NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Number of countries between los Estados Unidos y Colombia 5 Cantina snacks
10 First name in 1950s comedy 14 State bird of Minnesota
15 Olympic champion Ohno
16 Watt or knot
17 Civil defense measure,
concisely?
19 ___ good example
20 Taken off
21 Ghostly
23 Recollection of something that just
happened, concisely?
26 Revs up
28 Not fooled by
29 Place to wear a tuxedo
30 Make an evasive maneuver 32 Illuminated eerily, perhaps
36 “The Raven” monogram
37 Pair in a salsa band
40 Figure skater Midori
41 With an ___ the future 43 Campaign-supporting grp. 44 Some
45 A long stretch
48 Department store staffers
50 Make a polite visit, concisely? 54 Christina on Rolling Stone’s list of “100 Greatest Singers of All Time”
55 “Great job!”
58 Fifth Avenue concern
59 “That. Was. A. Blast!,” concisely? 62 Dry cleaner’s challenge 63 Squaresville
64 Dinar spender
65 Dark periods, in poetry
66 Defense alliance from 1954 to ’77 67 Sp. titles
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1 Count in Lemony Snicket books
2 Tesla ___
3 Astrological creation
4 Just because
5 Tiny amount
6 4/
7 Aplomb
8 Sports standout
9 Grave
10 Aid in tidying up the house
11 Calendario commencer
12 Musical instrument whose name means
“three strings”
13 Four-time World Cup champion
18 How a tie may be broken, in brief 22 Whale constellation
24 ___ Shah Pahlavi, former leader of Iran 25 Title based on the name “Caesar” 26 Relative of a foil
27 Cavity revealer
31 Breach
33 Godsend
34 Old Roman course
35 Garage services
37 Bump in a ski run
38 Cartoonist who created Fearless Fosdick 39 Part of a spread
42 Lao-tzu and others
44 Somers or Winters
46 Southernmost active volcano on earth 47 Tranquil
49 Silo filler, in brief
50 No longer either hot or cool?
51 Showing amazement
52 River to the Bering Sea
53 One of the Obamas
56 Aloe ___
57 Planets and moons
60 Small songbird
61 Wall St. news