The Idiot author Batuman Crossword Clue

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The Idiot author Batuman Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

AUTHOR (noun)
1. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
2. writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
AUTHOR (verb)
1. be the author of
IDIOT (noun)
1. a person of subnormal intelligence

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More New Yorker Crossword (1/20/2026) Answers

Across

1. Using A.I. to program, per a recent coinage

11. Includes on the sly

15. Resource whose entries include “fire,” “ice,” and “droplet”

16. Starchy dosa filling

17. Shift logs

18. Meaningful connection

19. Network owned by the same parent company as Telemundo

20. Creative chapters, so to speak

21. Not over land or through the air

22. Aesthetic

24. ___ farewell (said goodbye)

25. “. . . or ___ hear”

26. Ready-to-light dispensary purchases

30. Type of hair product that might target frizz

33. Queen who wrote “The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag”

35. Sentiment conveyed by a rainbow flag

37. Protagonist of a second-person novel

38. ___ and fauna

39. Nineties Game Boy release with a “Red” companion version

42. Soca band with the 2017 song “Hello”

43. Best-selling Eiichiro Oda manga

44. Model and actress Hari

46. Epic set in Middle-earth: Abbr.

47. “Freek-A-Leek” rapper Pablo

49. Beethoven's Fur ___

51. Destination city for tourists visiting the Taj Mahal

53. Coca ___ (steeped Andean drink)

55. Trickster god in Norse mythology

56. “Seems like we had the same thought!”

59. “Wow, must be”

60. German typographical symbol used to make nouns inclusive

61. ___ up (admit to something)

62. Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” and Diana Ross’s “I’m Coming Out,” for two

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Down

1. Professional who may give treats along with treatment

2. “Hell yeah, let’s do it!”

3. Dangerous pieces to strike, in Stratego

4. Escapes an aircraft via a rocket-propelled seat

5. Opposite of trans

6. “Hamlet” character in the title of a 2025 Taylor Swift single

7. Brand of green-and-yellow tractors

8. Bean product?

9. Quibbles

10. State of matter associated with the equation PV = nRT

11. Type of dress that’s short and often lacy

12. More than just a glance

13. Agility-training obstacle

14. Fizzy mixer

21. What hula is usually performed in

23. National park that’s home to Half Dome

24. Quick drink

26. Ending with xeno- or arachno-

27. Spanish soccer legend ___ González Blanco

28. Entice

29. Ladies of La Paz: Abbr.

30. Research on political rivals, informally

31. Nutrient lost during menstruation

32. Really digs

34. Align

36. Puts in the bank

40. Not 'neath

41. Left on the table

45. Erotic fixation

47. "The Devil Wears ___"

48. Village matchmaker in “Fiddler on the Roof”

50. Ear part stretched with gauges

51. πr^2, for a circle

52. Another name for millennials, briefly

54. Scott of "Severance"

56. Initialism coined by Dan Savage for the qualities of a desirable sexual partner

57. Actor with the catchphrase “I pity the fool”

58. Soon-to-be H.S. grads

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