The New York Times
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1 Low poker holding 5 Graffiti signatures 9 Creator of Creative Cloud software 14 “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down ___” (Elton John hit) 15 Like sardines in a can 16 In 17 Nose decoration 18 Cause of nosewrinkling 19 Perilous perch 20 Ones that like to wallow in mud 23 Foot, in medical dictionaries 24 Eyewear, informally 25 U.S.S.R.’s Tu-144, e.g. 28 Eschews the night life 32 Repeat 34 Bears 35 Sign of sadness 37 Part of Caesar’s boast 38 “Obviously! (Duh!)” 43 Peut-___ (maybe: Fr.) 44 It’s a little under a football field in area 45 You, in a billetdoux 46 Eagerly embraces, as an opportunity 50 Continuing story about life 52 Used up, as a well 53 Linguist Chomsky 55 City, informally 56 Carnival projectiles that might be directed at parts of this puzzle? 61 So-called “Godfather of Punk” 64 Former attorney general Holder 65 Corner recess 66 Way to go 67 Fit to be tried, say 68 Young explorer of TV 69 Some jingle writers 70 Order since 1868 71 Right away
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1 Inducing an “Oohla-la,” say 2 Naysaying 3 “My turn to go” 4 Symbolic flower of Flanders Fields 5 Candy with a chewy center 6 Verdi work that may include camels 7 Latches (onto) 8 Some cough remedies 9 Blind rage 10 Club requirement 11 In disuse 12 Abandon, in slang 13 Before, in verse 21 Spanish direction 22 Word with cow, dog or horse 25 Gracefully thin 26 High-ranking 27 Nixon daughter 28 One of three in the Buick logo 29 One eating before a king 30 Off the mark 31 Dundee denial 33 Lacto-___ vegetarian 36 Maker of Colortrak TVs, once 39 Wise (to), in dated slang 40 Products made by Friedrich, for short 41 Shellacs 42 Got word (of) 47 Unclasp, as a coin purse 48 2015 Verizon acquisition 49 Writer Gay 51 One Direction and OneRepublic 54 Parable message 56 Computer data unit 57 Trough call 58 The Gaelic “uisge beatha,” meaning “water of life,” for “whiskey” 59 Said three times, a war film about Pearl Harbor 60 32-card card game 61 401(k) alternative 62 Role for John Huston in 1966’s “The Bible” 63 Iconic Russian department store facing Red Square