NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD
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1 Extended feature of “Hey Jude” and “Layla” 5 Heat setting, in brief 8 Many morality tales 14 Mankind, biblically 15 Meaningful work, for short? 16 Serve as a go-between 17 Sunset shade (MT) 19Churchill portrayer in 2017’s “Darkest Hour” 20 “Sixteen Tons” singer, often 21 Start of an objection (TX) 23 Props can build it up 25 Encumbered 26 Opposite of an exception 29 It’s played in the 5-Across, informally 32 It may be hard to follow 34 Booty spot? (PA) 36 All ears 38 “Documentary Now!” cable channel, originally 39 “... about up to here” 41 Bluff, say 42 Holst’s “The Planets,” for one 44 They’re the pits (AZ) 46 Congress-created media giant 47 Dispensed, with “out” 48 Throw out 49 Evidence provider for some citations 51 Go to 53 Sole (UT) 57 Isolates, in a way 61 Withdraw 62 Run off ... or how to make the answers to 17-, 21-, 34-, 44- and 53-Across fit their clues 64 Jamaican sprinter Thompson-Herah with five Olympic golds 65 Bottle-___ 66 Lumpy citrus 67 Did some campaign work 68 15-Across focus: Abbr. 69 After, before
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1 Consumer’s energy source, informally 2 Old music halls 3 Glue amounts, often 4 “Go on, do something funny” 5 “Sorry ___ sorry” 6 “EastEnders” broadcaster, with “the” 7 Extra: Abbr. 8 Like leis 9 Was laid up 10 Devil’s bargain, so to speak 11 Fruit liqueur from Italy 12 Hairy twin in a Bible story 13 In the mail 18 Dress nicely, with “up” 22 Unequaled, ever 24 Best New American Play award 26 Longtime CBS procedural 27 “Sounds exciting,” sincerely or sarcastically 28 Going both ways 30 Do something amazing for another 31 Gives ___ (attempts) 33 Attempts 35 Manhattan component 36 Sounds of realization 37 Actress Harper of “No Country for Old Men” 40 Their scores are on some coll. applications 43 Painful effort 45 Enjoyed something with relish, say 47 ___ milk 50 Poet who originated the phrase “For whom the bell tolls” 52 Clairvoyant’s claim 53 Ready, informally 54 Move, informally 55 “Careful where you open this” indicator 56 Squeezed (out) 58 A bird in flight, for Lufthansa 59 Birds whose eyes don’t move 60 Apt rhyme for “fit” 63 Some items in purses, for short