The New York Times Crossword
ACROSS
1 Once around the track 4 Orange-nosed Muppet 8 Bump against in a
crowd
14 Hospital dept. for the
neediest cases 15 Document showing
ownership
16 Loose, as shoelaces 17 *Something to “take me out to,” in an old song
19 Hershey’s coconut
candy bar
20 “Sounds right to me” 21 Close buddy, in a
modern coinage 22 Weight watcher’s plan 23 *The presidency, e.g. 29 Desert refuges 31 Crushing defeat 32 Strip in a window
blind
33 Trains like Chicago’s 35 Estate in “Gone With
the Wind”
37 George Gershwin’s
brother/partner 38 *Unpleasant tidings 42 *Means of locating
one from the herd 44 Thrilla in Manila victor 45 Great ___ of China 47 Neither’s partner 48 Where a nuthatch
hatches
50 Circle
52 Not watertight 56 *Drama department
production
59 Falco with Emmys for
two different series 60 “Well, what have we
here?!”
61 Flicks that sometimes
end in weddings 63 Prohibit
66 “Wow!” ... and a hint to both halves of the answers to the starred clues
67 Guarantee
68 Fox talent show winner
69 Brian who coined the
term “ambient music” 70 Performed some hiphop
71 Big Board inits. 72 Trifling amount
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1 Sexual appetite 2 Maine’s national park 3 Rhythmic heartbeats 4 Uptight
5 Dog strap
6 Account of one’s earlier days
7 Keats’s tribute to an
urn, e.g.
8 Giant-sized TV, as in a
stadium
9 Like a two-position
electrical switch 10 Fills tightly
11 Its symbol is Sn
12 Was the front-runner 13 Some mag. workers 18 Triangular sail 24 Comprehended 25 1950s Communist-bashing grp. in Congress
26 Nastase of 1970s
tennis
27 Astronomer Sagan 28 Latin list lopper, in
brief
30 Whole lot
34 Gulped down
36 G.I. who’s way off
base
38 Prohibits
39 Knighted actor Guinness
40 Bowl or plate
41 Swill for swine 43 Kind of birth with a
rear-first delivery 46 Texter’s guffaw
49 Get ready for production, as a factory 51 Satirical work, like
“Bored of the Rings” 53 Homes made of sundried bricks 54 “Madama Butterfly”
dress
55 Response to “Who,
me?”
57 Airport for a Bull or a
Bear
58 Toys on strings
62 Spy on the inside 63 Boat propeller
64 ___ Today
65 Cough syrup amt. 66 Recycling container