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New York Times, Saturday, May 23, 2026
ACROSS 31
1 They might be settled atop stools BARBETS
8 Shell, say ARMOR
13 Places to put fliers AVIARIES
15 Surgical specialty, informally NEURO
16 A boxer's might knock you out DOGBREATH
18 Substitute for "etc." YADDA
19 Begrudges ENVIES
20 Old auto company based in Lansing, Mich. REO
22 Jazz drummer DeRosa CLEM
23 One of the seven depicted in the 1995 thriller "Se7en" GREED
24 Daytime regulars SOAPSTARS
26 What some prisoners earn, in brief GEDS
27 Old black-and-white police autos, to Brits PANDACARS
28 ___ weekend SPA
29 Walk on water? GANGPLANK
30 Top that screams "Look at me!" LOUDSHIRT
31 Clay-and-calcium-carbonate mix used in cement making MARLSTONE
32 "Lovely!" FAB
35 Chess puzzle challenge, maybe MATEINONE
36 Make do COPE
37 Many an epithet DIRTYNAME
38 Common con game MONTE
39 Petite ___ (certain French partner) AMIE
40 Epithet lead-in AKA
41 Bit of back-and-forth BANTER
42 Farrow with a Pulitzer for his investigative journalism RONAN
44 Eerie substance faked in 19th-century ghost hoaxes ECTOPLASM
46 Bygone leaders TSARS
47 Tourist nickname for a Southern mecca, to the chagrin of many locals HOTLANTA
48 Until, in Uruguay HASTA
49 Destination for wagons, once THEWEST
DOWN 31
1 No-goodniks BADEGGS
2 Sales job that Forbes magazine once dubbed "the original side hustle," informally AVONREP
3 Ancient collection of Hindu hymns RIGVEDA
4 Pampers BABIES
5 Handled something poorly, say ERRED
6 Gets even with? TIES
7 Tac preceder SEA
8 At least one ANY
9 Substance that undergoes change, as in a lab REACTANT
10 Magpie lookalike with black-and-white plumage MUDLARK
11 Bosses (around) ORDERS
12 Gads about ROAMS
14 Figurative ability to withstand almost anything STRONGSTOMACH
17 Canal blocker? HEADPHONE
21 Milky and iridescent OPALINE
24 Lizard predator of Africa SANDSNAKE
25 Close call SCARE
27 Swedish American model Porizkova PAULINA
29 Edward who wrote and illustrated "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" GOREY
30 Foam designs, perhaps LATTEART
31 Berth places MARINAS
32 19th-century German novelist Theodor FONTANE
33 Stressors for some H.S. seniors APTESTS
34 Accessory on a pub counter BEERMAT
35 Brunch beverage MIMOSA
36 Standard 1L course, informally CONLAW
37 Title for some fictional lords DARTH
38 Sugar ___ MAPLE
41 Choice for the undecided BOTH
43 Org. with a "Cryptographic Support Services" page on its website NSA
45 Little squirt TOT