NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 “Nova” airer
4 Like a rumpled bed
10 ___ tha Kyd
(big name in rap, once) 13 Lead-in to correct
15 Pothead
16 Road goo
17 Lager or I.P.A.? 19 “Well, what have we here?!” 20 James
Bond genre, informally
21 Like a brooding teen, maybe 22 Lose after being way ahead, as a lead
23 Hot fudge or caramel sauce? 27 “I goofed … who cares!”
29 “Eww, you could have kept that to yourself”
30 The “E” of Q.E.D.
31 [I can hear you, you know]
34 Kind of daisy 38 Lion-colored 39 Neat or on the rocks?
41 Gen ___
42 Part of a wintry mix
44 Salinger heroine
45 Feud (with)
46 Step between “ready” and “fire”
48 “Thanks, but no thanks” 50 Jägermeister or Fireball?
55 Keep ___ on (look after) 56 Chow down on, in modern slang
57 Perfumery scents
60 Part of E.S.L.: Abbr.
61 Chicken broth or beef bouillon? 64 Whichever 65 Common text in A.P. Latin
66 “Star Wars” pilot who, despite his name, flies with a co-pilot 67 “Geez!” 68 TV comic with a “Jokes Seth Can’t Tell” segment
69 Collar
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1 Homes, in slang 2 Emanation from Barney Gumble on “The Simpsons” 3 Attends to one’s mental health, say
4 L.A. school
5 Last in a series 6 Participated in a stock exchange? 7 “Dragon Ball Z” genre of TV and film
8 Boil down 9 Before, to poets 10 Some Russian vodka, informally
11 Web company that styles its name with an exclamation point
12 ___ one’s sorrows 14 Disconcerted 18 Scrabble piece 22 Vitamin that could also be a bingo call 24 Desktop debut of 1998
25 Titter 26 “Nothing’s broken” 27 Hardens
28 Like a contract that’s said to be “not worth the paper it’s written on” 32 Short albums, for short
33 Do an impression of 35 Increase in the number of teams in a league, e.g. 36 Votes for 37 Makes a booboo
39 “No kidding?” 40 Druid, e.g.
43 Begrudgingly accepts, as a loss
45 Whales and water fountains produce them 47 Tutor’s charge 49 Like wet noodles
50 Power source for early engines 51 ___-Barbera (onetime cartoon company) 52 Women’s health doc
53 Bonkers
54 Figure at a roast 58 Kind of nut with caffeine
59 Elitist
61 Cooke who was known as the “King of Soul” 62 Wine aperitif 63 Some serious hosp. cases