THE NYT CROSSWORD

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1 Classic name for a man’s best friend 5 ___ of the Apostles 9 Dogie, e. g. 13 Beginning, timewise 14 ___ latte 15 Granny’s “Darn it!” 16 Very dry, as Champagne 17 You would usually buy a round one 18 Cousin of a croc 19 Chem class site 20 There’s no reason to go on one 22 Tiny garden parasite 24 Club ___ 25 Foxier 26 Singleminded 32 To the ___ degree 34 Place to put a cupped hand 35 More than one, in Madrid 36 Living it up … or a hint to the six groups of circled letters 42 Letters before a moniker 43 Archaeological site 44 Summer, in St.- Étienne 45 Makeshift fly swatter 49 Soprano Fleming 53 Not the sharing type 54 Academy Award category 56 Art of punning 61 Lead- in to Columbian 62 Lessen 63 Black cat crossing one’s path, e. g. 64 Big steps for young companies, for short 65 Change in Mexico 66 Doe’s partner 67 Rorschach image 68 Mideast’s Gulf of ___ 69 Old Mach 2 fliers, for short 70 Yankees’ hometown rivals

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1 Stories with morals 2 Ben- Gurion’s land 3 To twice the degree 4 Frequent, to a poet 5 Penn or Pitt 6 Old color print, informally 7 Follow around, as a detective might 8 Doesn’t gulp 9 Leafy greens 10 Mennen shaving product 11 Bird with a laughlike call 12 First assemblyman? 15 Fairy tale villains 20 “… and so ___” 21 Come out 23 Traveled 27 Common pantyhose shade 28 ___ Jose 29 Women’s suffragist ___ B. Wells 30 W- X- Y- Z for an encyclopedia, maybe: Abbr. 31 Frequent night school subj. 33 Tried 36 Dutch painter Vermeer 37 Hawaiian instrument, informally 38 Tool in a magician’s act 39 Kind of access 40 High- ceilinged courtyards 41 Salad ingredient that’s not green 46 Exact 47 Longs ( for) 48 Move at a restaurant, say 50 Infant bottle topper 51 Implant deeply 52 Gets rid of 55 Game show sound effects 56 Dear old dad 57 Not up 58 Demolish, British- style 59 Cushiony ground cover 60 Qtys. 64 Original ThinkPad manufacturer