THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Work like Dürer

5 Peter or Paul, but not Mary

9 Bath fixture 14 Lilting melodies 15 Concerning, to a lawyer 16 Musical with the song “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” 17 Trick football play

20 ___ bark beetle

21 One side of a debate

22 Dude, Jamaica-style

23 Office staple since the 1980s

30 Birth control method, for short

31 Peach or plum

32 Descartes’s “therefore”

33 Super Bowl-winning QB Bart

36 Bollywood soundtrack instrument

38 “... man ___ mouse?”

39 High-ranking British Parliament member

42 Doctors’ org.

43 Something one shouldn’t make in public

44 Lifesavers for cops and sailors

45 Disposable lighters and pens

47 The mark of Zorro

48 You, abroad

49 Floor warning

55 Good noise from an engine

56 Sarcastic laugh sound

57 Green govt. group

58 Study at a college that doesn’t have applications

64 Seize without legal authority

65 Listening device

66 Ink stain

67 Pool contents

68 Newspaper essay

69 Old one, in Oldenburg

DOWN

1 Alleviated

2 Duke or dame

3 Pulls an all-nighter, say

4 “The buck stops here” prez

5 Bar on a car

6 Be a busybody

7 Pound sound

8 Family member: Abbr.

9 Genre for Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker

10 Way or means

11 Paul McCartney, for one

12 Onetime telecom-munications conglomerate, for short

13 Opposing vote

18 Bullish trends

19 Bully’s boast

24 Dame ___ Te Kanawa

25 Entrance for Santa

26 Navel formation?

27 Moves briskly

28 White heron

29 Surf sounds

33 Signs of healing

34 Native of southern India or northern Sri Lanka

35 You can count on them

36 It’s no bull

37 Nice location

40 Itchy condition

41 Out in public

46 Baseball or basketball

48 Humiliated

50 Basketball inflaters

51 Invitation heading

52 “Mack the Knife” composer

53 Disney World theme park

54 It’s often unaccounted for … or a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters 58 Short-haired dog

59 Play for a patsy

60 7,485 performances, for Broadway’s original “Cats”

61 Noah count?

62 With it

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