NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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Puzzle by: Robert Fisher 1 Noggin 5 Sturdy walking stick 10 Bug 14 Folklore villain 15 Part of the eye 16 Rest ___ (roadside stop) 17 Prankish activity 19 Not quite all 20 No-tell motel get-togethers 21 Attic accumulation 22 Before, in verse 23 Double-whammy economic

condition 28 Lose 30 The “A” of Chester A. Arthur 31 Sought-after rock 32 ___ no good 33 Did some figuring 35 Without a stitch on 39 Again 42 Farm unit 46 Hi-___ graphics 47 Came down on a branch, say 48 Men’s grooming scent 50 Impromptu, wide-ranging

conversation 53 Stomach muscles, informally 54 Oolong and Earl Grey 55 “Ain’t gonna happen” 57 Church seats 58 Shoddy and unsturdy 62 Part of the eye 63 “___ a Nightingale” 64 Slithery fish 65 Bygone U.S. gas brand 66 “Untrue!” 67 “Dang!”

No: 0311

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1 On a streak 2 Display of self-importance 3 What two theatergoers may share 4 Boldly resist 5 Hit-or-miss 6 Oklahoma oil city 7 Go ___ (flip out) 8 Tree with needles 9 Go by plane 10 Full range 11 Wearing away of soil 12 Put back in good condition 13 Wrestling surface 18 Greek peak 21 “___ schön” (“Thank you very

much”: Ger.) 22 Relative of an ostrich 24 Red gems 25 One nipping Nipper, maybe 26 Be short of 27 Flanders of “The Simpsons” 29 Brain section 34 Jazz chanteuse Anita 36 Amherst school, informally 37 ___ slaw 38 ___ Kringle 39 Big ball in space 40 Spays, e.g. 41 “The Lion, the Witch and the

Wardrobe” writer 43 “Polly want a ___?” 44 German measles 45 Letters on an ambulance 48 “Gee, that’s really too bad” 49 Forever ___ day 51 Catch, as a calf at a rodeo 52 Research facilities: Abbr. 56 Treated, as a sprained ankle 57 ___ à la mode 58 Song syllable repeated after “Da

Doo” 59 Big fuss 60 Encountered 61 D.C. winter hrs.