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(adjective)
1. skilled through long experience
2. belonging to some prior time
(noun)
1. past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old’)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TIME (noun)
1. a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
2. rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
TIME (verb)
1. measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
2. adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
LONG (adjective)
1. good at remembering
2. planning prudently for the future
LONG (verb)
1. desire strongly or persistently

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More NYT Crossword (1/16/2026) Answers

Across

1. Coming-out party?

11. Finish up

15. "Hello-o-o?"

16. Dialect featured in the literature of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison, for short

17. Scenario calling for self-reliance

18. Summer flier

19. Classic 1926 poem associated with the Harlem Renaissance

20. Do some cleaning

21. Creatures that can turn into humans on land, in Scottish folklore

22. Sound around a summer cornfield

23. Wood used for flooring

24. Trunk item

25. Shortest-reigning English monarch (9 days)

28. Molecule that can self-splice

29. Enthusiasm-curbing

32. Here we go

34. Uncovered

35. Some cuts of meat

37. Tennis great who had a tennis scholarship from U.C.L.A.

38. Place for trading stories?

40. Diverts

43. Leading character on social media?

45. White House partner, for short

47. Assume, as costs

48. Do some cleaning

51. Market for currencies, informally

52. Financial aid basis

54. Hand count?

55. Ian : Scotland :: ___ : Wales

56. One might help you hitch a ride

58. Parmesan cheese feature

59. Novel whence the line "Four legs good, two legs bad"

60. Rests

61. They're green year-round

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Down

1. Bare-bones

2. Oscar-winning musical role for Rita Moreno

3. Already?

4. "The Memory Police" author ___ Ogawa

5. Brand lead-in to Caps or Balls

6. Unwieldy situation, metaphorically

7. As if!

8. Blows away

9. Release

10. Kind of cycle

11. Listing on a W-2 form

12. Stumbled upon

13. Overwhelming amount

14. Some terrarium denizens

21. Declares

23. Tai chi accessory

24. Receives unfair criticism

25. Nimble, zigzagging maneuver

26. Best Original Song Oscar winner from 2014's "Selma"

27. P.E. unit

29. Invitations to come on board

30. First NASA mission broadcast live from orbit

31. Secret offering?

33. Julia of The Addams Family

36. ___ Excellency

39. Like leatherette

41. Witticism

44. Start of a secret invitation, perhaps

46. Leans

48. Locale of a semiannual fashion week

49. Opposite of subtle

50. Makes do for a while?

52. Gram, by another name

53. Composer Satie

54. Goal-oriented global org.?

56. Half-___

57. Totally

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