The New York Times
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1 Australia’s national gemstone 5 “___ Surfin’” (2008 rap song) 9 Lead-in to frost 14 Walk back and forth nervously 15 What a fisherman might bring home even if he doesn’t catch any fish 16 “Later!” 17 Singer Fitzgerald 18 Yoked animals 19 Weavers’ devices 20 Start of an overseas telephone number 23 Former org. for James Comey 24 Three on a sundial 25 Test in a hospital tube, for short 26 Classic game now sometimes played with “lasers” 27 Faux money 33 Wolf Blitzer’s channel 34 Madam’s counterpart 35 Latest dope 36 Couches 39 Dental problem fixed by braces 41 Annual award from Stockholm “You said it, 44 46 brother!” Open ___ night (comedy club offering) 48 “Many years ___ …” 49 What a micromanager would like to have “Yes, ma chérie” 54 55 “This might be of interest,” on a memo Fish eggs 56 57 Georgia’s capital: Abbr. 58 Approach respectfully, in modern parlance 64 Indian yogurt dish 66 Boys’ school near Windsor 67 Of all time 68 Ringo of the Beatles 69 Political competition 70 Farm structure 71 Weirdly spooky 72 Space on a schedule 73 Friend in war
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1 Oil grp. 2 ___ Alto, Calif. 3 Org. defending the Bill of Rights 4 Move so as to hear better, say 5 The Empire State Building has 102 of them 6 Like candles 7 Smart ___ (wiseacre) 8 Human ___ Project 9 Add even more criticism 10 Music genre related to punk 11 Place to see the town while painting the town red? 12 Most populous city in India 13 Symbol starting a Twitter handle 21 Palindromic bird 22 What icicles do 27 Amts. of blood 28 Musical Yoko 29 Alien 30 Fix, as an election 31 Picture holder 32 Dove’s sound 37 Item on a concert stage 38 Tending to one’s own well-being 40 Instagram upload, for short 42 Bigheadedness 43 [That was a funny one] 45 R&B singer with the hits “So Sick” and “Miss Independent” 47 Princess’ headwear 49 Sandpaperlike 50 Bested in a hot dog contest, say 51 Stopwatches, sand clocks, etc. 52 Neither’s partner 53 Mother with a 41-Across Peace Prize 59 Abbr. at the end of an abridged roster 60 Hit 2017 computeranimated film … or a hint to 20-, 27-, 49- and 58-Across 61 Bad, bad, bad 62 An amoeba has just one 63 Helen of ___ 65 Prefix with -fecta