The New York Times crossword puzzle
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1 Match, as subject and verb 6 Newspaper held in low esteem 9 Cigar milder than a maduro 14 Top of an espresso 15 Novelist Umberto 16 Swing by unannounced 17 Things that may fly around saloons 18 France’s Académie ___ Beaux-Arts 19 Gives deep massage therapy 20 Old Spice alternative 21 Violinist Zimbalist 23 Only president who was also a chief justice 24 Film school deg. 25 “Whew! What a tiring day!” 27 Padre’s hermana 28 Tackle, for one 30 Slicing, as through water 32 Part of a cello that supports the instrument on the floor 33 Make right, perhaps in a not-so-right way 34 Complete … as suggested by four symmetrical pairs of Down answers in this puzzle 38 Burn black 41 Layered cake 42 Group that votes together 46 A lowercase “f” on a blue background, for Facebook 47 Like Delta Force forces 48 She said “Little boy, gonna make you a man,” in a Kinks song 49 Princess of Avalor, on a Disney show 51 One of the Three Stooges 52 Cares for, as a garden 53 New Deal prez 54 Airport screening org. 56 Cheer repeated before “sisboom-bah!” 58 Astronomers’ std. 59 “I Am … ___ Fierce,” #1 Beyoncé album 61 ___ Park, Calif. 63 Plays (around) 65 Curvy 67 Started eating 68 Magic Johnson’s 10,141 69 Ten-gallon hat 70 Cry of disbelief
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1 Good-natured 2 Mythical beast that’s half lion and half eagle 3 Edmond ___, “Cyrano de Bergerac” playwright 4 James who sang “At Last” 5 Canadian interjections 6 Distinctively colored freshwater fish 7 Bitter 8 What “it” is supposed to do 9 Y course 10 Rioter’s spoils 11 H.S. course often covering the “Aeneid” 12 Making up variations on a theme 13 Performing live, say 21 Send off, as rays 22 Sea cow 25 One who might become a fiancée 26 Record for later, in a way 29 Screenwriter Nora 31 Flimsy, as an excuse 35 Stuffed grape leaves 36 Half a sextet 37 Member of the weasel family 38 Pitch setter 39 Waits for a better offer, say 40 Game box info 43 Like friends not seen for years 44 Antebellum Dixie 45 People are asked to sign it after an accident 50 1896 Olympics locale 52 Hush-hush org. 55 Tell 57 Many Pennsylvania Dutch speakers 60 Typical “Key & Peele” segment 62 Dark time in France 63 E.R. workers 64 Second part of the sign of the cross, symbolically 65 Glimpsed 66 Indianapolis-toAtlanta dir.