The new york times crossword

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1 House

overhang

5 Sci. class that might have controlled explosions 9 Look at

rudely

13 Holey shoe 14 Camera setting for novice photographers 15 Cartoon brother of Dewey and Louie 16 Heaven’s

opposite

17 5, for the set

[2, 4, 6, 8] 18 Be

philanthropic 19 Not delayed 21 Crystal-filled

rocks

23 Device with Rewind and Fast Forward functions 26 Aid for squeezing into a tight piece of footwear 27 Extreme point in the Arctic or Antarctic 30 World Cup

cheers

31 Store sign displayed from 9 to 6, say 35 “If you ask me

…,” online 36 True or false, on a true/false test

38 Promise in front of a judge

39 Unsaid yet

understood 41 Have dinner at

home

43 Glass frequently used for toasting the New Year 48 Two quarters 49 Wet forecast 50 Meat of the

matter 51 Advice to a musician with a 23-, 26- or 43-Across? 54 Egyptian counterpart of Hades and Pluto

56 Deals from the bottom or marks cards, say

59 Lack of seriousness about a serious situation 60 “Yay!”

61 Juicy bits of

info

62 Future therapist’s major, for short

“HELLO …

Hello … hello …” effect “Well, ___ you clever?!” Alessandro who invented the electric battery 4 High-level

cover-up? 5 Country between Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea

6 Shade of

color 7 Prediction of a flight tracker app, for short 8 African mammal that’s resistant to snake venom 9 “What a terrible, awful idea!”

10 Tour leader 11 Bar used on a

fulcrum 12 “Blinkers” or

“peepers” 20 Passable, at

best

22 Make a

mistake

1 2 3

DOWN

24 Jellied fish in some British pies

25 Enjoy,

as gum 27 Marketing

spiel 28 Largest city in Nebraska 29 Neighborhood spot for cheap booze 32 So-called “master gland” of the endocrine system 33 Revises,

as an essay 34 Nine-person

combo 36 Sports org. for Nadal and Djokovic 37 Official with a

whistle 40 “Sounds good

to me” 42 Capital of Africa’s largest country 44 Pretentious 45 Gift of ___ 46 Zero, in a soccer result 47 Cain’s eldest

son

52 Tiny faults 53 Beat decisively, informally 54 Aged

55 “Catch my

drift?” 57 Tic-___-toe 58 [Excuse me, this is a library ...!]

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