THE NYT CROSSWORD

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1 Helps 5 ___-size model 9 Things 14 Licentious man 15 Paying close attention 16 ___ congestion (cold symptom) 17 Small, cute residence? 19 Bygone Toyota sports car 20 Music with conga drums 21 500 sheets of paper 23 Moral toughness 24 Device for killing mosquitoes? 27 Annie who was nicknamed “Little Sure Shot” 31 Like a wellworn dirt road 32 Pouring into a shot glass, e.g.? 36 Come to earth 37 Fair-hiring inits. 38 Stars and ___ (Confederate flag) 42 Relatives of slack jaws? 46 Delilah was his undoing 50 “Stop joshin’ me!” 51 What wakes everyone up in the morning at the duck pond? 55 Sch. for future admirals 56 Like books and tea leaves 57 Host at a roast 62 “Ad ___ per aspera” (Kansas’ motto) 64 Archenemy of Bugs Bunny … who might say things like 17-, 24-, 32-, 42and 51-Across 66 Wail of an ambulance 67 Den 68 Not ___ deal 69 Having an exhilarating effect 70 Trig function 71 Leave completely filled

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1 Counterpart of sciences 2 Des Moines’s home 3 Fight at 20 paces, say 4 Lays eyes on 5 Expert 6 Advice-giving “Dr.” of radio 7 Surprise victory 8 Sauna feature 9 Shoo-___ (overwhelming favorites) 10 Instructed 11 ___ de corps 12 Jarhead 13 On the schedule 18 Goalie Dominik with 16 seasons in the N.H.L. 22 Man’s nickname that’s just wonderful? 25 Letter before zee 26 Signal from offstage 27 ___ exams (tests at the end of a student’s fifth year at Hogwarts) 28 “Eureka!” 29 Family relations 30 “Acid” 33 Wood for archery bows 34 One of the Stooges 35 U.K. lexicon 38 Software problem 39 From ___ Z 40 Letter before sigma 41 Fig. on an application 42 Stir-fry vessel 43 ___ about (approximately) 44 Gaping opening 45 Proprietor 46 Racket sport 47 Sydneysider, for one 48 Words said over and over 49 Chicken 52 Believes 53 ___ Lama 54 PC network overseer 58 Degs. for creative types 59 Country with which the U.S. re-established diplomatic relations in 2015 60 Toolbar heading 61 Narrow advantage 63 “___ last words?” 65 Before, to poets