The New York Times Crossword 34 “Gotcha” 35 “Life of Pi” director Lee 39 ___ Grey tea 40 Does sums 42 Eyelid irritation 44 “For heaven’s sake!” 46 Twisty-shaped pasta 47 Entertains 50 Supermodel Kate 51 Send, as a payment 52 Wear away 53 What the A

ACROSS

1 Apt rhyme for “paws”

6 Cries loudly 10 Mountain 14 Maximum allowed 15 One really shouldn’t be used to clean your ears, doctors say 16 Relaxed feeling 17 The first Mrs. Donald Trump 18 Strong desire 19 Gazelle, to a cheetah

20 Red hat of the Ottoman Empire 21 One of the two main branches of Islam

23 Dogs with curly tails

25 Higher on the Rotten Tomatoes rating scale

27 Ire

28 Clothing line?

29 Not yet found, as a criminal

32 Popular same-sex dating app 35 Be hurting

36 Birth control option, for short 37 Sounds of wonderment 38 Singing voice above baritone 40 Italian wine region 41 Sweetie

42 Like some retro carpeting

43 Most strange

45 More intelligent 47 Wowed

48 The “R” of H.R.H. 49 What one should do twice before cutting once

53 Major toymaker 55 Sound of a contented cat

56 The “p” of m.p.h. 57 “Fancy seeing you here!”

58 Very: Fr.

60 U.S. facility in Cuba, informally 62 Country bordering Yemen

63 Bring on staff 64 Egg-shaped

65 ___ pot (device for clearing sinuses) 66 Thanksgiving side dish

67 Al ___ (firm, as pasta)

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1 Steep drop-off 2 Meat that may be “chopped”

3 Wow

4 Take the pot, in poker

5 Tucked (away) 6 Wiggle from discomfort

7 ___ vez (again, in Spanish) 8 Humongous 9 Ancient tool for hunters or warriors

10 Edible squash seed

11 Phenomenon witnessed from space … or a hint to this puzzle’s sequence of shaded squares 12 On the ocean 13 C minor and F sharp major, for two

22 Like a diet low in sodium and favoring whole grains

24 Salad green some chefs massage to soften

26 Tax IDS: Abbr. 27 Texas city between Dallas and Austin 30 Courage, metaphorically 31 Computer menu with Undo and Redo

32 Bunches

33 Wander