Mama Morton of "Chicago," for one Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
2. a wardress in a prison

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MORTON (noun)
1. United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
CHICAGO (noun)
1. largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
2. a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card

More NYT Crossword (9/2/2026) Answers

Across

1. "Melts in your mouth" candies … or a hint to this puzzle's theme

7. Mattress or memo follower

10. Maine city near the mouth of the Kennebec River

15. Meaning of "mono-"

16. Marco Polo made his way across it

17. Much of Mali

18. Meet and glance off a bumper, as a pool ball might

20. Multicolored implements in many art drawers

22. Markdown on Cyber Monday, e.g.

24. Maroon and mahogany, for two

25. Man's "monkey suit"

26. Mom-to-aunt moniker

28. Muscular part of a marathoner

29. Marshall Mathers ___ Eminem

32. Met melody

34. Make sure not to miss it!

36. Made eyes at in the manner of a satyr

38. Marauder's Map encryption phrase in "Harry Potter"

42. Minced-meat cake

43. Male meower

44. "Mega cool!," in modern lingo

45. Multiple-choice selection on a midterm, say: Abbr.

46. Making out openly or a mobile device, in brief

49. Modern-day name for the American Messenger Co.

51. Make free (of), maybe

52. Munificent man

54. Maximum measure of attractiveness, say

56. M.L.B. M.V.P. nicknamed the "Commerce Comet"

60. Midwest state that's home to Moline

61. Many-toothed metal tool

65. Much-heard sound from a horse in motion

66. Martial arts master Bruce

67. Maneuver a monoplane, e.g.

68. Mechanics might provide them for their work: Abbr.

69. Modern modem inits.

70. Maniacs, maybe

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Down

1. Metric measurements: Abbr.

2. Motorists make up this org.

3. Maximum degree in math

4. Molière's or Mamet's field

5. Maxims discouraging misconduct

6. Minor mishap

7. Many a mailbox locale

8. Marmot or marmoset

9. Month multiplied by 120

10. Musters support for, as a mission

11. Men's tennis champ with a Presidential Medal of Freedom

12. Measure of a membership

13. Milliners manufacture them

19. Milwaukie and Mount Hood are here

21. Matter to mull over

22. Malodorous Malaysian fruit

23. Manifests in the material world

25. Major metropolis on a bay of the same name

27. Map word in Marseille

29. Main man for Bill Clinton, 1993-2001

30. Maintain, as movie footage

31. Made a basic math calculation

33. Magician's or marionettist's performance

35. Movement of money digitally from bank to bank, in brief

37. Meander mindlessly (about)

39. Mild-mannered characteristic?

40. Miss badly, maybe

41. Music magnifier at a concert

47. Made a mere 24 hours ago

48. Military groups that meet in battle

50. Mouth moistener

52. Moves merrily

53. Mobile stand at a meeting

55. Meh … or medium-temp

56. Miniature maze runners

57. Major misfortunes

58. Medical mass

59. Means of transport in a mine

62. Musician Cooke who sang "You Send Me"

63. Made a meal of

64. Ming-Na of 1998's "Mulan"

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