28 April 2021 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 28 April 2021

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G
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V
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Hints & Clues

Across
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Lead-in to love or care : SELF
5
Begins to wake : STIRS
10
Part of a frame : JAMB
14
Cowboy boot feature : SPUR
15
"Pagliacci" baritone : TONIO
16
"Vesti la giubba," in "Pagliacci" : ARIA
17
Number that, in Chinese languages, is a homophone for "longevity," and is thus considered good luck : NINE
18
Man with morals : AESOP
19
Something you might do "over backward" : BEND
20
Poem subtitled "A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888" : CASEYATTHEBAT
23
Discard : CASTASIDE
24
Hidalgo honorific : SENORA
27
One greeting others with the shaka sign : SURFER
31
Day-___ paint : GLO
32
Family room fixture : TVSET
36
1950s White House nickname : IKE
37
Accessory for Wonder Woman : TIARA
40
Greeting in Portuguese : OLA
41
___ pants : HAREM
43
Some winter travelers to the U.S. : CANADAGEESE
46
Restaurant request : CHECKPLEASE
47
"The Louisville Lip" : ALI
49
___ culpa : MEA
50
Goof : ERR
51
Hokkaido honorific : SAN
54
Spokes, say : RADII
56
___-Coeur (Paris basilica) : SACRE
58
Easy-to-resolve situation ... or a hint to the progression found in 20-, 23-, 43-, 46- and 58-Across : OPENANDSHUTCASE
64
Fix : MEND
65
Sign of spring : ARIES
66
Player that debuted in 2001 : IPOD
67
Chaka Khan, vocally : ALTO
68
David of the Talking Heads : BYRNE
69
Refuse : DENY
Down
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I.R.S. ID : SSN
2
The "Mahabharata" or the "Ramayana" : EPIC
3
Moon goddess : LUNA
4
Certain Michelangelo work : FRESCO
5
Patronizes, as a hotel : STAYSAT
6
Ready-___ (convenient food option) : TOEAT
7
Where Ariana Grande has 230+ million followers, informally : INSTA
8
Hoots : RIOTS
9
Specious reasoner : SOPHIST
10
Talk nonsense : JABBER
11
Floor plan info : AREA
12
Ideal condition for collectibles : MINT
13
"___ dog!" : BAD
21
Pencil holder, at times : EAR
22
End of a professor's address : EDU
24
___ Pepper : SGT
25
"The Book of ___" (2010 film) : ELI
26
Done intentionally : NOACCIDENT
28
Where the "balcony scene" takes place in "West Side Story" : FIREESCAPE
29
Scratch (out) : EKE
30
"Out of Time" band : REM
33
The spirit of Russia? : VODKA
34
Haphazardly assemble, with "together" : SLAP
35
Two concentric circles, on a golf scorecard : EAGLE
38
Fan noise : RAH
39
Target for iron supplements : ANEMIA
41
Inspiration for Citizen Kane : HEARST
42
___-backwards : ASS
44
Crackerjack : ACE
45
Always, to poets : EER
47
Something you might pick up at a bakery : AROMA
48
Place for a pin : LAPEL
52
Basis of some insurance fraud : ARSON
53
High-maintenance, in a way : NEEDY
55
___-European languages : INDO
57
What's anything but basic? : ACID
59
Catch : NAB
60
Like some wine and humor : DRY
61
"Aaron Burr, ___" ("Hamilton" song) : SIR
62
Female lobster : HEN
63
Manipulate : USE