NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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1 Feeds the kitty 6 Immunity ___ (“Survivor” object) 10 Trash bag brand 14 Bread 15 Dixie bread 16 Reduce, as anxiety 17 Where a queen can beat a king 19 Disney’s “___ and the Detectives” 20 Mossad’s land: Abbr. 21 Catch wind of 23 Bird on Australia’s coat of arms 24 Beat by a whisker 27 Medium for some sculptures 29 Big name in DVD rental 31 Soccer’s Messi, informally 32 Half a sawbuck 34 Sculpt 35 Cheese in moussaka 37 Midwest university town 39 Where an ace can beat a pair 42 Outpouring after a celebrity’s passing, say 43 Wine ___ ( oenophile, often) 45 “Borstal Boy” author 47 Onetime English poet laureate Henry James ___ 48 School email suffix 49 Dish often served with home fries 51 Texter’s “Yikes!” 53 Forerunners of smartphones, for short 54 ___ Xing 55 “Forbidden” fragrance in old ads 57 California’s ___ River 59 One taking a bow in Greek art 61 Where two pair beats three of a kind 66 Breakfast brand 67 Morales of “La Bamba” 68 Cockamamie 69 Pain in the you knowwhat 70 Make rhapsodic 71 What hands are composed of

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1 “The Walking Dead” channel 2 Japanese drama style 3 Gout target, often 4 Cow on milk cartons 5 Get fresh with 6 Hoppy brew, briefly 7 Give 100% 8 Number of times Howard Hughes’s Spruce Goose flew 9 “The Merry Widow” composer 10 “Hmm, I don’t know about that” 11 None too smart 12 “I, Robot” author 13 Highest- quality 18 Radiology exam, briefly 22 Scout’s job, briefly 24 One with pointy ears and shoes 25 “___ I Do” ( 1926 jazz standard) 26 Completely fall apart 28 Was mentioned, as in conversation 30 Times to crow 33 Think the world of 36 Hearing- related 37 Garment in a vestry 38 Certain plural ending 40 Alfred of I. Q. testing 41 Coke or Pepsi 44 Transportation to school 45 Flock loser of rhyme 46 Come out of one’s cocoon 50 Subdues with a shock 52 Goal for some H. S. dropouts 53 Primary strategy 56 Big name in audio systems 58 Holder of the Obama cabinet 60 Dipsomaniac 62 What Rick called Ilsa 63 Word in 12/ 8/ 41 headlines 64 Terminus 65 In medias ___