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NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

- Edited by Will Shortz Read about and comment on each puzzle: nytimes.com/wordplay.

ACROSS

1 Spry

6 Gray, say

10 Raise on a farm 14 Parts of radios 16 Dubliner’s land 17 Dog in “Finding Neverland” 18 Second-in-charge, as at a restaurant 21 “The ___ Erwin Show” (1950s sitcom) 22 Watson of “Beauty and the Beast” 23 Revered emblem 24 Blackens with goo 26 California setting for “Hannah Montana” 28 End of a proof, for short 30 Boundary marking the limits of a black hole

33 Salt Lake City collegian

34 Tuna type

35 Fort ___ (gold depository) 36 Carpe ___ (seize the day)

37 Director of the horror films “Cabin Fever” and “Hostel” 41 Comedian Martin 43 Miner’s big find 44 President who was formerly Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary of war 47 Campaigned 48 Texter’s guffaw 49 Toss the pigskin perfectly 54 Offshoot of punk 55 Knockoffs, informally 56 Baby’s first word, maybe

57 Like pistachios and lemons

59 Peace Nobelist Wiesel 61 19-Down for an air gun

62 Classic comics rallying cry ... or a hint to 18-, 30- and 49-Across 66 Politician Buttigieg 67 Joel or Ethan of the film world

68 Jail, in slang 69 “Leave it to the ___”

70 It bends when you sit 71 Must have

DOWN

1 One little bite 2 Holst who composed “The Planets” 3 Cover, as a car 4 Hula hoop? 5 Triage sites, for short 6 Monarchy for over a thousand years 7 Treatment for ADHD 8 Partner of Hammer in the supermarke­t 9 Vocal percussion­ists 10 One creating a little buzz at an outdoor party

11 Angrily abandon a video game 12 Approximat­ely 39 inches

13 “The most successful ___ seldom pays for its losses”: Thomas Jefferson

15 Part of an office bldg. address

19 See 61-Across 20 Follower of “the,” often

25 Trap

27 Preppy clothing brand

29 Prefix with god or john

31 However, in brief 32 Rise from bed ... or drop to one’s stomach

36 Jeans material 37 Her, to Henri 38 Affect in a distant, menacing way 39 “Sure, my pleasure!” 40 Instrument with a soundbox 42 Election night graphic 45 Anticipate

46 Like most roads 49 Subject in which sin is an important topic?

50 It means “no returns allowed”

51 Group wielding pitchforks, say 52 Strolled

53 Things shooting from a sci-fi monster’s eyes

58 White bills in Monopoly

60 Key to get out? 62 Tinder or Venmo 63 Harry Potter’s best friend

64 Long stretch

65 A Stooge

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