NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Reason for sneezin’ 5 Processed meat popular in Hawaiian cuisine 9 Hoodlike garment for a monk (or Batman) 13 Crimson Tide school, to fans 14 Bettor’s big bluff, maybe 16 Third-largest Hawaiian island 17 “Keep it polite!” 19 “Portlandia” segment 20 Breakup line from a vampire? 22 “Spider-man” director Raimi 23 Wasabi ___ 24 Breakup line from a werewolf?
32 “___ takers?” 33 Pronounce “rr” in Spanish, say 34 Next-to-last chemical element alphabetically 36 Once-faddish robotic toy
38 “___ on a Grecian Urn”
39 Miata maker
40 Many a makeshift swing
41 Tom’s frenemy in old cartoons 43 One might be put through the wringer
44 Breakup line from Frankenstein’s monster? 48 Piglet’s pal 49 Muscle car that “really drives ’em wild” in a 1960s hit 50 Breakup line from a mummy?
58 “Terrible” czar 59 Trinkets
61 Final emperor of the JulioClaudian dynasty 62 Testimony transcriber, for short
63 Word after Vor crew
64 Turning point? 65 “You lose” 66 “Odyssey” peak
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1 “Undercover Boss” network 2 Like a course for a horse?
3 “u r so funny!” 4 Specification on a park pass 5 State capital north of Sacramento,
CA
6 “___ ahead” 7 Moreover
8 Light spray 9 TV character George who says “I’m disturbed! I’m depressed! I’m inadequate! I got it all!”
10 Like some barrel-aged ales
11 Lash
12 Ancient stringed instrument sometimes made from a turtle shell 15 Mythological forest maiden 18 Sly
21 Nay’s opposite 24 William Howard in the White House 25 Northwest Territories native
26 Gift of the Wise Men
27 Spanish wine 28 Furniture hardwood 29 Office record keeper
30 Doohickey
31 Finish with
35 Draped garment for an operagoer (or Batman)
37 One whose taste buds may not crave Buds 39 Spiritual sort 42 “That’s correct!”
45 Plant, as seeds 46 Cities with wharves
47 “Oh dear, that’s wrong!”
50 Connector
51 Tied
52 Root in Hawaiian cuisine
53 When Blanche meets Stanley in “A Streetcar Named Desire” 54 “That’s a relief!” 55 Singer Braxton or Basil
56 Luau instruments, informally 57 Chest muscles, for short
60 Music genre that influenced the Clash