The New York Times Crossword
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1 Something that goes from a pit to your stomach? 12 Snarky sound 15 It has billions of barrels 16 Queen of Thebes, in myth 17 One may tell a conductor to slow down 18 Sound of a slug 19 Sashimi selection 20 Buckled 21 Dos little words? 23 Esther of “Good Times” 25 Large part of some herds 28 Brand of bait pellets 29 Fix 30 Walt Disney Concert Hall designer 32 Cop 34 Monarchial support 35 G squared? 37 Spotmatic, e.g., briefly 38 Unhelpful reply to “How did you do that?” 43 Screen entertainers with many gigs? 47 “All the President’s Men” figure 49 Like many hipsters 51 Actress Blanchett 52 Pie hole 53 Parts of kingdoms 54 Juan’s sweetheart 56 ___ rock (some George Harrison music)
58 & 59 Race that’s not very competitive 60 Pill holder 64 Occasion to do a late shift?: Abbr. 65 Member of a “great” quintet 66 ___ Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro 67 Mideast president who wrote “The Battle for Peace,” 1981
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1 Regulus A and Bellatrix 2 Gets rounds around town? 3 Show fear of 4 Govt. project whose logo depicted a shield in space 5 Danny of the Celtics 6 Curiosity producer 7 First course selection 8 Do battle 9 Counterpart of “abu” 10 “Burn Notice” grp. 11 Freeze 12 Literally, “fire bowl” 13 Doesn’t just attract 14 Cache for cash, say 22 1963 Pulitzer winner Leon 24 It’s KOH, chemically 26 “The Killing” star Mireille ___ 27 Like some lobbies 30 Trip up? 31 T. S. of literature 33 Member of a Latin trio 36 Line to Jamaica in N.Y.C. 38 Bar necessities 39 “Dream” group in Barcelona in 1992 40 Mounted below the surface of
41 Quick Time or Real Player format option
42 Like boors vis-à-vis gentlemen
44 Masseur gratifier 45 Raise crops on the Plains, maybe 46 So-called “Helen of the West Indies” 48 Director of the 2012 comedy “This Is 40” 50 Try to pull off, say 53 Epic start 55 Cutting it
57 Replicator, e.g.
61 ___-Boy 62 Old White House nickname
63 Guerra’s opposite