NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Mockumentary Kazakh journalist
6 “The Avengers” franchise, e.g.
10 Spring dance
14 Luck o’ the ___
15 Treats, as a swollen ankle
16 Domain of Venus and Aphrodite
17 They often come out at night
19 “Couldn’t have said it better!”
20 Run-down hotels 21 Modern birthday greeting
22 Antiquity
23 Shave
25 Hospital glove material 28 First lady of 2001 to
’09
33 Like the “f” replaced by an apostrophe in “mano’-war”
35 Prefix with athlete 36 ___ and for all
37 Mo. with Earth Day 38 Certain auto gear … as suggested by the circled letters
41 Sacred animal to Hindus
42 “Can’t You See That ___ Mine” (1964 hit)
44 Lucy of “Elementary” 45 Make certain
47 Was destined to fail
50 Ponied up, in poker 51 Wickedness 52 Wickedness
54 Problem for sleepers
57 What might hold little suckers?
61 Darling
62 Host of Marco Polo 64 Female equivalent of a knight
65 Words to an “old chap” 66 “Super!”
67 Transport down a hill 68 “Phooey!”
69 Part of G.D.P. DOWN 1 “Back to the Future” bully
2 Kind of test it’s hard to cheat on
3 Irritate
4 Tested, as ore
5 Simon & Garfunkel hit in which “Lie-la-lie, lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie” is repeatedly sung 6 Longtime “All Things Considered” host Robert
7 “Pocket rockets,” in poker
8 Understand
9 ___ Wednesday
10 Pill in experimental studies
11 The Eternal City, to natives
12 Finished
13 Repair
18 Stuff in cigarettes 21 Victorian ___
23 Car or cat sound 24 Emerge, as a problem 25 Dog collar attachment 26 ___ wolf (pack leader) 27 Weary
29 Consumed quickly and fully
30 Raw, as a gem
31 Movie music
32 Chopped
34 National Capital Territory of India
39 One of a family of stringed instruments 40 Passing, as laws 43 Smiled disparagingly
46 Adidas or Air Jordan 48 Some gametes
49 ___ Ashford, National Track and Field Hall of Famer
53 Like peas ___ pod 54 Tacks on
55 Sound of church bells 56 What every make of auto has
57 Skier’s conveyance 58 Former transportation secretary Elaine
59 Back muscles, in brief
60 First son of Seth
62 Joke (with)
63 “Suits” network