NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 “Common Sense” pamphleteer 6 Rambler maker of old, for short 9 Hindu on a bed of nails 14 Yellowstone has more than two million of them
15 Guy’s square dance partner 16 2006 Supreme Court appointee
17 Response to “Knock knock” 19 Fr. misses
20 On its way 21 “Esther …” 23 Cut, as with a letter opener 25 Ore-___ (frozen food brand) 26 One referred to as “my hero!” 29 Witchy woman 31 Not genuine: Abbr. 35 Squeeze moisture from 36 “Yvonne …” 38 Go public with 39 Natalie Portman or Gene Simmons, by birth
41 Some E.R. cases 42 “Sadie …” 44 Reason to earn a badge 46 Whodunit’s essence 47 Like all prime numbers but one 48 Where Dorothy and Toto are from 49 Camera type, in brief 51 Shelter rescues, e.g. 52 “Ken …” 57 In ___ of (replacing) 61 S.S.N., e.g. 62 “Luke …” 64 General local weather pattern 65 Like some stock trades, for short
66 Like a merino 67 Can’t stomach 68 Drop in on 69 Often-buggy software versions
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1 Handles clumsily
2 Need ibuprofen, say
3 Mineral plentiful in kale 4 Occupies, as a bird does a tree 5 Ballpark fig.
6 Secret ___
7 Musical partner of Peter and Paul 8 Queen of the Nile, briefly 9 World-renowned
10 Words of acclamation
11 Scale unit, in most of the world 12 Subject for gossips
13 Jack’s love in “Titanic”
18 ___ metal (1980s music subgenre) 22 British pol Farage
24 KenKen solver’s need 26 Washington establishment, so to speak 27 Typeface similar to Helvetica 28 Many a September birth 29 Overcollect?
30 Tucked in 32 Eighth-century conquerors of Iberia 33 Second-most-populous nation 34 Components of some batteries 36 Stepped heavily (on)
37 Align the cross hairs on
40 Like some testimony and enemies 43 “The deadline has arrived”
45 Keep under one’s thumb
48 Vegas numbers game
50 Fills with cargo
51 Biden’s successor as V.P. 52 Hankering
53 Black-tie affair
54 Fire drill objective
55 “Chicago” simpleton ___ Hart
56 One to whom you might say “G’day!” 58 Rolling ___ (wealthy)
59 Pulitzer winner Ferber
60 Plays for a sap
63 Play ___ with (do mischief to)