New york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Original “Top Gear” channel 4 Eventually become 9 Adopt-a-thon adoptees 13 Circle calculation 15 Not be straight with 16 Sister brand of Nilla wafers 17 Trash holders 18 *Spaced out 20 Tibetan legends 22 Gas in fuel 23 “Yep, sadly that’s true” 25 Small change 29 Forever ___ day 30 “Way cool!” 32 Otherworldly glow 33 *Meals permissible under Islamic law 36 Console pioneer 37 Reddit Q&A feature

38 It may be delayed by snow: Abbr. 39 Soccer ball filler

41 [U r hilarious] 42 Bantu speakers 44 *Autobiography of Nobel laureate Yousafzai 47 “College GameDay” channel 48 Roadside stopover 49 ___ Tesfaye, real name of pop music’s the Weeknd 50 Architect’s field 52 Literary collection 55 What a filling fills 57 Packing a piece 59 On the whole … or, when read in two parts, what the answer to each starred clue has 63 Boy of Mayberry 64 Part of the body that’s spanked 65 Twin of He-Man 66 Warm up in seconds 67 Major Iowa crop 68 Short, concise and to the point (unlike this clue) 69 Word with curtain or hot

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1 Bundle of joy 2 Inform of everything that happened 3 *Popular European skiing region 4 One of the Manning brothers 5 Front and back, at Augusta 6 Benicio ___, Best Supporting Actor winner for “Traffic” 7 Home of the Jazz 8 Where bagels and vodka originated 9 Skunk 10 Notable time period 11 Rightmost bowling pin 12 Piece of lawn 14 Carrier to Seoul 19 Alex and ___ (jewelry retailer) 21 Moves with one’s back against a wall, say 24 Crazy 26 *Capital of Malaysia 27 “Captain Blood” star Flynn

28 Ali with a perfect 24-0 record 31 Alternative name for He-Man 33 Put through hell night, say 34 Make smile 35 Father of Thor 36 Qatar’s peninsula 40 Mogadishuborn supermodel 43 Elusive horse with a horn 45 “One more, please” 46 James of the court 48 Buy stocks, perhaps 51 Practical joke 53 Mike who starred in “Austin Powers” 54 Citizen competitor 56 “Am ___ only one?” 58 Proof of ownership 59 Shape of a rainbow 60 Summer sign 61 Sailor, informally 62 Singer Carly ___ Jepsen