NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Lab test 6 View from Liechtenstein 9 Square 14 Water slide 15 Word that becomes its own opposite if its first letter is removed 16 Hall’s partner 17 So much, in music 18 *1st and 5th 20 “Count me in” 22 Garment often made of silk 23 Kid- centric org. 24 *1st separate, 2nd and 3rd together, and 4th and 5th together 27 Tied in ___ 28 Encourage 32 Spongy growth 34 Potent strain of marijuana 37 Chateaux-lined river 38 Sanctions 39 *2nd and 3rd separated 41 Irk 42 Response to “Am not!” 44 Newswoman Phillips 45 Spot for a sitting duck 46 101 47 Some natural hairstyles 49 *1st 55 “The Simpsons” shopkeeper 58 Four-time Grammy winner Lovett 59 Display contempt for, in a way 60 *2nd and 3rd crossed 63 Adult insect stage 64 ___ and wiser 65 Playbill part, informally 66 What each number in the starred clues represents 67 “They’re creepy and they’re ___” (start of the “Addams Family” theme song) 68 Dot follower 69 14 pounds, in Britain
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1 When Aida dies in Verdi’s “Aida” 2 Former performing orca 3 Popular beachwear 4 Charges 5 Extra on “Star Trek” 6 Outcome of being fired? 7 Capital at an elevation of 12,000 feet 8 Disciplinary 9 With “please” or “if I may,” say 10 Language with more than 25 vowel sounds 11 Perched on 12 Soap that comes in blue- green bars 13 Far from harbor 19 Minions’ leader in “Despicable Me” 21 Long-stemmed mushroom 25 Unable to answer any more clues, say 26 ___ trip 29 Tries something 30 Gold and silver have them, but not bronze 31 “Step right up!” 32 Biblical kingdom in modern- day Jordan 33 Cajun cooking staple 35 Pen that’s full of oink? 36 Goddesses of the seasons 39 Low, creaky speaking register 40 Traverses 48-Down, in a way 43 [Not my error] 45 High rollers’ preference, perhaps 48 Water hazards 50 Where Ross taught paleontology on “Friends,” for short 51 “Goodness me!” 52 Extremely cold 53 Strand at an airport, maybe 54 Govt.-backed security 55 “Well, I guess so” 56 Word with shirt or grounds 57 Off-the-neck style 61 Apt rhyme for “shriek” 62 This puzzle’s solver