THE NYT CROSSWORD

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1 Churchill Downs, to horse racing fans 6 So-called “battery acid” 9 Striking 14 Words after “Stuck” or “High” in hit song titles 15 Control tower projection, for short 16 Susceptible 17 Wendy’s burger for “discerning carnivores” 19 It’ll give a chip zip 20 “This is gonna be amazing!” 21 Dazzling figure skating feat 22 Abbr. for Lucasfilm 23 Court finales 26 Sandy islet 27 Do some plot work 28 One to one, say 29 Get at 32 Shakespeare’s Shylock, for one 35 Eldest of the Pleiades 36 Group of horses? 37 Cher or Adele, e.g. 38 Smallest infinite cardinal number 40 Opposite of narrow 41 Close attention, in brief 42 Uber app abbr. 43 Modicum 44 Simple, simple, simple 48 Stingers from a gun 51 One devoted to Mary? 52 Its logo features a flaming ball 54 He joined the 52-Across in 2004 56 Title role player in 2013’s “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” 57 Plasma, for one 58 Heartbeat 59 One who might target four minutes 60 What Willy Loman was in 61 “Dream on!” 62 Get rid of

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1 Company once named SoconyVacuum 2 Pass 3 Palmlike tropical plant 4 Cousin of a polecat 5 Sally Field’s role in “The Amazing Spider-Man” 6 Unleash upon 7 Not the movable type 8 Main villain in “The Phantom Menace” 9 Some execs 10 Many a dweller along the Euphrates 11 Assigned, as to do charity work, in modern lingo 12 Constantly wanting more 13 Unwaveringly committed to 18 Follower of fire or bombs 24 Boston ___ 25 Be short 26 Sound in a storm 29 “No clue” 30 Worker always seen with a beard 31 Bit by bit 32 Easily disgusted 33___-de-sac 34 Dressage concern 36 “Pain at another’s good,” per Plutarch 39 Bears 40 Pity party cry 43 Guitarist Hendrix 45 Go down 46 Queen’s “We Are the Champions,” vis-à-vis “We Will Rock You” 47 Dry out 48 Gorgeous, to Giorgio 49 Ones up in arms? 50 Vacancy sign? 53 Probate figure 55 Relative of “die”