NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Sonata finale
5 Fateful day
9 Noted tower setting 14 Villain’s hangout
15 City on the Seward Peninsula 16 Habituate
17 Constellation next to Draco 19 Subtly suggested
20 1962 Paul Anka hit
21 Widely adored woman 23 Part of a gig
24 Garr of “Tootsie”
25 Original of an old photo, informally
26 “You don’t say!”
28 2008 Benicio Del Toro title role
30 Diminutive swimsuit 32 Indo-___ languages 35 Hopped up
37 Calf catcher 38 Language that becomes the name of where it’s spoken if you add an “s”
39 ___ Gay, 1945 bomber 43 Gofer’s assignment 45 U-Haul alternative
46 Part of NATO
49 Outdo
51 Gut-punch reaction
52 Took the cake
53 Dame Myra of piano fame 55 SpaceX founder Musk 58 How lemmings migrate 60 Held in contempt 63 Authoritative command 64 Another term for 17-Across 66 Prefix with -hydrozoline 67 Make, as an income 68 “Casablanca” role
69 More foxy
70 Drain decloggers 71 Dispatched, as a dragon DOWN
1 What this is for 1-Down
2 Galley equipment
3 Doesn’t mind
4 Sheik’s land, in poetry
5 “Just hang on!”
6 Martial arts school
7 Music genre with confessional lyrics 8 Twilled fabric
9 Part of 17-Across … and what the circles from A to G depict
10 Give ___ of approval 11 Compound in synthetic rubber 12 Wiped clean
13 “Come on already!” 18 Assembled 22 Approximately
24 Lease signatories
26 Hoedown partner
27 Victorian ___
29 Hi, on Hispaniola
31 Start of a decision-making process 33 What landlubbers don’t like to be 34 Thing located in the night sky by extending a line from circle F past circle G 36 Numbskull
40 Former co-host of “The View” 41 Zodiac constellation
42 Lab warning?
44 Bakery loaves 46 Responsibility for a social media manager
47 14-line verse with only two rhyme sounds
48 Antagonism
50 Flavorers of some pies and ice cream 54 Jason of “I Love You, Man” 56 Auction grouping
57 Caesar’s world?
59 Real estate unit
60 Dried up
61 Heart’s-___ (pansy) 62 Tournament director’s responsibility 65 Laser output