Crossword No. 0509

ACROSS

Pace set by a

1 metronome Ewe’s mate

6

Percolate

9

Measure of

13 gold’s purity, not its weight Cause of a laugh 14

Bone parallel to 15 the radius Closing bit of

16 music In memoriam

17 piece

Doe or buck

18

“Have another

19 round — my treat!” ___-bitsy

22

Private eye, in

25 old slang C-worthy

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Gloating words of 27 mock consolation Wretched

31

Amanda of

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“Sleeping With Other People”

Texter’s “Hold

33 that thought” Revealed

36 accidentally Once-standard 39 feature not found in most newer vehicles greenpeace.___ 41

Trolley

42

Blow, as a

44 volcano Invitation to a

45 prospective waltz partner Actress Rudolph 48 of “Bridesmaids” Feathery

50 accessory Lays down turf 51

Empower a

52 successor, metaphorically “Dagnabbit!”

56

Decorated, as a 57 cake

In a good mood 58

Rough patch in 62

adolescence?

Rainy day hue

63

Full of fury

64

Bogus

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Make music on a 66 kazoo, say Sufi poet thought 67 to have coined the adage found at the starts of 19-, 27-, 45and 52-Across

DOWN Boxing ring

1 ruling, in brief ___ de toilette

2

Mohawked star

3 of “The A-Team” Transport built

4 for revelry Tweeter’s

5

“alternatively” Title cyborg in a 6

1987 sci-fi flick Similar (to)

7

Distribute, with

8

“out” Puzzle with a

9

9 x 9 grid Justice Kagan

10

Foe

11

Peel … or,

12 phonetically, a fruit you might do this to

___ K. of Kafka’s 14

“The Trial” “___ be a big

20 help” Solaced

21

Author Calvino 22

The ___ of Babel 23

Sound heard

24 twice in “George” Something

28

special

PUZZLE BY AUGUST MILLER

Stephen of “The 29

Crying Game” “You bet!”

30

Uncle “we don’t

33 talk about” in Disney’s 2021 film “Encanto” Bygone music

34 collection from Nas or Lil’ Kim Computer

35 memory units Good name

37 for a financial planner?

Buddy

38

Sculptures

40 made of found objects and scraps

The Reds or the 43

Red Sox, for short

The “S” in iOS

45

Folk icon Guthrie 46

Anatomical canal 47 locale 1963’s ___ on 48

Washington

Cat pose or

49 downward dog BlackBerrys and 52

PalmPilots, for short

Low’s opposite 53

Hosiery shade 54

___ Pet (onetime 55 fad item) Small butter unit 59

School fundraising

60 grp. “Oh, quit ___

61

bellyachin’!”