The new york times crossword

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1 Smartphone

downloads 5 Read electronically, as a U.P.C. 9 City-related 14 Daytime TV drama, informally 15 “Actually, you’re way off …” 16 Gumption 17 One of the Starks on “Game of Thrones” 18 “The rules apply to everyone,” redundantly 20 Considers to be

appropriate 22 “May that happen,” in Shakespeare 23 “Stick to the agreement,” redundantly 25 Salmon topping for a bagel 26 Minimally 30 Descended swiftly, like a hawk 35 Tarnish 36 “There can be no changing things now,” redundantly 40 Fine and dandy 41 It opens all

doors

42 British brew with a red triangle logo 46 Utter

47 “We’ll just have to adapt,” redundantly 53 Novelist Charlotte, Emily or Anne 56 Snarled-up

mess of debris 57 “We all deserve to have our intimate relationships honored,” redundantly 59 Swanky bash 60 Shaquille of

the N.B.A. 61 Beehive State

collegians 62 Computer

operator 63 Sykes of

comedy 64 Fellow 65 Annoying sort

1 Carne ___

(taco choice) Studied carefully, with “over”

Money order recipient Tony-winning musical with the song “Knights of the Round Table”

5 Added at the end, like the “-ness” in “kindness” 6 Fragrant spiced

teas

7 “West Side Story” role for Rita Moreno and Ariana DeBose 8 Neither’s

partner

9 Open, as an

envelope 10 Amend one’s

tax return 11 Obnoxious kid 12 Hertz

competitor 13 Emperor who purportedly fiddled while Rome burned 19 “Yeah, right …” 2 3 4

DOWN

By Gia Bosko

21 Spills messily 24 Viggo Mortensen and Hans Christian Andersen, by nationality 27 Run ___ (go

berserk) 28 Rational

29 Card that beats

a deuce 30 Q-tip, e.g. 31 “Hold your

horses!” 32 Sturdy trees 33 Tops of many cathedrals and temples

34 Like peas ___

pod

37 “They just want to see how we’ll react” 38 Plane

assignments 39 Evaporating 43 O’Connor with the 1990 hit “Nothing Compares 2 U” 44 Fifth-century leader of the Huns 45 Untruths 48 Jotted down 49 Sanctuary 50 Poke fun at 51 St. Croix and St. Thomas, for two

52 Set into

motion 53 Erupt 54 Novelist Jaffe 55 Pizzeria

fixture 58 Galoot

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