The New York Times Crossword
Across
1 Above 5 Badly rough up 9 Despot’s desire 14 Wife whose face was never seen on “Cheers” 15 Art Deco artist 16 Response to
“Am not!” 17 Awestruck 18 Tons 19 Group valuing
high I.Q.’S 20 *“Everyone off!” 22 *Exactly right 23 NATO part: Abbr. 24 Put-it-together-yourself company 26 Toon Mr. ___ 28 *Often-restricted
zone 33 Thanksgiving
side dish 34 Cow catcher 36 Loft’s locale 37 *Bag remover, of
a sort 39 *Jumper
alternative 42 Singers of “Voulez-vous” and “Waterloo” 43 Heroic Schindler 45 Many a “Star Trek” officer: Abbr. 46 *Wrestling move 49 Good to go 51 Norse prankster 52 Limit 53 *Deckhand, e.g. 57 Unfruitful paths … or a description of both words in the answers to the seven starred clues? 62 “In the raw,” “in the red” or “in the running” 63 Architect with an
avian name 64 Cancel 65 Assassin in
black 66 When repeated, a Polynesian island 67 Heroine in one of Salinger’s “Nine Stories” 68 Four Holy Roman emperors 69 U.S.M.C. truant 70 “Man and Superman” playwright
Down
1 Ellipsoidal 2 Singer Suzanne 3 Cupid’s Greek
counterpart 4 Shabby 5 Beefy entree 6 Janis’s partner in
the funnies 7 Shangri-las 8 Court cry 9 Patagonian
plains 10 Snack with a Double Stuf variety 11 Departed 12 Gas brand with
a tiger symbol 13 Horse hue 21 Popular vodka,
informally 22 Sun. message 25 Mall info source 26 Evasive
response 27 Tiny creature 29 “Masterpiece
Theatre” network 30 Reacted to a massage, maybe 31 Old pal
Edited by Will Shortz 32 “The Lord of the Rings” tree creatures 33 “Woo-hoo!” 35 Keep on the
shelves 38 Boy 40 What an otoscope explores 41 Tire feature 44 Hobos’ hangout 47 Alpaca cousins 48 Suffix with ball 50 High points 53 ___-Soviet
relations 54 Move text
around 55 Isn’t incorrect? 56 “Mr. ___ Risin’” (Jim Morrison biography) 58 Architect
Saarinen 59 Snack 60 Russian
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