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The New York Times Crossword

- By Alexandria Mason Edited by Will Shortz No. 1002

ACROSS

1 Mountains seen in the Swiss Miss logo 5 Collection of maps 10 Amount owed at a bar

13 What to do to a deal or an envelope 14 Excited cheer 15 Marathon, for one 16 Letter between Juliett and Lima in the NATO alphabet 17 Warmest figures in weather forecasts 19 Japanese warriors who rose to power in the 12th century 21 Commenceme­nt 22 Auto

23 Has the rights to 25 1971 hit from the Who that begins “No one knows what it’s like to be the bad man” 32 Transmitte­d by phone line

33 Full of bubbles, as laundry 34 Commotion 35 Make-up artist? 36 Game ending in “mate”

37 Lost traction 38 Start to love? 39 Disney princess from Polynesia 40 Dog breed designated a “natural monument” by the Japanese government

41 By a very direct route, idiomatica­lly 44 Resting on 45 Some online communicat­ions, for short 46 Many a stage whisper 49 Wrap up … or a phonetic descriptio­n of 17-, 19-, 25-, 41- and 54-Across 54 Wearing a wig and sunglasses, say 57 Stink

58 Try to take weight off

59 Van Gogh locale 60 D, gradewise 61 Hot spot for relaxation 62 Hazardous winter weather 63 Stately trees

DOWN

1 Poses a question 2 “Star Wars” princess

3 Tree that bends in a hurricane 4 One not sitting up straight 5 “Shucks!” 6 Cuisine with panang curry 7 Mom on “Family Guy”

8 Yahoo alternativ­e 9 Mole … or a rat, maybe

10 Identifies on Instagram, say 11 Long (for) 12 Word etched on most Oscar statuettes 15 Part of a dishwasher cycle 18 Sweetener found unspoiled in ancient Egyptian tombs

20 Sneak attack 23 Maxim 24 Become too scared, with “out” 25 Abandons plans unexpected­ly 26 Put on a pedestal 27 E flat equivalent on a piano 28 Good, in Spanish 29 Bill or Hillary Clinton, scholastic­ally 30 Makes a long story short?

31 Popular mixer for Scotch

32 Tiny canine pest 36 2017 Pixar hit 37 Trail labeled with a black diamond or blue square, say 39 Doles (out)

40 _ _ _ mater 42 “I’ve ___!” (words of impatience) 43 Second to none 46 Lends a hand 47 Scissors sound 48 Bit of inspiratio­n 49 Tool for nails 50 “Got it” 51 “Survivor” immunity token 52 Where you might see the message “the meeting host will let you in soon”

53 Goofs

55 Pedal next to the brake

56 Web address

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