"Time flies like an [50-Down]; fruit flies like a ___" Crossword Clue

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"Time flies like an [50-Down]; fruit flies like a ___" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
2. elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FLIES (noun)
1. (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)
FRUIT (noun)
1. an amount of a product
2. the consequence of some effort or action
FRUIT (verb)
1. bear fruit
2. cause to bear fruit

More NYT Crossword (9/28/2026) Answers

Across

1. Widespread disorder

6. Like the exteriors of armadillos

11. Fall behind in payments

14. Boxing locale

15. Classic radio song

16. Dessert with a crust

17. Solid baseball hit

18. Complete shocker

20. Bicycle built for two

22. Round Table title

23. "___ time will tell"

24. Prefix with physics or thermal

25. Make into law

27. Alternative to French fries

31. Skill needed to solve sudoku

35. Suffix with fail or forfeit

36. Apple platform

38. With 41-Across, ball hit out of the park by the very first batter for either side … or a hint to the starts of 18-, 27-, 46- and 60-Across

41. See 38-Across

42. Coconut Girl Scout cookies

43. “La Cage ___ Folles”

44. Frat member

45. Liability's opposite

46. Detonation region

49. "___ I compare thee to a summer's day?": Shak.

51. Before, poetically

52. What's more

55. Spoil

56. Performs a stylish ballroom dance

60. Tropical tree whose product is sometimes used as a meat substitute

63. San Francisco ballplayer

64. Actress de Armas

65. Take a look

66. Helper for computer problems, informally

67. Kylo ___ of "Star Wars"

68. Stockholm native

69. Pursue

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Down

1. Stop

2. Puccini's "O mio babbino caro," e.g.

3. Kind of diagram with overlapping circles

4. Antsy

5. One's employment pursuit

6. Bawl

7. Places to hang clothes

8. Forum overseers

9. The Scales, zodiacally

10. Definitely!

11. Certain golf or tennis tournament

12. Funny Ferrell or Rogers

13. Slippery

19. Scorcher

21. Recurring thematic elements

26. Happy as a ___

27. City NE of Oklahoma City

28. Fields

29. The N.H.L. has 32

30. Cartoon brawl sound effect

32. Actress Greta of "Queen Christina"

33. Store, as ashes

34. Dugout, e.g.

37. Complete series, maybe

39. Gets by

40. Solemn vow

41. ___ Guofeng, successor of Mao Zedong

43. Like the score going into extra innings

46. Top to accompany a skirt

47. Like the fate of Ophelia

48. Peak

50. See 37-Across

52. Cracked slightly, as a door

53. Word following bike or memory

54. Look at carefully

57. Shallow singer Lady ___

58. Burden

59. Ailment that aptly rhymes with "eye"

61. N.F.L. three-pointers: Abbr.

62. Top to accompany shorts

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