THE NYT CROSSWORD
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1 Joan nicknamed “The Godmother of Punk”
5 Many a W.S.J. subscriber
8 Org. that started during the California gold rush
12 Home of the allvowel-named town Aiea
13 Tropical fruit
15 Flood (in)
16 Electrical system
17 Wayne Gretzky, for 10 seasons
18 Highland tongue
19 Maven
20 Fool
21 Indefinite ordinal
22 Request at the barber’s
24 Midwest capital, to locals
26 Domain of Horus, in Egyptian myth 28 Bulletin board fasteners
32 Joker
35 Toiletry brand whose TV ads once featured the Supremes 37 Thus far
38 Michael who played Bruce Wayne’s butler 40 Engine cover
41 Purplish bloom
43 Establishments that often have porte cochères
44 What might get the ball rolling
46 Burrowing animal of southern Africa
48 Napoleon’s place
49 Fight on a mat, in dialect
50 Chopped
52 What might get the ball rolling
53 Where Herbert Hoover was born
56 Actor Turner of “The Hobbit”
58 A tater can produce up to four of these
62 “Which weighs more — a pound of feathers or a pound of lead?” and others
65 Novelist Fitzgerald
66 Letters preceding a pseudonym
67 City where LeBron James was born 68 “As a result …”
69 Cohen who cofounded an ice cream company
70 They come after 12
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1 Short run?
2 Lawman played by James Garner and Kevin Costner
3 1970s fad item
4 ___ rose (English heraldic emblem)
5 California’s ___ Woods
6 Island in the Coral Triangle
7 “___ plaisir!”
8 Help stimulate the economy
9 Pulls a fast one on
10 Promote
11 “Dr.” of rap
13 “Hell if I know!”
14 Alan of “Argo”
23 “___ be my pleasure!”
25 Advisory grp. to the president
26 Title meaning “master” 27 Capital of Sweden
29 Where Harley-Davidson Inc. is HOG
30 Dog, cat or hamster
31 Tabloid pair
33 Historical record
34 Tale of derring-do
36 The devil’s playthings, they say
39 Drone’s mission
41 “Back to my point …”
42 TV Land programming
45 Hot temper
47 Clear the dishes?
51 Muslim face veil
52 Song that might have hosannas 53 Native people of Guatemala
54 Wister who was known as the father of western fiction
55 Join together
57 School with five March Madness titles
59 Snoozer
60 A party to
61 Some personnel info: Abbr.
63 Principle behind yin and yang
64 Something you might get with a piercing, informally