The New York Times

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1 Russian ruler 5 Themes 11 Gathering of people with a shared interest 13 Pennsylvania, for example 14 Nixes, as a proposal 16 Bibliophile 17 Possess, in the Bible 18 Sunrise’s direction, in Sonora 20 “We shall never know all the good that a simple ___ can do”: Mother Teresa 21 & 22 Certain way to make 60-Across 24 Game-ending cry at a card table 25 Designer Jacobs 27 V.I.P. at boot camp 28 Dunham of

“Girls” 29 Some businesses: Abbr. 31 Assessing, with “up” 33 & 34 Another way to make 60-Across 35 Colorful bird with a big bill 37 Dole (out) 38 Carrier of electricity 39 Electricity, e.g. 41 Be flippant with 45 Office data: Abbr. 46 & 47 A third way to make 60-Across 48 Absurd 50 Opera set partly on the banks of the Nile 52 Food or air 53 19th-century Midwest territory 55 Annie and the Little Mermaid, notably 57 Like paradise 58 Network (with) 59 Voiced 60 This puzzle’s theme

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1 More concise 2 Month number 60-Across: Abbr. 3 Had a date, say 4 Like cutting in line 5 Deface 6 Sunset’s direction, in Sorrento 7 60-Across, in baseball 8 Person native to an area 9 Kind of station 10 First name in women’s tennis 11 2016 Disney film set in Polynesia 12 Pretend to be 14 Singer Yorke of Radiohead 15 Ado 19 Nestful 23 Mate for a bull 26 ___ 60-Across (state of euphoria) 27 Difficult situation 28 A cat is said to have 60-Across of them 30 ___ Jacquet, director of “March of the Penguins” 32 Problem before a big date, informally 33 Left bereft 35 What transported Dorothy to Oz 36 Burst in space 37 Gregor who pioneered in genetics 38 Upbraids 40 Small dam 42 “Relax, soldier!” 43 Greta Garbo or Ingrid Bergman 44 Gains yardage? 46 Arrive, as a storm

49 Prefix meaning 60-Across 51 Possible score after 40-all 52 German homophone of 60-Across 54 “___ now!” (infomercial phrase) 56 Japanese “yes”