NEW YORK TIMES C ROSSWORD

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1 ___-dandy 4 Tramps 9 Wild guess 13 “___ we having fun yet?” 14 Humdinger 15 BMW rival 16 What M.B.A.s enter upon graduation 19 On bended ___ 20 Yoko who loved John Lennon 21 Spelling contest 22 Verbatim 27 Allows to expire 30 Slap the cuffs on 31 Prefix with friendly 32 Extra energy 35 Upper floor of a barn 38 Canadian team in the N.B.A. 41 How music can be stored 42 Cause one’s bedmate to use earplugs, say 43 “Moby-Dick” setting 44 Gluttonous type 46 Make a mess, as hot grease on a surface 48 Tale that might feature a haunted house 52 Christmas ___ (Dec. 24) 53 ___ constrictor 54 “Hey! Over here!” 58 Kind of test … and a hint to a word hidden three times each in 16-, 22-, 38- and 48-Across 63 “What a pity …” 64 Like a haunted house 65 Roof repair material 66 R&B singer with the 2006 #1 hit “So Sick” 67 Mascara misadventure 68 “I wonder …”

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1 Beanstalk climber in a children’s story 2 Golf club that’s not a wood 3 Simple 4 “Game of Thrones” airer 5 Opposite of ’neath 6 Sheep’s plaint 7 No longer having in stock 8 Old office worker who took dictation 9 ___ Paulo, Brazil 10 Increase in engine power 11 Chicago’s ___ Planetarium 12 Waited 17 Seats for parishioners 18 Frayed, as clothing 23 Stuff oneself with, briefly 24 Prison disturbances 25 Exorcism target 26 Poet Whitman 27 Actor Jared 28 Supply-and-demand subj. 29 Ceremonial pre-Olympic event 33 “Cheers!,” in Berlin 34 A Marx brother 36 Complimentary 37 Pre-1917 ruler 39 Scent 40 Fruit that flavors liqueurs 45 Desert crossed by the ancient Silk Road 47 Spell-checker find 48 Virile one 49 Small egg 50 Word after “on the” and “learn the” 51 Site of 1690s witch trials 55 Jedi foe 56 Grifter’s game 57 A U.S. senator’s is six years 59 Chinese menu general 60 Poet’s “before” 61 Org. where one needs a security clearance to work 62 That lady there