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The New York Times

- By Peter Wentz ACROSS Edited by Will Shortz No. 0312

1 Toward the tiller 4 It might be laid down if broken 10 It carries an added tax in Philadelph­ia and San Francisco 14 End of the White House’s domain 15 1996 book on grammar whose title “corrects” a melodramat­ic cry 16 Classic Camaro 17 Frozen food brand famously lampooned by comedian Jim Gaffigan 19 To avoid the risk that 20 In a new way 21 One who takes it all back? 23 Dove in a bathtub, say 24 Complaint after a tough workout 27 Brief confirmati­on 28 Tops and blocks, e.g. 29 Cartoon bartender 30 “I’ve been thinkin’ ...” 32 First person to garner 80 Grammy nomination­s 36 Switch to the other side 37 Motorcycli­st’s wear 38 ___ Aramco, world’s most profitable company 39 Self-help guru Ferriss 40 Illegal accessing, of a sort 44 “___ noticed!” 45 Hip-hop’s Hussle or comedy’s Russell 48 One with a solo in Brahms’s Symphony No. 1 49 Prix fixe 51 Get smart? 53 Letters preceding a controvers­ial take 54 Best Picture winner between “Forrest Gump” and “The English Patient” 57 Parker who served as the first president of Facebook 58 Shining 59 Far from a popular spot 60 Division word 61 Lowers oneself 62 Brand of hairstylin­g gel”¨

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1 Shocked 2 “Little bunny” of a nursery rhyme 3 Light, foldable table 4 Low pair 5 Nom de guerre roughly translatin­g to “bringer of light” 6 Sound from a chicken? 7 Be flat 8 2017 A.L. M.V.P. Jose Altuve, for one 9 Knowing better 10 Isolate so as to hinder cooperatio­n and communicat­ion in business 11 One getting the lead out, say 12 Back-to-back: ”¨Fr. 13 End of a sales pitch 18 Court entertaine­rs 22 Drug sometimes used for a vision quest 25 Slash preceder 26 Hard things to carry alone 31 Opening on a trunk 33 Bearish 34 Meryl Streep or Lupita Nyong’o, collegiate­ly 35 Singer who lent his name to a brand of breakfast sausages 36 “Word!” 37 Primitive sorts 38 Emphatic agreement in Latin America 41 Lit 42 Onetime host ”¨for ABC News, NBC News and CBS News 43 Carefully followed 46 Not on good terms 47 Completely remove 50 Common ”¨campus health diagnosis 52 Resistance figures 55 ___ Krieger, ”¨U.S. women’s soccer star 56 Chill out

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