NY Times Puzzle No. 0123
1 5 House Sci. ACROSS class overhang that might controlled have explosions
9 Look at rudely
13 Holey shoe
14 Camera setting for novice photographers
15 Cartoon brother of Dewey and Louie
16 Heaven’s
opposite
17 5, for the set
[2, 4, 6, 8]
18 Be philanthropic
19 Not delayed
21 Crystal-filled
rocks
23 Device with Rewind and Fast Forward functions 26 Aid for squeezing into a tight piece of footwear
27 Extreme point in the Arctic or Antarctic
30 World Cup cheers
31 Store sign displayed from 9 to 6, say
35 “If you ask me
…,” online
36 True or false, on
a true/false test
38 Promise in front
of a judge
39 Unsaid yet
understood
41 Have dinner at
home
43 Glass frequently used for toasting the New Year
48 Two quarters
49 Wet forecast
50 Meat of the
matter 51 Advice to a musician with a 23-, 26- or 43-Across? 54 Egyptian counterpart of Hades and Pluto
56 Deals from the bottom or marks cards, say
59 Lack of seriousness about a serious situation
60 “Yay!”
61 Juicy bits of info
62 Future therapist’s major, for short
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1 “HELLO … Hello
… hello …” effect
2 “Well, ___ you
clever?!”
3 Alessandro who invented the electric battery
4 High-level coverup?
5 Country between Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea
6 Shade of color
7 Prediction of a flight tracker app, for short
8 African mammal that’s resistant to snake venom
9 “What a terrible,
awful idea!”
10 Tour leader
11 Bar used on a
fulcrum
12 “Blinkers” or
“peepers”
20 Passable, at best
22 Make a mistake
24 Jellied fish in
some British pies
25 Enjoy, as gum
27 Marketing spiel
28 Largest city in
Nebraska
29 Neighborhood spot for cheap booze
32 So-called “master gland” of the endocrine system
33 Revises, as an
essay
34 Nine-person
combo
36 Sports org. for Nadal and Djokovic
37 Official with a
whistle
40 “Sounds good to
me”
42 Capital of Africa’s
largest country
44 Pretentious
45 Gift of ___
46 Zero, result in a soccer
47 Cain’s eldest son
52 Tiny faults
53 Beat decisively,
informally
54 Aged
55 “Catch my drift?”
57 Tic-___-toe
58 [Excuse me, this
is a library ...!]