NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Becomes less important by comparison 6 Newspaper unit 10 “The Garden of Earthly Delights” painter 15 Bitcoin, e.g. 16 Hubbubs
17 Bear who sings “The Bare Necessities” in a 1967 Disney film 18 City near St. Petersburg 19 Bellyache 20 Benjamin Franklin is depicted on the first U.S. one (1847) 21 Virtuoso 22 “C’mon, open the door!”
25 1990s supermodel with a palindromic name
26 Like regular exercise and happiness, per research
28 Put one’s trust in 30 Fill to the gills 31 43rd prez
34 Mrs., on Majorca 35 Japanese salad herb 36 Pint-size 39 Something to believe in 41 Smaller parts making up a larger whole ... with a hint to the six groups of shaded squares in this puzzle 45 Brand of knives touted in classic infomercials 46 2006 Winter Olympics host 47 Diamond stat 48 Dance move that went from trendy to cringey in the 2010s
51 Heracles, to Zeus 52 Stitch’s pal, in film 56 “Two thumbs up!” 59 Key of Beethoven’s Ninth 61 Above-the-knee skirt 62 Brown loaf with an earthy taste
65 Pet rocks, once 66 They turn litmus paper red 68 Stead
69 Part of a political convention roll call 71 Checks out, in a way 72 Thingy
73 Satirist ___ Baron Cohen
74 Singer John whose middle name is Hercules
75 Food for a sea urchin 76 Company behind the first microprocessor
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1 Potpourri pieces 2 Tree that’s a favorite of giraffes 3 Bemoan 4 Paranormal power, for short 5 Thin-layered sedimentary rock 6 Covenant
7 One who raised Cain 8 Wounded by a bull, say 9 Catches sight of 10 Tiny ammo
11 Like some breakfast cereals 12 Emphatic two-pointer 13 Going places? 14 “Heaven forbid!” 23 Sidled (along) 24 “Fresh Air” broadcaster 27 French military headwear
29 Use, as dishes 32 Conflict that ended at 11:00 on 11/11
33 Crooked
37 Slip past 38 Swelled heads 40 Food-spoiling bacterium
41 Like Sodom and Gomorrah 42 Abraham Lincoln, for one 43 Modern lead-in to -grammer
44 ___ hop (swing era dance)
45 Not a happy face 49 Put two and two together? 50 Mayim who played Amy Farrah Fowler on “The Big Bang Theory” 53 “Believe it or not ...” 54 Abhor 55 Herculean undertaking 57 Many a smartphone recording
58 Far from original 60 Soccer great with a statue in Buenos Aires 63 Topple (over) 64 Posterior 67 Nine-digit ID, in brief
70 Shade of brown