NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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1 ___ above (better than) 5 R un one’s mouth 11 Bit of acne, informally 14 Unhurried run 15 Protective tooth layer 16 Blunder 17 Archfoe 19 Bikini top 20 P revious to, in poetry 21 S ay “Please, please, please,” say 22 Rep on the street 23 Profanity 27 Official sometimes said to be blind 29 “___-hoo!” (“Hello!”) 30 Nostradamus, for one 31 “The Witches” director Nicolas 33 N BC weekend show since ’75 35 C ompletely wrong 39 Golden parachutes, e.g. 42 Pe ace Nobelist Sakharov 43 Title like “The Santa Clause” or “Knight and Day” 44 Faucet problem 45 P refix with dexterity 47 Galahad or Lancelot 49 Pa s’ partners 50 P opular movie theater candy 55 Kit e flier’s need 56 Plant, as seeds 57 Lik e the stage after larval 60 QB Manning 61 Influential sorts … or a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 39- and 50-Across 64 T eacher’s ___ 65 Sudden runs 66 “___ Enchanted” (2004 rom-com) 67 A ttempt 68 Clas sic cameras 69 Wher e to drop a coin

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1 Jessica of “Dark Angel” 2 Hair do 3 F ully informed, informally 4 F our: Prefix 5 The “p” of m.p.h. 6 In single file 7 Gr oup of experts 8 ΩΩΩ 9 Opposite of masc. 10 T ravel like Superman 11 Alphabetically last animal in a zoo, usually 12 Cle arance rack abbr. 13 Swa p 18 Slippery 22 Lik e pigs’ tails and permed hair 24 Samsung competitor 25 Fastidious sort 26 Neuter, as a stud 27 ___ Major 28 Lik e a well-kept lawn 32 Depardieu of film 34 P ool unit 36 P eriod of higher-than-average temperatures 37 Charle s Lamb’s “Essays of ___” 38 Kit chen amts. 40 Offic e sub 41 Import ant time at a fraternity or sorority 46 “Ho w tragic” 48 K elly of morning TV 50 W on the World Series in four games, say 51 E dmonton hockey player 52 Togetherness 53 T erra ___ 54 “P ut up your ___!” 58 Guthrie who performed at Woodstock 59 F uture atty.’s hurdle 61 “Naughty!” 62 Abbr. in a military address 63 Thing s eds. edit