NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Where to belt one down and belt one out 11 Latch (onto) 15 Not-so-firm affirmative 16 Yasmina ___, two-time Tony-winning playwright 17 Ones hitting snares 18 Fabric finish? 19 Political pundit Perino 20 “Qué ___?” (“How are you?”: Sp.) 21 Demanding occupations? 23 Means of forecasting 25 It may be spiked in winter 27 Hamper 28 Sushi order 30 ___ Minor 32 Owner of Flix, in brief 33 Airhead 37 Mo. with All Saints’ Day 38 Cleans up 39 Way down in Wayne Manor 42 Relative of -ish or -ory 43 Deliverer of the U.N. General Assembly speech “Atoms for Peace” 45 Musician with the 2016 album “The Ship” 46 View from the Ponte alla Carraia 47 On, in Orléans 48 Lugs 50 Terrain maker 52 Belt 56 Bandage 58 Monogram for Christ 60 Postcard printing process, for short 61 Essential element 62 Essential element 65 Treat since 1912 66 Popular ice pop 67 Danny Ocean’s wife 68 Group that rejected its 2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
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1 Little buddy 2 Biblical name meaning “exalted father” 3 Get together after school? 4 Often-replaced reference works 5 Suffix with Québéc 6 Last name of a comic strip title teen 7 Alternative to Dasani or Deer Park 8 Obscure 9 Put it to 10 ___ Sea (Bay of Whales locale) 11 Hibachi feature 12 Song lyric following “But as long as you love me so” 13 Opening for an E.P.A. worker? 14 Opportunity, e.g. 22 Title princess of a comic opera 24 Wooley of “Rawhide” 26 Helldiver, e.g. 29 Like the Arctic Ocean vis-à-vis the Atlantic 31 Set of seven countries, informally 33 Great point 34 Something hammers hit 35 Gives a gloss 36 Gerontologist’s subject 40 Accordingly 41 Landscape alternative 44 Alternative to Nytol 46 11-Down buildup 49 Community spirit 51 Like talk, it’s said 53 Maker of the Pocket Fisherman and Electric Food Dehydrator 54 Midway, e.g. 55 Dixie cakes 57 Some PC keys 59 One of about 1,000 in Lux. 63 Severe soreness 64 ___ Midway