The New York Times Crossword
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1 Beanstalk climber in a fairy tale 5 Actress Sonia 10 Range for yodelers 14 “Ailment” for the heart
15 Appeared in syndication, say 16 Yowl
17 Fad item of the 1990s
19 Creatures that can be both pets and pests
20 Fig. with two hyphens 21 Hallucinatory experience
22 Jaguar spot, for example
23 Worker with books, for short 25 Brand so named because it limits ultraviolet light
28 Big name in shampoo
30 Country band, for short?
31 It requires a tap to get started
34 Santa ___, Calif. 35 Big hot dog?
37 Land on Lake Victoria
39 Gave for a while
40 Certain Kentucky racer
44 Small-arms runner of years past? 45 Poetic preposition 46 Land bridge between Africa and Asia
47 Welling up 48 Recovers from a bender, with “up” 49 Key that works to exit but not enter 50 Habitually 53 Touchdown figs. 55 Smidge
58 There’s a bridge near the top of it 59 Pulling a rabbit out of a hat, e.g. … which happens three times in this puzzle
62 Something stored in an upright position on a plane 63 Person with talent 64 50-50
65 Gumbo ingredient 66 Many indoor tennis facilities have them
67 Super
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1 Much of sparring 2 Best four-of-akind
3 “Seems likely …” 4 Knowledge
5 _ _ _ Rabbit
6 New beginning 7 Plains people 8 Be a chatterbox 9 Whichever
10 “Gosh dang it!” 11 Den
12 Typesetting unit 13 Unlikely Christmas present in Hawaii 18 Editorial slant?: Abbr.
22 Vessel that may be portaged 24 Next-best option 26 Certain evergreen 27 Singer Michael known as the “King of Christmas” 28 Fuddy-duddy
29 _ _ _ Rabbit 31 Tempting, as an offer
32 _ _ _ Rabbit
33 Kind of vote
35 Term of address in colonial India
36 Pot seeds?
38 Hoover rival 41 The Chiffons’ “___ Fine Day”
42 It’s a beauty in its setting
43 _ _ _ Chapel
47 What drivers do to cars at Car and Driver
48 “Buh-bye!”
50 Not sucked in by 51 Go off in two directions
52 Leader overthrown by a revolution 54 Takes steps
56 Big name in PCs 57 Fashion inits. 59 Hopping _ _ _
60 What “syne” means in “Auld Lang Syne” 61 Increase the speed of