NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Deals with a problem 6 What X equals in Roman numerals 9 Mature, as wine 12 Polite plea to a parent 13 Yale student, informally 14 Sea, to Debussy 15 *Out-of-vogue hairstyle akin to a mullet 16 What “compares 2 U” in a 1990 #1 Sinead O’Connor hit 18 Ctrl-___-Del 19 When doubled, an African fly 20 Diatribe 21 Thick piece of concrete 23 Like a G.I. cleaning up after a meal, maybe 25 Speak grandly 27 *Condition with feet turned inward 30 Nobel laureate Wiesel 31 Almost vertical, as a slope 32 *How a tot rides on someone’s shoulders 34 Nurse, as a drink 36 Gooey road cover 37 *Two ones, in dice 43 Monsoon events 47 Nashville’s home: Abbr. 48 Like a centaur or faun … or a hint to the answer to each of this puzzle’s starred clues 50 Washington’s ___ Sound 52 Drug cop 53 Transoceanic alliance since 1949 54 Nike competitor 56 Western tribe member 58 Acorn, for one 59 On the market, as a house 60 *Signs of a much-used book 62 Suffix with nectar or elephant 63 Fib
64 Have the attention of 65 Psychedelic drug, briefly 66 The “L” of L.A.P.D. 67 Sierra ___ (African land)
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1 Summer vacation lodging 2 Result of three strikes 3 City planner’s map 4 Inventor dubbed “The Wizard of Menlo Park” 5 Feature of the word “psalm” or “pterodactyl” 6 Camping stake 7 Race of people in “The Time Machine” 8 The “N” of TNT 9 “Star Wars” queen 10 Hereditary 11 Unit of work 12 “Heads or tails!” 15 Speaks with a hoarse voice 17 *Foolish sort 22 *Really something, with “the” 24 Japanese pond swimmer 26 “There’s a mouse!” 28 Andy’s boy on “The Andy Griffith Show” 29 Driller in R.O.T.C., maybe: Abbr. 33 Knitting material 35 Dynamism 37 Fuel additive brand 38 Those getting excited when thinking? 39 Made irate 40 Team with the most World Series victories (27) 41 Historical period 42 Layered Austrian pastry 44 Humble response to “How do you do it all?” 45 It is “full of genius, full of the divinity,” per Henry David Thoreau 46 Vegas machines 49 Start of a play 51 Kids’ batting game 55 Miscellany 57 Frozen waffle brand 59 Chick-___-A 61 Suffix with Caesar