Modern master? Crossword Clue

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MASTER (noun)
1. a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
2. an authority qualified to teach apprentices
MASTER (verb)
1. get on top of; deal with successfully
2. be or become completely proficient or skilled in
MASTER (adjective)
1. most important element
MODERN (adjective)
1. relating to a recently developed fashion or style
2. used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
MODERN (noun)
1. a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
2. a contemporary person

More New Yorker Crossword (5/25/2026) Answers

Across

1. Reason for being ratioed

9. First name in literary horror

13. Line from someone reaching out?

15. Hustle

16. Rhyming goodbye

18. Media titan Bob

19. Derides

20. Emulative, as behavior

22. Bus hubs

23. Natural rolls

24. Bearer of the celestial sphere, in Greek myth

25. What a child might tug for attention

26. Runs or hits, e.g.

27. Sallied forth for battle

28. Dearie

29. Tablet alternatives

30. Not coming in: Abbr.

33. Slay, so to speak

34. “Le ___ Goriot” (Balzac work about a man devoted to his daughters)

35. Extensive collection

36. ___ up (sheltered)

37. Creature comforts?

38. Annie who sings “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better” in an Irving Berlin musical

39. Has as a tenant

40. Adult

41. Retinoid target

42. Finds success in a boring field?

45. Enter

46. Dismissive reply to “Who was that?”

47. Exercises

48. Tops in bed, often

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Down

1. "The Family Circus" cartoonist Keane

2. Liqueur in some sours

3. Cell arrangement?

5. Brats at mealtime

6. Branded breakfast treats

7. "A Visit From the Goon Squad" author Jennifer

8. Banh ___ (Vietnamese New Year treat)

9. Brought up to speed

10. Motley

11. Do something perfectly

12. Chicago exchange, informally

14. Steampunk with extra “steam,” say

17. Barbecue morsels

21. "Black Velvet" singer Alannah

22. Destroy, as hopes

23. Places to train for a few rounds?

25. Pattern popularized in part by a swimsuit worn by Miss America in 1926

27. Mysteries

29. Leroy Jethro ___ (“NCIS” protagonist)

30. Not even pink

31. Something offered for nothing

32. Inventor Lamarr

33. Some rescues

34. Nudges

35. “Of Mice and Men” character ___ Small

36. Detractors, slangily

37. River that empties into the Rio Grande

38. Like some barrels

39. Classic meat sauce

40. Frost

43. Digital-storage acronym

44. L.A. part

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