THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Co.thatbought out Applebee’s in 2007 5 Rest 9 Some causes of insomnia 14 Comedown hard 15 Hunk 16 Dangerous emission 17 Party-going and such 19 Skyline feature 20 Final answer? 21 Unnatural, in away 23 Numberof monosyllabic U.S. state names 24 Onewhose work is going downhill? 27 Rasputin, for one 30 Very quickly 31 OPECmember: Abbr. 32 Locale for snow leopards 36 Backpack part 39 Sign at the front of some bars 41 Second chance 43 Bothered 44 1881 novel“for children and those who love children” 46 “Cars”producer 48 ___change 49 Rat 51 Skim 53 Campbell’s variety 58 Director Besson 59 Like some turns and dates 60 Where to see Spaceship Earth 64 Messagefrom a server 66 Almost all … and a hint to the five circled letters 68 Pass up 69 Stuff of legends 70 Like 2016, but not 2015 71 Pay for 72 Addie’s husband in“As I Lay Dying” 73 Into the sunset
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1 ___ facto 2 Call at night 3 “You gotme” 4 Father figure 5 Subj. for 6Downs 6 See5-Down 7 Some hotel conveniences 8 Friedrich ___, first president of the German Republic 9 Source of the line“There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” 10 Knock 11 Easy-to-use 12 Film unlikely to haveacostume designer? 13 Mean grin 18 Hollywood’s AlanorAdam 22 Org. from which Óglaigh na hÉireann split off 25 Putaway 26 Burmeseand Himalayans 27 A lot 28 Big lock maker 29 “Dowhatyou want!” 33 Father figure 34 Bird: Prefix 35 Big Apple thoroughfare, informally 37 LasVegas casino opened in 2009 38 Hide 40 Banking inits. 42 South African money 45 Matter of interpretation 47 Parts 50 Partner to Kenan in a 1990s Nickelodeon sitcom 52 Dewey, to Donald 53 Chin feature 54 “___ me” 55 Nabisco wafer 56 Bagel variety 57 Aerosol targets 61 Give in 62 Contents of veins 63 Part of a hobo city 65 Supermarket chain 67 Formerly knownas