Edmonton Journal

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

- EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

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1 Dance at a Jewish wedding 5 Chemical that burns 9 Chevrolet muscle car 15 Home of Waikiki Beach 16 Capital of Italia 17 Brought (in), as a fish 18 Vittles 19 “What ___ goes!” (parent's pronouncem­ent) 20 Task to “run” 21 “Rush Hour” and “21 Jump Street” [Clinton] 24 Handle with ___ 25 Friends' opposite 26 TV deputy of Mayberry [Bush 43] 30 Leave out 34 Kind of port on a computer, in brief 35 Zig or zag 36 Anticipate 38 Dines 40 The Buddha is often depicted meditating under it [Obama] 43 Numerical informatio­n 44 Windsurfin­g locale NE of Honolulu 46 “Superfruit” berry 48 Cousin of “Kapow!” 49 Boxer Spinks who upset Muhammad Ali 50 C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C, e.g. [Biden] 53 Linguist Chomsky 55 Small amounts 56 What the starts of 21-, 26-, 40- and 50-Across are, for the presidents in their clues 63 Prayer beads 64 Shoe bottom 65 More than magnificen­t 68 Smitten 69 ___ of Arendelle (Disney queen) 70 Device that makes a TV “smart” 71 Combs to add volume, as a stylist might 72 Not the passive sort 73 Part of a stairway

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1 Go ___-wild 2 Means of propelling a boat 3 Baked dessert made with tart red stalks (and loads of sugar) 4 University that's also a color 5 Really dry 6 Cloth used to cover a teapot, to Brits 7 Apple on a desktop 8 Respite from work 9 ___ brûlée (French custard) 10 Spray can mist 11 ___ Griffin Enterprise­s 12 Jai ___ 13 Actress Russo 14 Probabilit­y 22 Mosquito repellent ingredient 23 Author Edgar Allan ___ 24 Like Friday attire in some offices 26 Play music in the subway, perhaps 27 Rhyming title character who plays the tuba in Cuba, in a Rudy Vallee song 28 Curly hairstyle, for short 29 1099-___ (bank-issued tax form) 31 Plenty steamed 32 Stuck, with no way out 33 Sums 36 Orchard fruit 37 Identify 39 ___-mo 41 Howard's best friend on “The Big Bang Theory” 42 “Green” prefix 45 Rattle 47 “What ___ be done?” 50 Founder of Communist China 51 Made smile 52 Basketball players, quaintly 54 “You got that right!” 56 Legal order 57 Sharpen 58 ___ Verde (locale of San Juan's airport) 59 Tourist town in northern New Mexico 60 By oneself 61 “If all ___ fails …” 62 Letter starter 66 Prez with the pooch Heidi 67 Saucer go-with

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