The new york times crossword
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5 Run for it! 9 Ingredient separated and whipped in meringue 13 One with
a title 14 Purloin
15 TV host with the memoir “Born a Crime” 16 “Hoarders”
network 17 Novelist
Walker 18 Major-___ 19 Political party founded in 1966
22 Oh, it’s nothing 23 Perimeter of a
billiards table 24 Devil dog 26 Speakeasy, by
another name 29 “Bye-bye” 30 Mailroom
stamp: Abbr. 31 ___ vez (again,
in Spanish) 33 T-shirt choices,
for short 34 Shortly before the events of the New Testament 36 Wyatt, Virgil or Morgan of the Old West 38 “Praise be
to ___” 42 Language in which the majority of words are monosyllabic 44 Up votes 46 Woman’s name that means
“violet” 47 Pushes to the
side
50 Like the Kardashians’ heritage
52 Sole proprietor
ship? 54 They might help you get a grip
55 Little downtime 56 Saying “You’ve never looked better,” maybe 60 Chorus at an
arena de fútbol 62 Time off 63 Inland’s
opposite 64 Sage
65 Hard hit, in
baseball lingo 66 Wear in ancient
Rome
67 Many a country
road
68 Brand of “antiaging” products Fr. religious figures
69
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1 [blown kiss] 2 Author of “Interview With the Vampire”
3 Old Glory 4 Hesitant to act 5 What a foul mouth is full of?
6 Counselor to
Job
7 Get into 8 Container brand that lost its trademark status in
1963 9 Terminus
10 “I’ll be right
behind you” 11 Main Las Vegas
industry 12 Outer space phenomenon photographed for the first time in 2019 13 Clif Bar bit 14 MuggleNet, for Harry Potter devotees 20 Prime Cuts and T-Bonz brand
21 Actress Hayek 25 It might prevent an overload of the power grid 26 Compadre 27 ___ Wiseman, director of “Total Recall” 28 & 32
Ambiguity … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme Is allowed to, quaintly 37 Significant
other
39 DC reporter 40 Carrier to Tokyo 41 Chick magnet? 43 Game whose dual-colored pieces are apt for this puzzle’s theme
35
45 Air apparent? 47 Gene with a large ’stache of films? 48 “Fingers
crossed!” 49 Cirque du ___ 51 Passes 52 “Grimms’
Fairy Tales” heroine 53 Starter course? 57 Two-time Tony-winning actress
Judith 58 Goddess often depicted holding an ankh
59 And so on:
Abbr.
61 Mo. when Oktoberfest starts
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