NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Pilgrim who’s been to Mecca 6 Show stopper 10 What a keto diet is high in 14 Writer Nin 15 ___ Emhoff, stepdaughter of Kamala Harris 16 Property claim 17 Small, spiny lizard 19 ___ Mountains, dividers of Europe and Asia 20 Fruit appearing on a Southern license plate 22 Mindlessly repeat 25 Insult, informally 26 Dried Mexican chili 27 South African plant whose leaves are used for a popular herbal tea 29 “All ___ go” 31 Not sitting well? 32 Occupation for 32-Down 33 Ready to go 34 Video game franchise with characters found at the ends of 17-, 20-, 53- and 58-Across 38 Monogram on an expensive handbag, maybe 41 Zap 42 Play again 46 Transitional region between biomes 48 Having good marketing instincts 50 Many whiskeybased cocktails 51 Leader namechecked in the Beatles’ “Revolution” 52 Singer nicknamed the Prince of Motown 53 D.C. mayor first elected in 2014 57 Gray ___ 58 “Clumsy me!” 62 Like fine wines 63 Mental spark 64 A giant one rises in Citi Field after every Mets homer 65 They’re prescribed by docs 66 It may go out on a limb 67 Stiller’s comedy partner
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1 “As if!” 2 What makes God good? 3 Peanut butter container 4 Excessive flag-waving and the like 5 “OK, that makes sense” 6 Game where everything falls into place 7 Some YouTube journals 8 Jai ___ 9 Common first word for a baby 10 Well-versed (in) 11 Heroes of the sky 12 “I want to learn!” 13 Alec Baldwin, on more than 15 occasions 18 Dumb bunny 21 Congregation leaders 22 Period of history 23 Reason against 24 Like freshly brewed coffee 28 Close way to win
29 Have a bawl 30 “___ out!” (ump’s call) 32 Fittingly, the first three letters of 32-Across 35 Sprint … or see print 36 Nickname of a 1950s president 37 Native Caribbean plant whose fruit grows in clusters 38 Polite affirmative 39 Source of great trouble 40 “Walk on the Wild Side” singer 43 Director DuVernay 44 Columbia or Brown 45 Bread choice 47 Three-tone chords 48 Clumsily handles 49 Flushed, as cheeks 51 Looks down 54 Cut of pork 55 Foretell 56 Cheese of the Netherlands 59 Hip thing to sip 60 35mm camera inits. 61 Vote of support