The new york times crossword

ACROSS

1 Hairstyle for

Billy Preston 5 Pacific nation composed of

250+ islands 10 Fairy tale

baddie

14 Brest milk 15 Cold War concern, for short

16 Spot for an ibex 17 Event with minutes that might last hours

20 What choristers may sing in 21 Persistently

bothers 22 Shania

Twain’s “___! I Feel Like a Woman!” 23 Bacillus shape 25 Left after taxes 26 Purchase inspired by a New Year’s resolution, often 33 Diamond

parts that are rounded 35 Transport

from Seattle to Bainbridge Island 36 Kerfuffle 37 Poet Dove 38 Hardly iffy 39 Avocado or

olive products 40 Computing pioneer Lovelace 41 Made a

peeling? 42 Sound, e.g. 43 Rubella, by

another name 46 Suffix with “most,” redundantly 47 Item sometimes made with pikake flowers 48 Director

DuVernay 51 Surname of father-andson Latin pop singers 56 Chair wheel 58 Ominous request from a teacher … or a hint to the first words (and following letters!) of 17-, 26- and 43-Across 60 Scandinavian name whose masculine equivalent ends in “-var” 61 Get a sense of 62 Show with

booths 63 Stash

belowdecks 64 “... unless I’m

wrong” 65 Gorilla expert

Fossey

DOWN

1 Song collection 2 Animals of a

region

3 Future

celebrity 4 Inventor Boykin who helped develop the pacemaker 5 Wunderkind 6 Prominent features on firefighter calendars 7 Played paper against scissors, e.g. 8 Food, in a food

fight 9 Tech-obsessed

sort, perhaps 10 Largish chamber groups 11 Cheshire cat’s signature feature 12 Tirade

13 They run when they’re broken 18 Standards 19 Rock powder used as an abrasive 24 Warp

27 Vote of

support 28 Hockey game interruption, maybe

29 Like some

suites 30 Waves from

the curb, say 31 Duty-free? 32 Blog entry 33 Crow

34 Gofer

38 Major pilgrimage destination in Spain 39 Number aptly found in “loner”

41 So last year 42 ___ crest (part

of the pelvis) 44 Granny, in the

South

45 It’s meant to be

kept

49 Scooter brand whose name means “wasp” 50 Crime in insurance investigations 51 Goddess sister of Nephthys 52 Courteous

chap

53 Kind of block 54 Way off 55 Knock for a

loop

57 “Ethan Frome”

vehicle 59 Literally,

“I”

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