N.Y. TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Monastery leader 6 Everyone working in an office 11 Cousin ___ (Addams Family member) 14 Pixar robot 15 Opposite of black-andwhite 16 Gun rights org. 17 Santa player in “The Man in the Santa Claus Suit” 19 Highest roll of a die 20 S.E.C. school near Atlanta, for short 21 Explorer and Escalade, in brief 22 Nutmeg, for one 24 Something sent to Santa 26 Santa player in “The Polar Express” 29 Magnetite and bauxite 31 Temporary break 32 “In that case …” 35 Joe of “Good Fellas” 37 Bread box, for short? 39 Cheerleader’s cry 40 Santa player in “Elf” 42 Boston ___ Party 43 Environmentalist’s prefix 44 Main artery 45 Not more than 46 Moves like water around a drain 48 Big school dance 51 Santa player in “The Santa Clause” 53 Is 57 Resident of Muscat 58 “Yeah, why not!” 60 Mincemeat ___ (Christmas staple) 61 ___ Tin Tin 62 Santa player in “Miracle on 34th Street” 66 R.N.’s special touch 67 River through Paris 68 Les ___-Unis 69 Match, as a bet 70 Past or present 71 Like the settlers of Iceland
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1 Horrific 2 Flat-bottomed boat 3 Sheep sound 4 Right jolly ___ elf (Santa) 5 Little puzzle 6 Show on which John Candy and Eugene Levy got their starts 7 One of a series at a wedding reception 8 Boxer known as “The Greatest” 9 Gift tag word 10 Terry Gross’s NPR program 11 Imply 12 April fool player 13 One of Benjamin Franklin’s certainties 18 “Yeah, why not!” 23 Boston footballer, for short 25 Overly 27 Zinger response 28 “Of ___ and Men” 30 Like the population of Wyoming 32 Fury 33 Exact copy 34 Neologism for an onscreen/ off-screen relationship 36 Winter hrs. in New York 38 West who said “I used to be Snow White, but I drifted” 40 At one’s ___ convenience 41 Barbie or Ken 45 The year 2001 47 Fleming who created James Bond 49 Peruse 50 Astronaut’s tankful 51 Legal wrongs 52 Some of them are proper 54 Javelin 55 Some windshields have them 56 Taste or touch 59 Sitting spot for a child visiting Santa 63 “Look at Me, I’m Sandra ___” 64 Max’s opposite 65 Intl. group that’s the object of many mass protests