The New York Times crossword puzzle
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1 ___ San Lucas (Baja resort city) 5 Chew the fat 8 Maze runner in an experiment 14 Brewery products 15 Pitcher’s stat 16 “Uncle!” 17 Five-time N.B.A. championshipwinning coach with the Lakers and the Heat 19 Cable channel with many science shows, familiarly 20 “Ready, ___, fire!” 21 Ballad, e.g. 23 Circus enclosure 24 Garfield, to Jon Arbuckle 27 Notable statistic for Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates 29 Opening number? 30 Prosciutto, e.g. 32 Physicians, for short 33 Obtain 34 Mountain overlooking Tokyo 37 Casino floor V.I.P.
40 Make tiny criticisms 43 Ruler of old Russia 44 Broadcast 45 ___ tai (cocktail) 46 Bygone monthly for the 12-to-20 set 50 “The A-Team” actor with a mohawk 51 Road hazards that need filling 54 “Be patient!” 56 “Your turn,” on a walkie-talkie 57 Appear to be 59 Surface of a sty 60 Peeved 62 Dessert loaf 66 Cheap cigar, slangily 67 CBS forensics franchise 68 Midwife’s delivery 69 Sailor
70 “I know what you’re thinking” feeling, for short
71 First word in a fairy tale
Down 1 Salary limit 2 ___ carte 3 Software trial runs 4 Duel overseer in “Hamlet” 5 Do stuff? 6 Warlike Greek god 7 Musket attachment 8 Width’s counterpart 9 Santa ___ winds 10 Proceeding from low to high 11 America’s largest firearm manufacturer 12 Secret ___ (007, for one) 13 Egyptian god usually pictured with the head of an ibis 18 Apple computer 22 Neighbor of Homer on “The Simpsons” 24 “___ and Circumstance” 25 Break off a relationship 26 Yanks (on) 28 Drift, as an aroma 31 Hi-___ screen 35 Singer with the 1961 hit “Big Bad John” 36 Comforting words 38 Place to shower and brush one’s teeth 39 Cookie with creme in the middle 40 Never, in Nuremberg 41 Tehran’s land 42 Eartha who sang “C’est Si Bon” 44 Perfect attendance spoiler 47 Yankees legend ___ Howard 48 Originally named 49 Egyptian pyramid, e.g.
51 John, Paul and John Paul 52 Undeveloped seed
53 Four: Prefix 55 Highperformance engine 58 Dishevel, as the hair
61 Work ___ sweat 63 Extra 15% or so for a waiter 64 Simple as ___ 65 Henna, for one