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The full solution for the NY Times Crossword puzzle on Thursday May 16, 2024 is displayed below.
| 1 Seabird's nesting spot, say | ISLE |
| 5 Musical lead-in to beat | AFRO |
| 9 Pounds, perhaps | ACHES |
| 14 Ostracize | SHUN |
| 15 Schreiber of "Asteroid City" | LIEV |
| 16 Word with secret or school | TRADE |
| 17 *Gone | SOMENERVE |
| 19 How high rollers want to live | LARGE |
| 20 "Shirt Front and Fork" sculptor, 1922 | ARP |
| 21 Life lines, for short? | IVS |
| 22 Like some peanuts and celebrities | ROASTED |
| 24 *Stone tool | TOILETBRUSH |
| 27 Scenarios to consider | IFS |
| 28 Tailored item that can have tails | SUIT |
| 29 Lessens | EBBS |
| 33 Bit of a bluff | CRAG |
| 36 *Scoop received in a call | ICECREAM |
| 38 Back | AGO |
| 40 Colorful variety of lettuce | REDLEAF |
| 42 They might be targeted | ADS |
| 43 *Shall | SPARKLED |
| 45 With every detail perfect | TOAT |
| 47 Vegetable that's a letter off from an Ivy | KALE |
| 48 Notable Guinness | ALEC |
| 50 Aromatic welcome gift | LEI |
| 52 *It gets the ball rolling | ROTARYJOINT |
| 56 "Ah, yes …" | ISEENOW |
| 59 The Reds, on a scoreboard | CIN |
| 60 Give the name of | DUB |
| 62 Final points in scores? | CODAS |
| 63 When read forward and then backward, motto that suggests how to interpret this puzzle's starred clues | ALLFORONE |
| 66 Say "I dunno," say | ELIDE |
| 67 Where to find a very wet sponge | REEF |
| 68 Actor Wilson | OWEN |
| 69 Biblical verb with "thou" | DOEST |
| 70 Whirl or swirl | EDDY |
| 71 Part of M.I.T.: Abbr. | INST |
| 1 Rae of "American Fiction" | ISSA |
| 2 Repetitive clicking sound? | SHORTI |
| 3 Disappointing stocking stuffer | LUMPOFCOAL |
| 4 Dir. from Atlanta to Athens | ENE |
| 5 Tylenol alternative | ALEVE |
| 6 Some Guinness records | FIRSTS |
| 7 Title for Al Sharpton: Abbr. | REV |
| 8 How the fish in nigiri is served | OVERRICE |
| 9 The whole world in your hands? | ATLAS |
| 10 Uninvited party guest | CRASHER |
| 11 Stag | HART |
| 12 Competitive advantage | EDGE |
| 13 Unwelcome surprise in a glass of fresh-squeezed juice | SEED |
| 18 Zero | NIL |
| 23 Down more than | OUTEAT |
| 25 Neighbor of Leb. | ISR |
| 26 Carpenter or mason | BUILDER |
| 30 World-weary | BEATENDOWN |
| 31 Michael Jackson's first concert tour after the Jackson 5 | BAD |
| 32 Texting format inits. | SMS |
| 34 Craft measured in cubits | ARK |
| 35 Italian dessert | GELATO |
| 37 Head of lettuce? | CFO |
| 38 "I have to ___ …" | ASK |
| 39 School fig. | GPA |
| 41 Where more than 60% of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated | DELAWARE |
| 44 Goes over again | REREADS |
| 46 Athlete with two Grammy-nominated spoken-word albums | ALI |
| 49 Participated in a spin class | CYCLED |
| 51 Apple Music predecessor | ITUNES |
| 53 It's a start | ONSET |
| 54 Flash | JIFFY |
| 55 Collaborator on 1980's "Double Fantasy" | ONO |
| 56 Coffee order specification | ICED |
| 57 Stag | SOLO |
| 58 Falco of "The Sopranos" | EDIE |
| 61 Having a kink, maybe | BENT |
| 64 Was ahead | LED |
| 65 Louis XIV, par exemple | ROI |