NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Jazz legend ___ James 5 Like the path of a high basketball shot 11 “One no-trump,” e.g. 14 Indian bread 15 Funnyman Carl 16 Hawaiian instrument, for short 17 Retroactively, at law 19 Animation frame 20 “I ___ every word I said” 21 Email chuckle 22 Outspoken 24 Football units: Abbr. 25 Poetic preposition 27 Lady in Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene” 29 Red giants 33 Women, impolitely 36 Drink often served with a lemon wedge 37 City between Tempe and Apache Junction 38 “The ___ on you!” (classic gag line) 39 @@@ 40 Went letter by letter, British-style 41 Impolite 42 Late boxing great 43 Long-winged seabird 44 How Ivan the Terrible ruled 47 ___ Court (district in London) 48 Rank above maj. 49 Passenger-screening org. 52 Maureen of “Miracle on 34th Street” 54 Bit of apparel with a ring neck 56 Copy changes 58 Joe 59 Pirate’s guide that’s hinted at phonetically by the starts of 17-, 29- and 44-Across 62 Roman “I” 63 Magic Johnson’s real first name 64 Stuff of legends 65 Yule beverage 66 Music mixes at a nightclub 67 Pirate’s interjection
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1 Spartans, to the Athenians 2 Imposed a levy on 3 ___ bar 4 Shortly 5 Paintings 6 Involuntary action 7 “So long, Sofia!” 8 Leans 9 Amount after all is said and done 10 Abase oneself 11 Pirate 12 Store with a “Self Serve” furniture warehouse 13 Big name in PCs 18 Places 23 Risky way for a car to be running 26 B&O and Pennsylvania: Abbr. 28 Food label stat 29 Finish a hole between a birdie and a bogey 30 Room under a roof 31 What may be pictured on a 59-Across 32 The “N” in NASA: Abbr. 33 Robert ___, longest-serving senator in U.S. history (51 years) 34 Dissolute man 35 Pirate, informally 39 Top celebs 40 One end of an eBay transaction 42 Home of the Brave?: Abbr. 43 Oslo Accords grp. 45 Spoke on the stump 46 Does really well on a test 49 East ___ (nation since 2002) 50 ___ Report (political document of 1998) 51 According to 52 Portent 53 Science fiction award 55 Place for an icicle 57 Hip-hop trio ___ Soul 60 British rule in India 61 Little ___