THE NYT CROSSWORD

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1 Christmas Island’s closest neighbor 5 Rites of passage for college- bound students 9 “The X- Files” extra 12 “Metamorphoses” poet 13 Throws of the dice, maybe 15 Within bounds 16 ___ the Hyena of old comics 17 Key parts of a so- called supervocalic word 18 Seaweed, e. g. 19 Where gold and silver cups may be displayed 21 Like a hearth 22 Word with twist and neck 23 Impale 25 “The X- Files” extras, for short 26 Foot with claws 29 W. W. II inits. 31 Fowl places 33 “… ___ which will live in infamy” 35 Snooze 38 Broadcasting live 40 Dance often accompanied by an accordion 41 Railroad terminus: Abbr. 42 Martial art with bamboo swords 43 Green- light 44 Automotive pioneer Ransom ___ Olds 45 Guiding set of principles 46 Try 48 Nipper’s co. 50 Mormon grp. 51 Corner keyboard key 52 Meditative practice 55 Hieroglyphic figure 57 Nobel Prize subj. 59 Temperature- and humiditycontrolled place 64 City near the California/ Nevada border 65 Gate feature 66 Number two 67 Creep ( along) 68 Elicit a slug with a pillow, maybe 69 Extra in “The Producers” 70 Good time for un pique- nique 71 Fastener with a flange 72 Tax evasion investigators, quaintly

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1 What a double shot of caffeine provides 2 State 3 Chianti or Asti Spumante 4 Not be a dinosaur 5 Didn’t leave 6 Violinist Leopold 7 Quartets after some infighting? 8 High- and- mighty sort 9 Something you might secretly push in a 24- Down 10 Octagonal 11 Heavy carts 14 Poison ___ 15 Branch of the Dept. of Transportation 20 Secret spot 24 Where you might adjust the volume? 26 Family nickname 27 Teen, e. g. 28 Something you might secretly push in a 19- Across 30 Start of Massachusetts’ state motto 32 Extraordinary thing, in slang 34 Some ring decisions 36 CNN’s home: Abbr. 37 Glove purchase 39 Subjects of meltdowns 47 Some caterwauling 49 Prestige 51 Spooky 53 “Fee, fi, fo, fum” speaker in a fairy tale 54 Author Chekhov 56 Purposely placed evidence 58 Japanese drama 60 Khaki- like color 61 One of Hollywood’s Hemsworths 62 Shaping tool 63 Control, with “in”