NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Cloths used to
collect dust 5 ___ elephant 10 Habitat for a trout 14 Org. with a Grand Esteemed Loyal Knight 15 Creation from a
kit 17 Part of Iran that
can get quite hot 19 NovelistWilson who wrote “The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit” 20 Popular early
2000s R& B artist 21 Aziz of “Observe
and Report” 23 Org. to call for a
jump- start 26 German dissent 27 Suddenly showed
interest 30 Shape for a locket 31 Scent 32 Israeli region that
includes Eilat 34 Band
engagement 35 2008 Olympic men’s tennis gold medalist 40 Air passenger’s
request 42 Bull’s- eye, for
Target 43 Didn’t speak of, as
a touchy subject 48 Game similar to
baccarat 49 Health resort 50 Catches in a net 51 Chicago airport 53 Rimes with the 2002 hit “Can’t Fight the Moonlight” 54 “Finally, though
as important…” 60 Supports for a
lower joint 61 ___ qua non ( essential element) 62 Psychoanalysis
appt. 63 “Like ___, all
tears”: Hamlet 64 Fashion magazine that can be read from back to front?
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1 “Notorious ___” ( best seller about a member of the Supreme Court) 2 First full month of
D. S. T. 3 Attends without
an escort 4 Like something that can be closed tight 5 Lash out at 6 Digitize, as a
document 7 Suffix with
president 8 No. of concern in
a cockpit 9 Nascar Hall- of
Famer Jarrett 10 Shedding, as
weight 11 “The Story of ___” ( 1975 film by Truffaut) 12 “The Muppet
Show” host 13 Singer John who was born Reginald Dwight 16 Sitcom cook who
said “Stow it!” 18 Matador’s
opponent 21 “Chacun ___
goût” 22 Basilica part 23 Ballplayer Rich who started and ended his 15- year career as a Giant 24 Farthest point in
an orbit 25 Pitcher’s asset 28 Retouches after a
fly ball is caught 29 McKellen of
“The Hobbit” 33 Distillery sight 36 Soprano Licia who performed hundreds of times at the Met 37 Something in a simile that’s dead beyond doubt 38 Fever fit 39 Quite a bit 41 Figs. on a Stanford- Binet test 43 Rabbi Meir who served in the Knesset 44 Gets the lead
out? 45 Doors, in Brest 46 African pest 47 Fussy to a fault 48 Final word in a
Porky Pig short 52 Tidal retreat 53 Leopold’s 1924
co- defendant 55 Caterer’s
coffeepot 56 Red snapper, at a
sushi restaurant 57 Cpl. or sgt. 58 Fall ’ 75 TV debut 59 End of each word in 17-, 27-, 43and 54- Across— as well as every clue ( and that’s a fact!)