The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Musical pieces for one instrument 6 Enthusiastic 10 Shoot out 14 Literary heroine who cries “Curiouser and curiouser!” 15 Apex predator of the ocean 16 Bear whose bed is too soft, in a children’s story 17 Time to watch boxing on TV 19 Vases 20 To the greatest extent 21 “Hmm, I’m intrigued &” 23 . 24 Like getting a $ 2 bill in change 25 Gulped 28 Modern request to attend 30 One rushing in to save the day 33 Mess up 37 “___ your price!” 38 One of the housewives on “Desperate Housewives” 39 Tears out of the ground 41 Ingratiates 43 Noggin 44 ___ at hand 46 It’s on the plus side 47 It makes your pupils constrict 50 Hawaiian kind of porch 51 Floral wreath 52 Stay in touch?

DOWN

1 Less risky 2 Tony who played for 15 seasons with the Minnesota Twins 3 Large hybrid cat 4 Brownish- yellow 5 Goes down, as the sun on the horizon 6 Kind of pond in a Japanese garden 7 Small work unit 8 Sound in a long, empty hallway 9 Alliance HQ’d in Brussels 10 Bird in Liberty Mutual ads 11 Annual New Orleans celebration 12 Paradoxical response to a door knock 13 Pepsi Challenge, for one 18 Witness to the first rainbow in the Bible 22 Rooster’s mate 26 Glittery addition to a Christmas tree 27 Info on an airport monitor, for short 29 Emanations to be picked up 30 Repeated question from an owl? 31 Come out 32 When doubled, a popular number puzzle 33 Foamy drink invented in Taiwan 34 Ones “standing by” in an infomercial 35 Railroad station 36 Cuban line dance 40 Explosive stuff 42 Slangy pronoun 45 Be sick 48 Au courant 49 Walk in the woods 52 ___- Lay ( corn chip maker) 53 Enthusiastic 54 ___ Hunt, role for Tom Cruise in “Mission: Impossible” 55 “I’ve got this” 58 Water color 59 Harbor boats 61 Horse developed in the desert 63 Curve in the road 65 Kind 66 “My country, ___ of thee &”

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