The New York Times
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1 Ansari of “Parks and Recreation” 5 Lotion letters 8 Class for expectant mothers
14 Only
15 ___-El (Superman’s birth name) 16 Roberto in Cooperstown 17 It served as its state’s capital before Des Moines 19 Traditional Japanese sword 20 Whack-a-mole implement 21 Where dreams are made? 22 Fleur-de-___ 23 Waste receptacle 24 Joe and Jack, say? 27 Voting against 29 Latin “I love” 30 Shows, as shows
31 Set free 33 Glossy coating 35 Medical ethics topic
40 In a drab way 41 Bluesman Willie
42 Asti Spumante, per esempio 45 Noise from a nest 46 Senate rebuke 47 “Barrier” dismantled in 1991 52 Word before or after pack 53 Country’s ___ Brown Band 54 New Orleans-toTampa dir. 55 Bratislava resident 57 Even
59 Start of each “S.N.L.” episode … or a hint to the initials of the words in 17-, 24-, 35- and 47-Across 61 Adopt-a-Highway concern 62 Director Lee 63 Old-timey “not” 64 Give a good looking-over 65 Jed’s adviser on “The West Wing” 66 Where Southwest Airlines is LUV
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1 Subject of a Louisville museum
2 Magnify 3 Lacking
4 True believer’s quality 5 Athlete in goggles 6 Smith known as the Poet Laureate of Punk 7 Stylish, slangily 8 Italian tourist destination 9 Car rental choice 10 Bon ___ 11 Italian tourist destination 12 More out there 13 Wipes out
18 151, in old Rome 21 Department store founder
23 Indonesian tourist destination 25 Place for a pickup baseball game
26 Fake eyelash, slangily 28 Geometric figure with equal angles 32 Prove one’s humanity, in a way 33 Literary character who lives in the Gloomy Place 34 Goal
36 Apple pickers? 37 Reward for working overtime
38 “Anyone? … Anyone?” 39 Threaded fastener 42 Hungarian sporting dog
43 Dinar spenders 44 “Back of the line!” 48 Closest dwarf planet 49 Together
50 “My turn” 51 Start to snooze, with “off” 56 Winter Olympics star Lindsey 58 Downed
59 Old presidential nickname 60 December 31, in brief