The new york times crossword

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solver’s cry 14 Deity with 99

names 15 Raphael, Gabriel or Michael 17 Cradlin’ a Salinger protagonist? 19 Preserve, as

ashes

20 Vodka brand,

informally 21 “Footloose” star cookin’ a fresh batch of brownies? 26 “Need an ark? I Noah guy,” and others

27 Blond at the

bar, say 28 Letters on

a luxury handbag 29 Chips brand 31 Sentence … or something found in a sentence

33 Did so-so at

school

34 The Great Emancipator sharin’ URLs on his blog? 40 Cover for illicit

activity 41 “Right on!” 43 “I don’t want to hear the gory details” 46 ___-C.I.O. 49 Strands in a

cell 50 Four-time Grammy winner India.___

Bein’ in debt to a “Wedding Crashers” co-star? 1 6 11 51 54 Some burrowing mouselike rodents 56 One-point

Scrabble draw 57 Massachusetts senator wagin’ conflict? 63 Houseplant that some think brings luck and prosperity 64 One in 1,000? 65 Beat it!

66 Bee teem? 67 Internet admin

DOWN

1 Cry of

frustration Chess rating

system

___ fours Minute hands,

essentially Climb (up), as

a pole 6 Related to

religious rites 7 Sedative in a blowgun dart, informally 8 Old French

coin

9 Org. for Ducks

and Penguins 10 Bunglers 11 Get too old to

qualify 12 “Over my dead

body!” 13 Hugo-winning “Hothouse” author Brian 16 Particularly

particular 18 Pencil

remnants 21 Actress

Dennings 22 Philosopher Zeno’s birthplace 23 Crow, but not

magpie 24 “American ___” 25 “Moi? Never!” 2

3 4

5

By Jack Murtaugh

30 Went on, as an

errand 32 Gotham City supervillain in a cryogenic

suit

33 Intl. standard used by many astrologers 35 Amount to 36 Our genus 37 Freshly 38 Roadside bombs, for short 39 One-billionth:

Prefix

42 Solo in

spaceflight? 43 “I need a

hero!” 44 Computer language that sounds like a literary intro 45 Under the

weather 46 “Ode to

Joy,” for the European Union 47 Texter’s “I

think”

48 New Hampshire state flowers 52 Bury

53 The “L” of Samuel L. Jackson 55 Declares

58 As an aside, in

a text

59 The “E” of

B.C.E.

60 Info in an apt.

listing 61 Texter’s “I

think”

62 Catch some Z’s