The New York Times
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1 Timbuktu’s country 5 Things baseball uniforms and toy pistols have 9 Foe in “Jack and the Beanstalk” 14 “Sign me up!” 15 Put on the payroll 16 Put a stop to 17 *Many a Silicon Valley business 20 Televangelist Joel 21 Automotive brand with an oval logo 22 Some HDTVs 23 Africa’s most populous city (21+ million) 25 Biased against seniors 27 Doctors making deliveries, in brief 30 California ___ (state flag words) 32 Sweet’s counterpart 34 Hatcher of “Desperate Housewives” 35 Dandy 39 *Devastating event in a real estate bust 42 Automotive brand with an oval logo 43 South American palm cultivated for its fruit 44 Flair
45 Royal spouses 48 Records in jackets, in brief 49 Actress Anderson 52 Passing remarks? 54 Tennis score favoring the server
55 Toll hwy. 57 Classic 1980s space warfare video game 61 *Question suggesting “That just about sums things up” 64 Eminent 65 Sportscaster Andrews 66 Tony-winning musical based on Fellini’s “8 1/2” 67 Battle reminders 68 “Hey, over here!” 69 Elements in a comic’s repertoire
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1 Sushi restaurant soup 2 “Famous” cookie maker 3 Elevator, in England 4 Info from a spy 5 Replace with 6 Tire need 7 *Highly stressful situations, metaphorically 8 Quakers, for one 9 “Columbia, the ___ of the Ocean” 10 *Like a guesstimate, by nature 11 Counters with beads 12 Grannies 13 Meeting at a no-tell motel, say 18 Potential tire trouble 19 October birthstone 24 “The Bartered Bride” and “The Marriage of Figaro” 26 Heisman winner Torretta 27 Workplaceinspecting org. 28 Bust’s counterpart 29 Wrestler in a mawashi 31 Tummy soother 33 Community sports facility … or a hint to the answers to the five starred clues
36 Like the Rose Bowl, with 92,542 spectators 37 Mouth, slangily 38 Desires
40 April 1 target 41 Person in a lawsuit 46 Alliance formed in April 1949 47 Ollie’s partner in old comedy 49 Half the pieces in a chess set 50 Formed for a particular purpose 51 Sporty Mazda model 53 Singapore ___ 56 Get ready 58 Singapore setting 59 Squad 60 Supporting votes 62 Some essential workers, for short 63 Prefix with gender