Crossword

ACROSS

1 The Times or the Daily News, e.g. 6 Gorillas 10 Mark permanently 14 Ogden Nash’s “two-l” beast 15 Seized car, for short 16 You, in the Bible 17 ___ nerve (retina attachment) 18 Guitarist Clapton 19 Chopped 20 Visibly tense 23 ___ Paulo, Brazil 24 Crucial biological molecule 25 Figure in Greek myth after whom a continent is named 28 Compete (for) 29 ___ and starts 31 Opposite of oui 32 Extremely jealous 36 Characteristic 38 Convent residents 39 Rich ore sources 41 Counterpart to “if,” in computer science 42 Aids in crime 44 In the very act 46 Lancelot’s title 47 Highest point 49 Qty. 50 Truss up 52 Letters before a pseudonym 53 Golf teacher 56 Deplorably cowardly 60 Spheres 62 Holder of a cafeteria meal 63 Like some wealthy neighborhoods 64 In apple-pie order 65 Things in an Easter basket 66 In the slightest 67 Agile for one’s age 68 Supplies for Easter 65-Across 69 Antonym of 64-Across

DOWN

1 Snow clearers 2 Start or end of the Greek spelling of “Athena” 3 Place between a house and a backyard 4 Give off, as rays 5 Entered quickly 6 Place of gladiatorial battle 7 Lima’s land 8 Three-hour-plus movie, maybe 9 Holder of an eye or a light bulb 10 Heavens, poetically 11 Ex of Marla and Ivana, informally 12 Dairy animal 13 Attila, for one 21 Prepare to be knighted 22 One of the seven deadly sins 26 Graceful bearing 27 Threw some chips in the pot 28 Item under a suit jacket 29 Company that bought Kinko’s 30 Picked out of a lineup, informally 32 Grind, as the teeth 33 Florida senator Marco 34 Snack for an athlete 35 Times long, long ago 37 $250, for Mediterranean Avenue, even with a hotel on it 40 Ice cream drink 43 Go yachting 45 Blend 48 Bombarded, as with snowballs 51 Irritable 52 Bottomless pit 53 Breads served with hummus 54 Staggers

55 “Strangely enough …” 57 Unrestrained revelry 58 Salary 59 Running behind schedule 60 Walk-___ (unrecruited athletes) 61 Member of Cong.

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