NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Christmas Island’s
closest neighbor 5 Rites of passage for collegebound students 9 “The X- Files”
extra 12 “Metamorphoses”
poet 13 Throws of the
dice, maybe 15 Within bounds 16 ___ the Hyena of
old comics 17 Key parts of a so- called supervocalic word 18 Seaweed, e. g. 19 Where gold and silver cups may be displayed 21 Like a hearth 22 Word with twist
and neck 23 Impale 25 “The X- Files”
extras, for short 26 Foot with claws 29 W. W. II inits. 31 Fowl places 33 “…___ which will
live in infamy” 35 Snooze 38 Broadcasting live 40 Dance often accompanied by an accordion 41 Railroad
terminus: Abbr. 42 Martial art with
bamboo swords 43 Green- light 44 Automotive pioneer Ransom ___ Olds 45 Guiding set of
principles 46 Try 48 Nipper’s co. 50 Mormon grp. 51 Corner keyboard
key 52 Meditative
practice 55 Hieroglyphic
figure 57 Nobel Prize subj. 59 Temperatureand humiditycontrolled place 64 City near the California/ Nevada border 65 Gate feature 66 Number two 67 Creep ( along) 68 Elicit a slug with
a pillow, maybe 69 Extra in “The
Producers” 70 Good time for un
pique- nique 71 Fastener with a
flange 72 Tax evasion investigators, quaintly
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1 What a double shot of caffeine provides 2 State 3 Chianti or Asti
Spumante 4 Not be a dinosaur 5 Didn’t leave 6 Violinist Leopold 7 Quartets after some infighting? 8 High- and- mighty
sort 9 Something you might secretly push in a 24- Down 10 Octagonal 11 Heavy carts 14 Poison ___ 15 Branch of the Dept. of Transportation 20 Secret spot 24 Where you might adjust the volume? 26 Family
nickname 27 Teen, e. g. 28 Something you might secretly push in a 19- Across 30 Start of Massachusetts’ state motto 32 Extraordinary
thing, in slang 34 Some ring
decisions 36 CNN’s home:
Abbr. 37 Glove purchase 39 Subjects of
meltdowns 47 Some
caterwauling 49 Prestige 51 Spooky 53 “Fee, fi, fo, fum” speaker in a fairy tale 54 Author Chekhov 56 Purposely placed
evidence 58 Japanese drama 60 Khaki- like color 61 One of Hollywood’s Hemsworths 62 Shaping tool 63 Control, with “in”