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Crossword No. 712: Eighties Art

- by Matt Gaffney

ACROSS 1 By marriage

6 Fashionist­a Lauren

11 Save to watch later

14 Polynesian tongue

15 Grenoble goodbye

16 Yvette’s “yes”

17 80-year-old Mick Jagger sings lead on this forthcomin­g new Rolling Stones album, which drops in October

20 Grammy winner for 1980’s Double Fantasy

21 Past loves

22 Follow as a result of

23 “___ you sure?”

24 Suffix with gazillion

26 Then–84-year-old Clint Eastwood directed this 2014 blockbuste­r and Best Picture nominee

33 Two-finger symbol

34 Peter Jackson movie franchise, briefly

35 President Biden visited this island in August

37 Zig when you should’ve zagged

38 Gets angrier and angrier

41 Only three-letter element

42 Takes a load off

44 Response to a superior officer, sometimes

45 Render imperfect

47 83-year-old author Margaret Atwood has worked with Hulu to adapt this 2019 Booker Prize–winning sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale

50 Green shampoo

51 Help out

52 Home in the woods

55 “I ___ so much trouble!”

57 Canada’s smallest province, for short

60 88-year-old Grandma Moses painted this pastoral masterpiec­e in 1948; it’s now one of her most popular works

64 Annika airer

65 Gives one an earful

66 Came to prominence

67 College applicatio­n score

68 Iowa senator Joni

69 Thumbs-up responses

DOWN

1 Letters before an online viewpoint

2 Bread from a tandoor

3 El Pollo ___ (chicken chain)

4 Spielberg title word

5 Businesses with barrels

6 The Martha ___ Show (1950s sitcom)

7 Does the math, sometimes

8 52, one way

9 Princess’ annoyance

10 Upper-arm bones

11 Puts on

12 One place to watch Hell’s Kitchen

13 Get out of bed

18 Corporate VIP

19 End of one’s lunch hour, often

23 Part of a circumfere­nce

24 Greek for “panting”

25 Concerning, on formal memos

26 Mimics

27 Be deserving of

28 View from space

29 The O’s have won it nine times

30 “___ this time” (maybe later)

31 Fail in a TikTok-worthy way

32 Historical site, often

36 It may be returned for a TD

39 Like some distinguis­hed profs

40 Piano name

43 Reddish-brown hue associated with old photos

46 “So what?”

48 Professor’s security

49 Stuff in an envelope?

52 LETTERS LIKE THIS, BRIEFLY

53 Sweetly singing Swedes

54 No. 1

55 PM times

56 Has no other option

57 Reasons in favor of

58 “Was there anything ___?”

59 Noted March day

61 Besmirch, as someone’s good name

62 Romantic getaway, often

63 Mine material

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