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New York Times, Sunday, August 26, 2018
Crossword Title: TO THE POINT
Author: Olivia Mitra Framke
Editor: Will Shortz
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Crossword Clues
| Lightheaded |
| Underwater workplaces |
| One of four on the annual tennis calendar |
| Navel formation? |
| Not renewed |
| 1836 siege setting |
| First name on the high bench |
| Follower of deuce |
| Wordsmith Peter Mark ___ |
| Lot of back and forth? |
| Alternative to grass |
| Place for a prize ceremony |
| Nellie who wrote “Ten Days in a Mad-House” |
| Point of no return? |
| Certain corp. takeover |
| It’s meant to be |
| NBC hit since ’75 |
| Ingredient in a Dark ‘n’ Stormy |
| Muslim holy men |
| Designer inits. |
| “Awesome!” |
| Lead-in to line |
| Rod who was the 1977 A.L. M.V.P. |
| “Bridesmaids” co-star |
| Food with an unfortunate-sounding last two syllables |
| Really fancy |
| Dreams up |
| Sophocles tragedy |
| Get further mileage from |
| Vegetable or pasta, e.g. |
| Drip, drip, drip |
| Annual sporting event that is this puzzle’s theme |
| Outside: Prefix |
| Really green |
| Stingy sort? |
| Many a presidential hopeful: Abbr. |
| Treasure map markers |
| Ostracize |
| Lead-in to boy or girl |
| Standard info on stationery nowadays |
| U. of Md. player |
| Spot |
| Conjunction in the Postal Service creed |
| The Eagles, on scoreboards |
| Pérignon, for one |
| “Nature is the ___ of God”: Dante |
| Something to live for |
| Chaney of silents |
| One at home, informally |
| Ape |
| “Zip it!” |
| Things found in clogs |
| Bourbon Street’s locale, informally |
| Frenzy |
| Stadium name near Citi Field |
| Spectators’ area |
| “Harlequin’s Carnival” painter |
| James ___, Belgian painter in the movement Les XX |
| . Flowchart symbol |
| . Saskatchewan native |
| . It represents you |
| . Old-timey |
| . First and last black key on a standard piano |
| . Gas type: Abbr. |
| . Location of 59-Across |
| . Fly-by-night? |
| . Canapé topper |
| . Computer command |
| . Time to vote: Abbr. |
| . Italian car, informally |
| . Lead-in to “Man,” “Woman” or “Fool” in Top 40 hits |
| . Further |
| . Part of U.S.T.A.: Abbr. |
| . City grid: Abbr. |
| . Enthusiasm |
| . Lion or tiger |
| Employs |
| Not for keeps |
| Low soccer score |
| Wittily insults |
| Number on a trophy |
| “Alas …” |
| One of a well-known septet |
| Inits. in 2010 news |
| Broadway’s Cariou |
| Computer key |
| Utterly uninspiring |
| Oscar-nominated George of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” |
| Designer Jacobs |
| Emotionally detached |
| Jungle predator |
| Code you don’t want to break |
| Returned to earth? |
| “I can’t talk now” |
| Louisville standout |
| Candidate for rehab |
| Square dance maneuver |
| Oscar-winning film of 1984 |
| Revel |
| College in Boston |
| Whole host |
| “Why should ___?” |
| Win every game |
| Security agreement |
| One way to answer a server? |
| Winning words |
| Guy |
| Dweller along the Bering Sea |
| The “L” of L.C.D. |
| Genius Bar employees |
| Relish |
| Rugged, as a landscape |
| Impotent |
| Paradigm |
| Submerge |
| Cybertrash |
| Force (into) |
| When the diet starts, perhaps |
| Locale for Charlie Chan |
| Dating profile section |
| Denims |
| Purchases at tire shops |
| Do well with |
| Fit to be tied |
| How the Quran is written |
| Film-related anagram of AMERICAN |
| City in Iraq’s Sunni Triangle |
| Clear the air? |
| “I’ll take that as ___” |
| Proficient in |
| Much TV fare during the wee hours |
| Towers over |
| . Blue hue |
| . Metal fastener |
| . Three-person card game |
| . Vox V.I.P.s |
| . Forever and a day |
| . Red Sox Hall-of-Famer, to fans |
| . “Bravo!” |
