NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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1 Presenter of “The Borgias,” in brief 4 Burning 10 Arizona’s ___ Canyon Dam 14 Owner of Moviefone 15 Jackie who played Uncle Fester 16 Italian beach resort 17 The “American Moses” 19 Hot spot in “Hansel and Gretel” 20 Four stars, say 21 Critical elements 22 “Attendance is mandatory” 23 Brewed refresher 26 TV great who said “I live to laugh, and I laugh to live” 27 Modern beginning? 28 Use (up) 29 Wasn’t faithful 31 Parenthetical remarks 33 1990s politico from Texas 34 1860s novel that is the basis for this puzzle’s theme 37 Flightless birds 38 Electrify 41 Huck and Jim on the Mississippi, e.g. 44 Its Word of the Year in 2005 was “sudoku”; in 2013,

“selfie”: Abbr. 45 63-Across, in France 46 Fixes 47 Waived the wake-up call 49 Mission ___, Calif. 50 Leave blank 53 Shark eater 54 You’re not going anywhere if you’re in this 55 Baby boomers, with “the” 58 Canal with 36 locks 59 Brightest star in Aquila 60 Reactor safety agcy. 61 Colors 62 College named for a Norwegian king 63 45-Across, in America

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1 Audrey Hepburn title role 2 “___ Odes” (classic work of poetry) 3 Staple of Mediterranean cooking 4 Münster “Geez!” 5 Like a freshly drawn draft 6 View 7 Malaria symptom 8 Lots 9 Lots of R.P.I. grads: Abbr. 10 Shakespeare play setting 11 Car service 12 Gertrude who swam the English Channel 13 “You’ve done enough” 18 H.S. proficiency test 24 Goes through a stage of babyhood 25 Spring time 26 Trite comment 29 Wrap (up) 30 Tiler’s tool 32 Ribald humor 33 Foot: Lat. 35 ___ Américas 36 Subatomic particle with no electric charge 39 Creature in Rowling’s Forbidden Forest 40 Price for forgiveness, perhaps 41 Answered, quickly 42 Place abuzz with activity? 43 Spenser’s “The ___ Queene” 44 Pertaining to bone 48 Big belly 50 Some Swiss watches 51 Tuna-and-cheese sandwich 52 Digging 56 Narrow inlet 57 Whelp’s yelp