The New York Times crossword puzzle

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1 Take a while to wear off 5 Bird food holder 9 Allow through 14 Big dog 16 “It Is Never Too Late to Mend” novelist, 1856 17 The Fab Four kicked it off 19 Like many sub- Saharan languages 20 What often follows grace 21 Their tops can produce “power output” 27 Nitrogen source for plants 28 Put in firmly 29 Michelangelo and others 34 With nothing on 35 Title mankini wearer in a 2006 film 36 Woman often depicted 34- Across by 29- Across 37 Didn’t release 38 Astronomical discovery initially called Xena 39 Ingredient in some mulled wine 41 File menu option 43 Locale of Franklin County … or of Aretha Franklin’s birth: Abbr. 44 Workout area? 50 Music direction to stop playing 51 Celebrity astrologer Sydney ___ 52 Usually anonymous newspaper worker 57 They’re more important than quarters 58 Bavaria, per part of its official name 59 Seahawks stadium name before 2011 60 Twitter feature 61 Something pulled uphill

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1 Orientation letters? 2 Orientation aid 3 River that Henry Miller likened to “a great artery running through the human body” 4 Golden Horde member 5 They may be stored in towers 6 Match noise 7 Darth Vader’s childhood nickname 8 Darling of literature 9 It’s between Navarre and Catalonia 10 Co- star of a # 1 TV show for four seasons in the 1950s 11 Artery 12 “Yes, agreed” 13 X 15 Attacks medieval- style 18 Things picked up by the perceptive 22 High- five gowiths, maybe 23 Certain whitecollar criminal 24 Hoist 25 Pinheads 26 Angioplasty device 29 Like cartoondom’s Peter Griffin or Chief Wiggum 30 Once- ler’s opponent, in children’s literature 31 Rush hour, on the airwaves 32 Their grilles have trident ornaments 33 Actor Auberjonois and others 37 Upper class 39 Wickerwork material 40 Co. with the longtime slogan “Live well” 42 Waylay 45 Joe Blow 46 Broadcasts 47 From one’s earliest days 48 Where the Linear A script was unearthed 49 Was immoral 52 Lawyer’s title: Abbr. 53 Beads on petals 54 Were present? 55 Spike in direction 56 Say 12- Down