NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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1 Longing 5 Beaver constructions 9 Entree add-ons 14 Jacket 15 Household goods retail chain founded in Sweden 16 Prepared to be knighted 17 What a slippery sidewalk might cause 19 Woody Allen’s “___ Hall” 20 National who lives overseas, informally 21 Actress Gardner 23 Deputy 24 “Last Dance” singer, 1978 28 Injury 32 It’s found on an airport carousel 33 Double-disc cookie 34 “Hmm, yes …” 35 Train that doesn’t skip a stop 39 & 41 Good time for a cliffhanger … or what each of 17-, 24-, 50and 63-Across has? 42 Not live, as on TV 43 La ___ Tar Pits 46 Future atty.’s exam 47 December, say 49 Longings 50 Albino rocker with a 1973 #1 hit 54 Ring, as bells 55 Lb. or oz. 56 Jockey Arcaro 61 Saint ___ fire 63 Spa locale 66 Kagan of the Supreme Court 67 Backside 68 Killer whale 69 “Beetle Bailey” character 70 “Don’t go!” 71 Fervor

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1 Reason to use Clearasil 2 Wheedle 3 Lock securer 4 1964 album “__ _ James Rocks the House” 5 “What’s the ___?” 6 Letters before an alias 7 Olio 8 Rescue 9 Some Caribbean music 10 Titularly 11 Clothing material that may have rivets 12 Skip over in pronouncing 13 Have the wheel 18 Stock listings abbr. 22 Drunk ___ skunk 25 Actress Lena 26 Letters before xis 27 Furrowed fruit 28 Party thrower 29 Word after rest or gray 30 Harvest 31 Amble 36 Detective’s assignment 37 One of the men on “Two and a Half Men” 38 “___ Make a Deal” 40 Baltic Sea feeder 41 What colors do over time 43 High beams 44 Lease 45 M.D. who may examine the sinuses 48 “So-o-o cute!” 50 Fencing swords 51 Actress Reese 52 World of Warcraft fan, e.g. 53 Not Dem. 57 Physician with a daily talk show 58 In ___ straits 59 Ancient Peruvian 60 Alike: Fr. 62 Letter encl. to facilitate a reply 64 Grp. doing patdowns 65 Reticent