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The new york times crossword

- 10/14/20

ACROSS

1 Citizens United,

e.g., for short 4 Give up

8 Button whose icon consists of a triangle over a horizontal line

13 Prefix with

friendly 14 What fire poppies do after a wildfire 15 Louis ___, “My Dinner With Andre” director 16 Bird able to run faster than the fastest human 17 99, in chemistry 19 Something removed before signing

21 “My gal” of

song 22 Terminal abbr. 23 Lump in the

throat

26 Most likely to

be picked, say 28 99, in Islam 31 Black cat, some

think 32 Stereotypi­cal dog name that isn’t actually used much 33 Area of

expertise 37 “Who ___?” (end of a riddle) 38 U.S.A.F. honor 39 Saucer, perhaps 41 Fall into decay 42 “Hidden Figures” actress Janelle 44 The “A” in A.D. 46 Looks for gold 47 99, in hockey 50 Invites out for 53 Stab in the back 54 Fill-in-___

blank

55 Letters of “good” cholestero­l 57 Former Ohio governor

John 60 99, in pop music 64 December 1st? 65 Spice that

comes in stars 66 Dugout, e.g. 67 Tree with ovalshaped sawtoothed leaves 68 Expensive

violin, for short 69 Glasses, in

adspeak 70 Mountain seen in “The Sound of Music”

7

DOWN

1 Look-see 2 Pinnacle 3 “Sure, I’m

game”

4 Shears 5 Immeasurab­ly

long time

6 ___ Equis (beer)

First responders, for short

8 Mexican revolution­ary Zapata

9 When M.L.K.

was born: Abbr. 10 Omit, as a

syllable

11 Parts of a crossword that the constructo­r works on last

12 Entice

14 Major component of chili

18 Jazz pianist

Hines

20 Either of two directing brothers 24 “Will do my

best”

25 Chap

27 Symbol of the

golden ratio 28 Linguist

Chomsky 29 Arsenal

supply 30 Upscale section

of an airport

34 Something that

just might work 35 “Out of my

way!” indicator 36 E-commerce site with handmade crafts

38 Place for

final words 40 The United States Bullion Depository, familiarly 43 Responses of disappoint­ment

45 Bird’s beak 46 Schoolsupp­orting orgs.

48 Baby ___, character in “The Mandaloria­n”

49

Clear, as a computer’s memory 50 Book often stored horizontal­ly 51 Push aside 52 Fermented

milk drink 56 Hybrid business entities:

Abbr.

58 Holder of

mitochondr­ia 59 Source of canvas and cannabis 61 They take a look at fliers, for short 62 Length of a 400

meter run 63 Washington’s

bill

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By Jakob Weisblat

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