THE NYT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Musical talent, informally 6 Drunkards 10 Quite a ways away 14 Rehearsed a piece through from start to finish, in theater lingo 15 When doubled, a South Seas island 16 Mineral in layers 17 Memorable 2011 hurricane 18 When you get it 20 Like yarn 21 Talking horse of 1960s TV 22 Cock and bull 23 Something might be brought back by this 26 Voodoo spell 27 Ashen 28 Dallas cager, informally 31 In working order 34 Marmalade container 35 Mud 36 “Where the heart is” 37 Versatile eating implement 39 Decorates, as a cake 40 Scent 41 Knot 42 Most sensible 44 Possesses 45 Max’s opposite 46 Grace ender 47 Eastern or Western, for hoopsters 53 “Carmen” setting 55 The Canadian loonie or toonie, e.g. 56 Meeting point for tailors? 57 Like the four things named in the shaded squares 59 Momma’s partner 60 Shoppe descriptor 61 Woes 62 Onetime arcade giant 63 Word before and after “will be” 64 Casual sign-off in a letter 65 Opposite of 57-Across, to Muslims

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1 Cousin of a cobbler 2 One of the Marx Brothers 3 Outdo 4 What’s punched into an A.T.M., redundantly 5 Sault ___ Marie, Ont. 6 Pizza chain found in many food courts 7 Expressed amazement 8 It might involve mutual raising of tariffs 9 Film character who was asked to “Play it” 10 Capital of Jordan 11 Dark brown rodents with long tails and large eyes 12 Proactiv target 13 “Darn!” 19 Mideast’s Gulf of ___ 21 ___ Theater, venue of “The Phantom of the Opera,” the longest-running production in Broadway history 24 “Haha, u r hilarious” 25 Crack shooters 29 Belligerent Greek god 30 Sweater ___ 31 “This doesn’t look good” 32 Coke or Pepsi 33 Old radio show set in Harlem 34 MSNBC’s “Morning ___” 35 Garrison Keillor’s home state 38 Trick-taking game with a 48-card deck 43 ___ Lingus 45 Hand, to Javier 46 Something record-breaking 48 Tour de France sights 49 Carolers’ repertoire 50 Himalayan land 51 Frank who directed “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” 52 Kind of client 53 Elitist sort 54 Preppy shirt 58 Bro or sis 59 Musical syllable after “oom”