The New York Times Crossword
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1 Egyptian beetle 7 Word before sheet or battle 10 First president to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery 14 Nabokov novel 15 Lobster ___ Newburg 16 Instrument that an orchestra tunes to 17 X-rayed, e.g. 18 Bit of acne 19 Went 90, say 20 Intertwine 21 That, in Tijuana 23 Classic Led Zeppelin song represented by the ascending circled letters and this answer 25 Bruins : U.C.L.A. :: ___ : Princeton 28 Whole bunch 29 ___-Magnon man 32 Transportation hub named for a 1930s-’40s mayor, in brief 33 A Cyclops has one 35 Piece of limbo equipment 37 Get tangled up 39 Catch wind of 41 Director Guillermo del ___ 42 Polish border river 43 Offerings from Pottery Barn and Chipotle 44 Yemen’s capital 45 Opening of some formal letters 46 Territory 47 Peeled, as a pear 48 Soak (up), as gravy 49 “___ but a scratch” 50 Nevada’s largest county 52 One doing an oral exam, in brief 53 Org. with programs that are taking off? 55 Types in 58 Home of the oldest active M.L.B. ballpark 60 Y.M.C.A. course, for short 61 DC song represented by the falling circled letters and this answer 65 Maya Angelou’s “And Still I ___” 66 Musical ability 68 Part of N.H.L. 70 Offshore 71 Like 2019 and 2021, but not 2020 72 Fumbles and flubs 73 Pupil’s place 74 Platform for Dr. Mario and Final Fantasy 75 Places for toasters
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1 Next to nothing, as a chance 2 “___ as you are” 3 “So sad” 4 Correct 5 Supped 6 No-goodnik 7 Schick product 8 2001 Will Smith title role 9 Course of action 10 Completely wreck 11 Open and honest 12 Tipped off 13 Many a TikTok user 22 Fish in the genus Hippocampus 24 Opposite of WNW 26 Think ___ of 27 Deck protectors 29 With 36-Down, intersection … as suggested by the circled letters in the middle of this puzzle? 30 Static, maybe 31 Cloverleaf features 34 2019, 2020 and 2021: Abbr. 36 See 29-Down 38 CPR sites 40 Animal that sounds a lot like you? 41 Letters on some airport uniforms 43 Antioxidant juice brand 47 The “p” of m.p.h. 49 “___ Te Ching” 51 Shouted 54 Porterhouse, e.g. 56 Aptly named shelfmate of Smarties candy 57 Ventriloquist Lewis 58 Flat-headed fastener 59 Gas in glowing signs 62 Teamwork disrupters 63 Tackle box item 64 More, as the saying goes 67 Juice suffix 69 Obama ___