CROSSWORD

SNOW JOB

ACROSS

1 Eases off the gas 6 Powder ingredient 10 B’way sellout sign 13 Ricochet off a cushion 14 State with a nonrectangular flag 15 Do damage to 17 Range brand 18 Baby’s early word 19 “Hold ___ your hat!” 20 Bonnie or Clyde 22 Amplifier effect 23 Malaprop or Miniver 24 Gas thief’s tube 26 “See ya!” 30 Literally, “I believe” 32 “Copacabana” showgirl 33 Bush with a tart fruit 35 Lift the spirits of 39 Grueling exams 41 Recipe verb 42 Fathered on the farm 43 “Beauty and the Beast” heroine 44 Western tableland 46 Former press secretary Spicer 47 Walks like a flamingo 49 Much of North Africa 51 Develop from a larva 54 Word before Canada or Jordan 55 Gay Nineties et al. 56 Outdoor seed holder 63 Birthday party ritual 64 Like the 49- Across 65 Far from worldly 66 Fill to the gills 67 $ 10 worth of quarters 68 Music licensing org. 69 Boat’s pronoun 70 ___- slapper ( riot) 71 Pool member, once

DOWN

1 One crossing a line 2 Tibetan teacher of the dharma 3 Port of Algeria 4 Policy nerd 5 Flattering, in an oily way 6 Pyramids, essentially 7 Whaler played by Peck 8 Tequila garnish 9 Like rough sandpaper 10 Shinola, for years 11 Dressing choice 12 Weed B Gon maker 16 “That’s one small step . . .” site 21 Rocks to be processed 25 Ominous day in Rome 26 Amorphous sci- fi menace, with “the” 27 Days past 28 Super- secure airline 29 Golf course gizmo 30 Writes in C++, say 31 Medoc and Merlot 34 Shimmery fabric 36 Geometry calculation 37 Salty discharge 38 “Show Boat” novelist Ferber 40 Spot in Congress 45 “No way!” 48 Go down the gangplank 50 Some concert sites 51 Sanctuary seating 52 Heep of fiction 53 Art class goop 54 Go bad, as an egg 57 Much of the Earth’s core 58 Agitate, with “up” 59 All- star game side, perhaps 60 Craps need 61 Hunter of crime fiction 62 Seized wheels

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