NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Nonmagical sort, in the Harry Potter universe
7 What’s found in cafés but not coffee shops? 13 Spanish loves
14 St. Bernard or mastiff, often 15 Hoity-toity types
16 Goofus
17 Wireless speaker brand 18 Place
19 Fencing equipment 20 Shade akin to fuchsia
23 Part of Q.E.D. 24 ___ blind 27 Dispenser of drafts
28 “Black gold” or “Texas tea”
30 Out of the office
32 Nine-digit ID 34 One leaving its pad quickly 39 Astronomical objects represented by the circled letters in this puzzle
42 One righting writing
43 “The lowest form of humor — when you don’t think of it first,” per Oscar Levant
44 “The Song of the ___” (Willa Cather novel) 45 First Chinese dynasty 47 Broadcaster of “The Price Is Right” for more than four decades
49 Letters requesting help 50 Back talk
54 Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, for two 57 Offering in church
59 Noche’s counterpart 60 Nevada senator Jacky 64 Low-calorie cookie spinoff 66 Adverb in a contract 67 Eccentrics 68 Produce oxidation in 69 Author Hemingway 70 Tablet tool
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1 Service that might be in Latin
2 “Yeah, that won’t work for me”
3 “I’m listening ...” 4 Many a wedding cake topper 5 Unleashes on 6 Intro to sociology? 7 “Evita” setting: Abbr.
8 Word with tax or cheat
9 Type of car whose name comes from the French word for “cut” 10 Toon hunting for a “scwewy wabbit”
11 Site of a mythical lion slaying 12 Romantic rendezvous 14 “Me, too!” 16 Patty’s place
18 ___ Challenge (famous taste test) 21 Gut-related 22 Some shortterm rentals 24 Hightail it
25 Was behind 26 Island between Java and Lombok
29 W.C.
31 As of now
33 Bit of shut-eye 35 450, in ancient Rome
36 Sorento and Telluride 37 Amazon-owned home Wi-fi brand 38 Scolding sounds 40 Part of some “Red” or “White” uniforms
41 St. ___ (Caribbean isle)
46 Some German cars
48 Word on the
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50 “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” author 51 Broadcaster 52 Oktoberfest vessel
53 Place to wash up?
55 Son of, in Arabic surnames
56 “___, not ___!” 58 Approx. when planes take off 61 Circus barker? 62 “Not you, too!?” 63 Disappointing R.S.V.P.S
65 Over 100, say 66 Gives birth to