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THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

No. 0822

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1 Stop threatenin­g 12 “How to Marry a Millionair­e” actress 15 One’s initial response to this clue, perhaps 16 Police dept. broadcast 17 Suspended avian home 18 While, in brief 19 Campaign pro 20 Bamboozled 21 ___ de Guerre ( French military award) 23 What shepherds may shepherd 25 Superior home?: Abbr. 26 Actors James and Scott 27 Kind of jet 29 Web opening 30 Deterrent to swimming 33 Three- time N. H. L. M. V. P. 34 ___ trap 38 Audition rebuff 42 “Or what shall a man give in exchange for his ___?”: Mark 8: 37 43 Sea urchin delicacy 44 Many opera houses have them 45 Throw off 47 Dimwit 49 Lhasa ___ 51 Worked ( up) 52 Biltmore Estate state: Abbr. 56 Pooch, in Paris 57 Mantles 59 “Ti ___” ( Italian lover’s declaratio­n) 60 Owner of Moviefone 61 Site of W. W. II’s first amphibious landing 64Number of colori on the Italian flag 65 Commercial figure holding six beer mugs 66 Singer known as La Divina 67 Extremely tight

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1 Homer’s Muse 2 Discombobu­late 3 Two- time Olympic running gold medalist ___ Gebrselass­ie 4 Bolivian president Morales 5 Place ___ Concorde 6 Quick combinatio­n 7 It may be full of dirt 8 Math ratios 9 Ancient theaters 10 Moroccan city known as the Athens of Africa 11 Moneybags

12One being passed in a race 13 Black fly, e. g. 14 Roadside fixture 22 Rogue 24 German wine made from fully ripe grapes 26 PC key 28 Reminisce about 29 Much of central Eur., once 30 Circular parts 31 Head overseas 32 Animal whose young is a calf 33 Be obliged 35 Size up 36 High, rocky hill 37 N. S. W. locale 39 “O’Hara’s Choice” novelist 40 Inebriate 41Ford last produced in 1986 46 In the midst of, poetically 47The Blue Demons of the N. C. A. A. 48 Verdi opera 49 Hoy día 50 Gobs 51 Was equipped for summer heat, as an auto 53 “That’s enough!” 54 Ruben ___, Phillies Gold Glove- winning shortstop 55 Class starter 56Sound of derision 57 Family head 58 Agronomy and metallurgy: Abbr. 62 ___- Aztecan ( language family) 63 Historical period

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