NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Pulsate, as with pain 6 What a red traffic light means 10 Container for soup or cereal 14 ___ acid (protein builder) 15 “Very funny!” 16 Eye layer 17 Chocolaty candy on a stick 19 500 sheets of paper 20 Realtors’ showings 21 Endless, in poetry 23 Guard at an entrance 26 Length x width, for a rectangle 27 Desertlike 28 Breakfast cereal with a naval officer on its box 33 Put through a blast furnace, say 35 Dissolute sort 36 Rope-a-dope boxer 37 ___-relief 38 Two marks in “résumés” 41 Easy-to-chew food 42 It ends with diciembre 43 Danny who co-starred in “White Christmas” 44 Make red-faced 46 Brittle, spicy cookie 50 Besides 51 Hilarious person 52 Plan going forward, as for peace 54 As originally placed 57 Constantly rising things in gentrifying neighborhoods 58 Where Hartford is: Abbr. 59 Broadcast news snippets … or an apt description for 17-, 28- and 46-Across? 64 Grand-scale production 65 ___ Krabappel, teacher on “The Simpsons” 66 Love, love, love 67 Meyers of late-night 68 Most mammals have four of them 69 Core belief
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1 Tit for ___ 2 Care provider, briefly 3 2016 Olympics host, informally 4 Hush-hush, slangily 5 ___ buddy 6 “For Your Eyes Only” singer Easton 7 Water spigots 8 “Look what I found!” 9 Slice from a book? 10 The “B” of F.B.I. 11 On top of 12 Withdraw gradually (from) 13 Unfunny, as a joke 18 Apple desktop 22 Mother canonized in 2016 23 Long-winded sort 24 Italian designer Giorgio 25 Attaches using string 26 Unknown author, for short 29 Fuss in front of the mirror 30 Incendiary weapon used in the Vietnam War 31 Category for a minor-league team 32 Rap, by another name 34 “Grab this!” 39 Amusement park ride that goes around and around 40 Growth under the skin 45 Unflattering angle of one’s face 47 Christmas stealer in a Dr. Seuss book 48 Stadiums 49 Duck’s habitat 53 Hitter’s turn to hit 54 Helps reduce the swelling of, say 55 Slangy refusal 56 Foul mood 57 Step on a ladder 60 Poem of praise 61 2,000 pounds 62 Before, poetically 63 “On your mark, get ___ …”