The new york times crossword

Leader of the world’s smallest nation (“An Essay on Man”) Procedure fee Loaded (“Diving Into the Wreck”) 14 Actor Wilson 15 Opposite of

mainstream 16 ___ breve

(2/2 time) 17 Potentially insulting, for short

18 Prefix with meter, to a versifier 19 Junket 20 Kathmandu

residents 22 Went

effortlessly 24 Situation of intense conflict 25 Many a craft brew, informally 27 Restless 28 Volatile state

of affairs 31 Press

releases? 34 ___ Estby, Norwegianborn U.S. suffragist 35 Meal starter,

maybe

39 Sushi topper 40 Didn’t abstain 42 Inflation

meas.

43 Cry of denial 45 Prod with a

stick, say 47 Westminster Abbey section hinted at by this puzzle’s architecture 51 Secretly loops

in, in a way 53 Big commotion 54 Major crop in

Nigeria 57 Address to

click

58 1990s hit with the line “keep playing that song, all night” 1 5 10

ACROSS

60 Got

the picture 61 Not cramped 63 Antitraffic

org. 64 Prokaryotic model organism 66 “S.N.L.” alum

Pedrad

67 Open about one’s sexuality, say

68 Bass staff

symbol 69 Drinking vessel that may have a lid (“Sacred Emily”) 70 Device that might say “In two miles …” 71 Coat put on when it’s cold? (“Mending Wall”)

DOWN

1 Use a hammer on (“In a Station of the Metro”)

2 One with a

deed

3 Pig of

children’s TV 4 Sets up tents 5 ___ Field

(Shea Stadium successor) 6 Not

competitive 7 Summer hrs. in

Sonoma 8 Freight in

flight

9 Vintage 10 All-important numbers for TV execs 11 Competitor’s

concession 12 This puzzle has

78 of them 13 Able to weather difficult conditions (“Channel Firing”) 21 Mekong Valley

language 23 Abu Dhabi’s

grp.

26 New Orleans N.B.A. team, informally

By Joe Deeney

29 Expression of

befuddlement 30 Ikea founder

Ingvar ___ 31 Nest egg

letters 32 Conjunction used three times in the first line of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 65 33 Not leave

unattended 36 Aria,

typically 37 “God Bless

the ___” 38 Place to retire

in a hurry? 40 Groundbreaker? 41 Ages and

ages 44 Discouraging

words 46 Critically

important 48 Vegan cookout option

49 Occur in

conversation 50 “Well,

darn!” 51 Incinerates (“To a Mouse”) 52 Dubrovnik

resident 55 Bucks, boars

and bulls 56 Fleet-footed

(“A Maypole”) 58 “How Firm a Foundation,” for one 59 “Survivor” host

Probst 62 Customizable Nintendo avatar 65 “Proud Mary” band, in brief

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