NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
no. 0315
ACROSS
1 90° from norte 5 Bit in Bartlett’s 10 Dogs ’“dogs” 14 Start of a description of a nursery rhyme spider 15 Remove from a U.P.S. package, maybe 16 Periods in history 17 Classic martini garnish 19 Laura of 2017’s “Twin Peaks” 20 Reason to get gussied up 21 Rapper with the line “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man” 22 “Conan” channel 23 Locale for baccarat or roulette 28 “Gimme a break!” 30 Nosh 31 Game with Skip cards 32 Mauna ___ 34 Barbecue residue 35 Unlike Eton College 36 Daytona International Speedway, for one 39 Company originally called AuctionWeb 41 1989 play about Capote 42 Bird in Liberty Mutual ads 43 Huge amount 44 Big entree from the oven 46 English town known for its salt 50 Philharmonic’s home 53 Outrage 54 Reminder to arrive with good spirits? 55 Gymnast Aly with three Olympic gold medals 57 PC alternatives 58 “Awful!” … or a hint to the common element of 17-, 23-, 36- and 50-Across 61 Worship leader 62 Capital near Casablanca 63 Guinness of film 64 Some G.I. attire 65 Crystal Castles console 66 Work well together
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1 Fourscore 2 Flashing light 3 Tropical African fly 4 Sized up 5 Target percentage 6 “Wait, what if …” 7 Kimono sash 8 “Mazel ___!” 9 PC file name extension 10 Brake or accelerator 11 Words of concern 12 Combat area 13 Govt.-issued ID 18 Cheesy restaurant order 21 D.D.E. follower 24 Hurriedly 25 Cartoonist who created the G.O.P. elephant 26 Earthy pigment 27 Word after hot or lightning 29 Vanquish, as a dragon 33 Person in a cast 35 Certain bra spec 36 Homemonitoring device 37 “I smell ___” (words of suspicion) 38 Title heroine of a 2001 French film 39 Listshortening abbr. 40 Four-footed resident of the White House from 2009-17 44 Yank’s opponent 45 Calculus, in dentistry 47 “Snug as a bug in a rug,” e.g. 48 Speaks grandly 49 Person of integrity 51 First name of Kramer on “Seinfeld” 52 Christine of “The Blacklist” 56 Target of a filter 57 Source of unwanted feedback? 58 Savings plan inits. 59 Bit of ink 60 Lender to a mom-andpop shop: Abbr.