dodgy IFFY
57 100% PURE
58 End piece? OBIT
59 Belinda's business on "The White Lotus" SPA
60 Prevail WIN
61 Some test figs. IQS