The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across 1 Happening after doors open on Black Friday 8 Draw 15 Colorful circles 16 Ronan of “Lady Bird” 17 1982 movie starring Julie Andrews 19 Elicited with difficulty 20 Some mortgage adjustments, in brief
23 Run, old-style 24 Skeletons in the closet, so to speak
28 To be, overseas 29 Tighten (up) 31 Money holder 32 Swimmer Ian who won three gold medals in the 2000 Olympics 34 Japanese floor mat 36 Helpful people to know 37 Warning sign 41 Triple ___ 42 Collegiate basketball competition, for short 43 Like Natalie Portman, by birth 44 It ended during the Napoleonic Wars: Abbr. 45 Kind of switch 47 Label owned by Sony Music 48 Good earth 50 Formerly
51 Its second ed. contains about 59 million words 52 Miss the mark 53 1% alternative 55 Like many radios
57 A long way off 60 Common sign-off 61 Source of the word “kiwi” 62 River draining 11 countries 63 8:00-9:00 p.m. in prime time, e.g. 64 Deduce 65 Down in the dumps 66 Go down, in a way 67 Like many A.T.M.s 68 Primetime ___
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1 Western Conference player, informally 2 Shapiro of public radio 3 World AIDS Day mo. 4 More eccentric 5 Soothing succulents 6 1986 #1 Starship hit with the lyric “I’ll never find another girl like you” 7 Third-person pronoun 8 Parenthesized comments 9 Food truck offering, maybe 10 Figure, as a sum
11 It may be read to the rowdy 12 Sheet music abbr. 13 Hit CBS series with three spinoffs 14 Spill the ___ (dish out gossip) 18 Line on a leaf 20 Holder of many cones
21 Like some cuisines 22 2008 movie starring Michael Sheen and Frank Langella 25 Movie with graphic violence
… or what 17-Across, 22-Down or 39-Down each is? 26 Some board game equipment 27 Jazzes (up) 29 Souvenir shop purchases 30 List shortcut 33 Information on a ticket 35 Light on one’s feet
38 “ER” role for Paul McCrane 39 1997 movie starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage 40 Like many pipes nowadays 46 Knock down 49 Like butterscotch 53 Annual Austin festival, for short
54 ___ nut 55 Dictator deposed in 1979 56 Swampland, e.g.
58 Many a university donor, informally 59 “Ratatouille” rat