The New York Times Crossword
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1 Musical measures
5 Stats for H.S. students
9 Positive quality 14 Corporate bigwig
15 Figure on a Monopoly card 16 Guy of Food Network fame 17 Additionally
18 Ye ___ Shoppe
19 Pup’s peeves
20 Topic of debate regarding
online service providers 23 And so forth: Abbr.
24 Arab dignitary
25 Much of a Facebook feed 28 “Ready, ___, go!”
31 “Now I get it!” 33 Evil-repelling trinket 35 Feign sleep
39 Jacques ___, “Mon Oncle”
filmmaker
40 Basic trick at a skatepark 41 Eighth mo. 42 Personification of evil 43 Not spoil
44 Helpful feature for tyops ...
um, typos
46 Novelist Hemingway 48 “___ out!” (ump’s shout) 49 P, to Plato
50 Its motto is “All the News
That’s Fit to Print,” in brief 51 Stroke on a golf green 54 Product that’s often mintflavored
56 Opposition party group in
British politics
62 Created for a certain
purpose, as a committee 64 Fish’s breathing organ 65 Nativity gift givers
66 Go “Zzzz” 67 Fruit with a cedilla in its
name
68 Worshiped figure
69 Pieces that are typically
sacrificed in gambits 70 “This email is finished”
button
71 Action that can be done to the starts of 20-, 35-, 44and 56-Across
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1 Noggin
2 Rod through two wheels 3 Pause, on sheet music 4 British biscuit
5 Mustachioed Marx brother 6 Bombard, as with snowballs 7 Comedian Eric
8 Hot shower emanation 9 Declare confidently 10 Riverbank deposit
11 “Hasta la vista!” 12 Distinctive period 13 “___ the season ...” 21 French word for a leg of the
Tour de France
22 Actor Hemsworth of “The
Hunger Games”
26 Unfasten 27 Drunk, in dated slang
28 Like commands given to Siri
and Alexa
29 ___ Queen, crime novel
pseudonym
30 “The X Factor” or “The Voice” 32 Right away
34 Destination of the Mormon
migration
36 Cry of pain
37 Take to court
38 Unattractive
42 Wash with elbow grease 44 Mate for a mare
45 Passport or driver’s license 47 What_the_underlines_in_
this_clue_show
52 Attire on many Roman
statues
53 How many times Bette Davis
won Best Actress
55 Imitate
57 Common center of a steering
wheel
58 Tight-knit tribe
59 Zilch, zip, zero
60 Senses of self-worth
61 Be at an angle
62 Nile serpent
63 23andMe sample