NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Once around the track 4 Orange-nosed Muppet
8 Bump against in a crowd 14 Hospital dept. for the neediest cases 15 Document showing ownership 16 Loose, as shoelaces 17 *Something to “take me out to,” in an old song
19 Hershey’s coconut candy bar 20 “Sounds right to me”
21 Close buddy, in a modern coinage 22 Weight watcher’s plan
23 *The presidency, e.g.
29 Desert refuges
31 Crushing defeat
32 Strip in a window blind
33 Trains like Chicago’s
35 Estate in “Gone With the Wind” 37 George Gershwin’s brother/partner 38 *Unpleasant tidings
42 *Means of locating one from the herd 44 Thrilla in Manila victor
45 Great ___ of China
47 Neither’s partner
48 Where a nuthatch hatches
50 Circle
52 Not watertight
56 *Drama department production 59 Falco with Emmys for two different series
60 “Well, what have we here?!” 61 Flicks that sometimes end in weddings 63 Prohibit
66 “Wow!” ... and a hint to both halves of the answers to the starred clues 67 Guarantee
68 Fox talent show winner
69 Brian who coined the term “ambient music”
70 Performed some hip-hop
71 Big Board inits.
72 Trifling amount
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1 Sexual appetite
2 Maine’s national park 3 Rhythmic heartbeats
4 Uptight
5 Dog strap
6 Account of one’s earlier days 7 Keats’s tribute to an urn, e.g. 8 Giant-sized TV, as in a stadium 9 Like a two-position electrical switch 10 Fills tightly
11 Its symbol is Sn
12 Was the front-runner
13 Some mag. workers 18 Triangular sail 24 Comprehended
25 1950s Communist-bashing grp. in Congress
26 Nastase of 1970s tennis 27 Astronomer Sagan
28 Latin list lopper, in brief
30 Whole lot
34 Gulped down
36 G.I. who’s way off base 38 Prohibits
39 Knighted actor Guinness
40 Bowl or plate
41 Swill for swine
43 Kind of birth with a rear-first delivery 46 Texter’s guffaw
49 Get ready for production, as a factory 51 Satirical work, like “Bored of the Rings”
53 Homes made of sun-dried bricks 54 “Madama Butterfly” dress 55 Response to “Who, me?” 57 Airport for a Bull or a Bear
58 Toys on strings
62 Spy on the inside
63 Boat propeller
64 ___ Today
65 Cough syrup amt. 66 Recycling container