NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Schmooze 5 Chance for getting a hit 10 Not yet posted, on a sked 13 Dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter 15 Chess player’s warning 16 90° turn 17 Like autumn air or a fresh apple 18 Close, as a community 20 Utter coward 22 Playing with matches, e.g. 23 Aaron who was vice president under Jefferson 24 Released, as from jail 27 “Sic ’em!” 30 Kickoff 31 Jules who wrote “Around the World in 80 Days” 32 Shudder-inducing feeling 36 Here, in Arles 37 Does the crawl or butterfly 38 CBS show set in Vegas 39 Played some b-ball 42 144 44 Singer/songwriter Wainwright 45 Lowly soldiers 46 Car club freebie 48 Monks’ titles 49 Meat, potato and vegetable dish 50 Sudden floods 54 King who led Spain into the Thirty Years’ War 58 Essential parts 59 Tic-tac-toe winner 60 Henhouse perch 61 Snobbish sort 62 Nashville sch. 63 Unlikely juggler 64 Wildebeests

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1 Letters on a Soyuz rocket 2 One who may be a lifesaver 3 Seed cover 4 Nuclear treaty provision 5 Person with lines 6 Slender 7 Say “Ple-e-ease …,” say 8 Berliner’s exclamation 9 Traveler’s purchase: Abbr. 10 Dovetail joint part 11 Rapper’s jewelry 12 Choir voice 14 Neaten, with “up” 19 Rockne of Notre Dame fame 21 Mork’s planet 24 Parts of goblets 25 Moneyed campaign orgs. 26 Grammar sch. basics 27 Hertz rival 28 Silicon Valley field, for short 29 Peter, Paul & Mary, e.g. 30 Sends 32 Aussie gambling game with coins 33 “Micro” or “macro” subj. 34 Call in place of a nudge 35 Make a sibilant sound 37 Living room piece 40 Fish with a net 41 Fan noise 42 Understands 43 In a hurry 45 Ph.D. program applicant’s hurdle 46 Companion of Aramis and Porthos 47 Noteworthy features of rows 15, 6-10 and 11-15, in that order 48 Lang who directed “Metropolis” 49 Bleach target 50 Hand ball? 51 School on the Thames 52 “Wherefore art ___ Romeo?” 53 Retired jets, for short 55 Bother 56 D.C. insider 57 Promissory note