NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Across 1 Kindergarten

learning 5 Place with hot

rocks 10 Golf shot near a

green 14 Cemetery

purchase 15 Tells to “Do it!” 16 Long- eared

hopper 17 Anchor man? 20 Sacred Egyptian

bug 21 Southern drawl,

e. g. 22 Snack you might bite or lick 24 “Lovely ___”

( Beatles song) 25 Sound

technician? 32 They come with

buds 33 Space ball 34 Star- crossed lover of literature 35 Secretive org. 36 Bare minimum 38 Tennis barrier 39 What dropping off a last child at college is, to many parents 42 Star of “An Inconvenient Truth” 45 Giant in health

plans 47 Cancel, as a

rocket launch 48 Beat reporter? 51 One not reporting for duty, maybe 52 2017, por

ejemplo 53 Cartoon “Ouch!” 55 Suffers from 56 Quaint gestures

of gratitude 60 Noshed 61 “Right you ___!” 62 Sister brand of

Baby Ruth 63 It stains 64 Resting place 65 Executive

producer? 66 Blab Down 1 Smartphone

downloads 2 Congress’s Freedom Caucus, e. g. 3 Nightclub in a

Manilow song 4 Olympics no- no 5 Honey brand

since 1921 6 “The creation of beauty,” per RalphWaldo Emerson 7 “Yuck!” 8 Maiden name

intro 9 Batter, e. g. 10 City said to have big shoulders 11 In great shape 12 Resource in the

Mesabi Range 13 Cheeky 18 Hard- to- believe

stories 19 One in a cast 23 Instrument with

cane blades 24 Steals 25 Hot ones can

cause trouble 26 Capital of

Samoa 27 Sign akin to

“Bridge Out” 28 One of the

Gershwins 29 “Hold on, give

me a second” 30 Future predictor 31 Many a pledge

drive gift 36 Loretta who was the subject of “Coal Miner’s Daughter” 37 Word document settings 40 ___ pickle 41 5 or 6, for a kindergartner, typically 43 High toss 44 ___ Goose

( vodka brand) 46 Dame of

mystery 47 Consecrate 48 Cognizant 49 Bury 50 Successful

prankster’s cry 51 Melville

monomaniac 54 Span for The

New Yorker 56 Know-___ 57 Appropriate

rhyme for “spa” 58 For 59 Roget’s entry:

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