NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Either of two Syrian presidents “Spring forward” inits. “Oleanna” playwright 14 Bather’s

scrubber 15 When to observe 6-Across in France 16 Hoopster

Stoudemire 17 Humanoid of

Jewish folklore 18 Elbow-bender 19 ___ Hart

(“Chicago” role) 20 Marsh rodents 23 Mil.

headquarters 26 Country associated with 38-/40-/41Across 27 They’re flashed

at guards 30 “Babes in Toyland” composer 32 Wall St. stat 34 Wings, in

zoology 35 Golfer Aoki and

others 37 Comparative

word 38, 40 & 41 18thcentury literary and musical movement 42 Aircraft velocity

figure 45 & 47 Writer associated with 38-/40-/41Across

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9 50 90° from Nord 51 Sirius 55 Vintner’s prefix 56 Permeate 58 GPS suggestion: Abbr. 59 What much

space junk is in 61 Time for both

hands to be up 62 Sen. Rubio 64 “All yours!” 65 Morales of

“Caprica” 66 Worth a 10 67 ___ and

terminer 68 Word before

poor or cheap 69 Remainder, in

Rouen 70 Moor growth 71 Radical org. of

the ’60s 72 Camels’ pit

stops 73 Sightseer’s ride DOWN 1 “Solve for x”

subj. 2 The Great Lakes’ ___ Locks G, in the key of C Not many Price to pay, informally 6 Palm Springs paper, with “the” With 36- and 53-Down, translation of 38-/40-/41Across

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7 8 Four-footers 9 Joan of Arc,

notably 10 Pal of Andy 11 Peak, slangily 12 “___ tu” 13 Pipe joint 21 Actress Polo 22 Hydrocarbon

suffixes 23 Cartoonist

Addams 24 Go soft 25 Place for an

English king? 27 One of Sam’s tunes in “Casablanca” 28 Gorilla expert

Fossey 29 “Yesterday” or

“Tomorrow” 31 “It gets late early out there” speaker 33 “… poem lovely

as ___” 36 See 7-Down 39 Earth, to the

French 41 Río ___

(African region) 43 South American

cardinal? 44 Links org. 45 Yoked 46 Absorption

process 48 Paris Hilton, for

one 49 Punches in, say 52 Egg rating 53 See 7-Down 54 Mexican beer

brand 57 Rod and rad 60 Equilateral

figure 62 “The Tilled Field” painter Joan 63 World Cup

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