NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

Today’s centre square has a compass rose, indicating directional trickery required. NO. 0428

Across

1 50s president 6 Rappeller’s need 10 Foot, to Flavius 13 Goldfing er’s first name 14 French assembly 15 St and buy 16“Return of the Jedi” villain 17 See 27Across 19 Big brass 21 O nline identity 22 Like some office furniture 26 Writer Calvino 27 With 17Across, reference book for a writer 28 Like the heads of many hairbrushes 30 Du ke, e.g.: Abbr. 31 Morlock victims, in science fiction 32 Spoiler s? 34 London theater district 38 Inventor of roll film 42 Sorts (through) 44 Very light 45 Go out 48 Cleveland Browns great Graham 49 Manhattan eatery since 1927 51 Resentment 53 Sub way entrance 55 Tea kettle parts 57 Pea ls 58 Annual department store event 60 Zip 64 Asian holiday 65 Cut off 66 On es in cocoons 67 Or al hesitations 68 Topiary trees 69 Word on an old gas pump

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1 P erform 2 Laundry container 3 Hidden means of support? 4 Extinct creature with armored spikes on its back 5 Bing eing 6 Arctic gale 7 Brian of ambient music 8“Now !” 9 Show real eagerness 10 Persian ruler 11 Artist Monet 12 Power measures, informally 14 Fortitude 18 Sigma follower 20 Rip off 22 Frisbee, e.g. 23 Cry of innocence 24 He , for one: Abbr. 25 Over hang 29 Santa ___ 33 Commences 35 Plug s 36 Pond young ’un 37 Kat arina ___, two-time Olympic gold-medalist skater 39 Skirt style 40 S eed covering 41 Init s. at 11 Wall Street 43 C ontemporary of Wordsworth and Coleridge 45 Attacks from all sides 46 Gable part 47 Think of as the same 49 TV home of “Weekend Update,” in brief 50 Slanting 52 R unner of many Apple devices 54 Sp ats 56 W orry 59 “___ got it” 61 N ascar stat, for short 62 R emit 63 D aughter of Loki