Tongue of Chaucer ... or what's literally shown in the shaded squares? Crossword Clue

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CHAUCER (noun)
1. English poet remembered as author of the Canterbury Tales (1340-1400)
LITERALLY (adverb)
1. (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration

More NYT Crossword (1/13/2025) Answers

Across

1. Place for gladiatorial combat

6. ___-and-seek

10. Money Money Money group

14. Some jazz instruments, informally

15. Restaurant that offers a Mexican Tres Leches stack

16. Dagnabbit!

17. Quality of a statement that feels plausible

19. Lead-in to Worth, Wayne or Lauderdale

20. Purges (of)

21. Holding hands outside, e.g., for short

22. Shelf on a cliff

23. Chewed and swallowed

24. High school or college seniors, usually

27. Disinfectant brand with the tagline "Healthing"

29. Sweetheart, slangily

30. Tit for __

31. Strings along

35. Visibly supports, as a university or sports team

39. Queue

40. Tightens one's ice skates, e.g.

41. German "Phooey!"

42. Give in to gravity

43. Gave up, as territory

47. Feel relief from anxiety

52. Do a whoopsie

53. "Rick and ___" (adult animated sitcom)

54. Card that can have the highest or lowest value

55. Leave roaring with laughter

56. 'Beware the __ of March'

57. Aid in preventing a shipwreck

60. Edible ice-cream holder

61. Competent

62. More than willing

63. At Last singer James

64. Sent a private text, for short

65. Journalism

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Down

1. Word before "plane" or "projection"

2. Uncommon thing

3. Oozes, as charm

4. Basketball goals

5. Cigarette byproduct

6. Holi celebrant

7. "Rumor has it ..."

8. Uno x 2

9. Mini-albums, for short

10. Cost for a commercial

11. Hangout events for two guy friends

12. Common chart for comparing data

13. Swears (to)

18. Stock market debut, for short

22. Caustic drain cleaner

24. Made a quick retreat

25. Kind of steak named after a letter of the alphabet

26. Chillaxes with friends

28. Ye ___ Shoppe

32. Arabic for God

33. Digitally make to look younger

34. Brief moment

35. Ready to eat, as fruit

36. Minuscule picture used in spycraft

37. Essential to the character of something

38. Football holder in "Peanuts"

39. Cheese-loving test subjects

42. Pigpen

44. Downpour

45. Wipes out

46. Spinners in laundromats

48. On the ocean

49. Sharp-eyed bird

50. Felt sore

51. "Quiet on the ___!"

55. Fly high

57. Young feller

58. Company nicknamed "Big Blue"

59. With it, in last-century slang

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