The New York Times crossword puzzle

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1 Number of countries between los Estados Unidos y Colombia 5 Cantina snacks 10 First name in 1950s comedy 14 State bird of Minnesota 15 Olympic champion Ohno

16 Watt or knot 17 Civil defense measure, concisely? 19 ___ good example 20 Taken off 21 Ghostly 23 Recollection of something that just happened, concisely? 26 Revs up

28 Not fooled by 29 Place to wear a tuxedo 30 Make an evasive maneuver 32 Illuminated eerily, perhaps 36 “The Raven” monogram 37 Pair in a salsa band 40 Figure skater Midori 41 With an ___ the future 43 Campaignsupporting grp. 44 Some

45 A long stretch 48 Department store staffers 50 Make a polite visit, concisely? 54 Christina on Rolling Stone’s list of “100 Greatest Singers of

All Time” 55 “Great job!” 58 Fifth Avenue concern 59 “That. Was. A. Blast!,” concisely? 62 Dry cleaner’s challenge 63 Squaresville 64 Dinar spender 65 Dark periods, in poetry 66 Defense alliance from 1954 to ’77

67 Sp. titles

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1 Count in Lemony Snicket books 2 Tesla ___ 3 Astrological creation 4 Just because 5 Tiny amount 6 4/ 7 Aplomb 8 Sports standout 9 Grave

10 Aid in tidying up the house 11 Calendario commencer 12 Musical instrument whose name means “three strings” 13 Four-time World Cup champion 18 How a tie may be broken, in brief 22 Whale constellation 24 ___ Shah Pahlavi, former leader of Iran 25 Title based on the name “Caesar” 26 Relative of a foil 27 Cavity revealer 31 Breach 33 Godsend 34 Old Roman course 35 Garage services 37 Bump in a ski run 38 Cartoonist who created Fearless Fosdick 39 Part of a spread 42 Lao-tzu and others 44 Somers or Winters 46 Southernmost active volcano on earth 47 Tranquil 49 Silo filler, in brief

50 No longer either hot or cool? 51 Showing amazement 52 River to the Bering Sea 53 One of the Obamas 56 Aloe ___ 57 Planets and moons 60 Small songbird 61 Wall St. news