THE NYT CROSSWORD

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1 Christmastime purchases 5 Vessel that's 1% full? 10 American ally in W. W. II 14 Twist someone's words, say? 15 God, to many 16 ___ Minderbinder, lieutenant in "Catch- 22" 17 What the answers to the six starred clues follow, as hinted at by 66- Across 19 Old PalmPilot products, in brief 20 Sauce for falafels 21 Lucy's bandleader husband 23 * Firework that doesn't work 24 * Crafts site 26 Something said to smell sweet 28 Neighbor of a Montanan 32 Soft ball material 33 Short, for short 34 Poet who wrote "Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity" 36 * Contemptuous smile 39 1847 novel partly set on a whaler 41 Western New York Iroquois 43 Slightest protest 44 * Military vehicles 46 Upright 48 Windy City rail org. 49 Places to hibernate 51 Chunnel train 53 Page designs 56 * Resistance units 57 * Shakespearean prince 58 Adds ( up) 60 Short, for one 64 Opposite of plummet 66 Cry from behind a counter 68 Unadulterated 69 Woman's name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet 70 She: Sp. 71 Band with the top 10 hits "Lady" and "Babe" 72 Participated in a bee 73 Look ( into)

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1 Ending with song or slug 2 "You have no ___" 3 Worth a great deal 4 Conflict 5 First N. F. L. player on the cover of Sports Illustrated 6 Wine label abbr. 7 Lump 8 He was accompanied by the guard dog Cerberus 9 Biggest- selling newspaper in England 10 First, second or third person 11 Unintended consequence 12 Major European ethnic group 13 What Moses supposes his toeses are, in an old verse 18 Harden 22 Rapper with the 1999 album "The Seventh Deadly Sin" 25 Where Ali won his 1974 world heavyweight title 27 Trim 28 Surname of three baseball brothers 29 Arm 30 Vodka and tomato juice cocktail 31 Like la nuit 35 Prepare to drive 37 Greek salad ingredient 38 Not fight seriously 40 Margarine 42 Economized 45 Flush fastener 47 Like the Vietnamese language 50 Old Beatles rival, with "the" 52 17- time Best Actress nominee 53 Targets for speech therapists 54 Approximately 55 Many an ancient tombstone 59 Annual Austin media event, informally 61 Whodunit, e. g. 62 It may be surrounded by beaches 63 Approximately 65 Alternative to Bowser 67 Word with tongue or twist