NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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1 Transform, as from one being into another 6 Send, as payment 11 Broand sis 15 In the know 16 Beethoven's “Für ___” 17 “Orinoco Flow” singer 18 Address every aspect of something 21 Ram's ma'am? 22 Pseudonym of the essayist Charles Lamb 23 Impersonate 24 Bit of cunning 25 Part of a wineglass or watch 27 “Kill the ump!,” e.g. 28 Immediately 33 Proficient 34 Supervillain in Marvel comics 35 One way up a mountain 38 Potters' materials 39 Email about big lottery winnings, usually 40 Illegal payment 41 ___ Sabe (the Lone Ranger, to Tonto) 42 Babe in the woods 43 Not off one's rocker? 44 Oddly and unexpectedly 47 “Yo, what's happening” 49 “Mm-hmm, it's clear now” 50 Money to tide one over 51 One way boats come 53 Air-condition 54 Outburst in a nursery 57 Situation that starts things completely over 61 Be inclined (to) 62 “Awesome!” 63 Use the return key for 64 Things assayers assay 65 Pitchers 66 Cockamamie

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1 Self-defense spray 2 Response to a sting 3 Gush praise 4 Opposite of post5 “Voilà!” 6 Kind of pitcher 7 Jazz legend Fitzgerald 8 Prestigious sch. in metro Boston 9 Kinda-sorta: Suffix 10 Shelters once made from buffalo skins 11 Sail the seven ___ 12 Camper's annoyance 13 One way to “play it” 14 Smart-mouthed 19 Apportion 20 Go over terribly with an audience 24 Snide question to one issuing a challenge 25 Attack with a low flyover 26 The outsiders 28 Strain, as one's brain 29 Like a team on a day off 30 Early record player 31 Effortless 32 Transportation in a Duke Ellington tune 36 Member of the first family 37 Actor Foxx of “Sanford and Son” 39 An umpire's outstretched arms signifies this 40 Happened to, poetically 42 What gibberish makes 43 Piece of pub furniture 45 One for the road? 46 Units in a homecoming parade47 Took care of 48 Certain worker in a stadium 52 Bygone G.M. product, informally 53 One who's radioactive? 54 Electrical unit 55 Iowa college town 56 Ticker-tape parade honoree 58 “That's disgusting!” 59 Tiny 60 Prey for a lion