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The New York Times Crossword

- By Nancy Stark and Will Nediger Edited by Will Shortz No. 0310

ACROSS

1 Soft “seat” in the woods

5 Things that may be hot or dropped 9 It’s a lot to assume 14 Shocked response to Brutus

15 Come back 16 Cropped up

17 Good name for an average Joe 18 Related

19 Moving gracefully 20 Start of a saying about getting in the way

23 Acid’s opposite 24 Mad as a hatter 28 Wrangler alternativ­e

29 Start of a saying about negative influence

32 Rocker Bob 33 Elizabeth I, for one 34 Center of a sting operation?

37 Small, flatbottom­ed boat 40 Stereotypi­cal clown name 41 Concede

43 “The Persistenc­e of Memory” and “Lobster Telephone”

45 Start of a saying about parental discipline

48 Ply the needle

51 Quick, possibly controvers­ial bit of commentary 52 Body of work 54 Warning you might give before revealing the endings of 20-, 29and 45-Across? 57 Like some shrimp and jets

60 “Argo” or “Fargo” 61 The McCoys, e.g. 62 _ _ _-American (like about 6% of the U.S.)

63 Title matchmaker in an 1815 novel 64 James or Jones of jazz

65 Junior and senior 66 Common medical advice

67 Harvest

DOWN

1 Like solving crosswords 2 Eight-time Oscar nominee for Best Actor

3 Action in tennis, swimming and golf 4 Highest, on a diploma 5 Polysemous words have multiple of these

6 Repulsive

7 Smart

8 California county north of Marin 9 Refuses to carry out

10 They’re usually packed on St. Patrick’s Day 11 Caught

12 “Kinda”

13 Finder’s ___ 21 Common cosmetics component

22 Subj. of Charlotte Brewer’s “Treasure-House of the Language” 25 Popular prom hairstyle

26 Apt rhyme for “blob”

27 Sleek, in autospeak

30 Hair-raising cry 31 Bouquet thrower 32 Place to watch a game with friends 34 Draw, colloquial­ly 35 Prime Cuts Extra Gravy brand

36 Strip in the bedroom, maybe 38 Partner of away 39 Tripping hazard 42 Boomerangs for ”¨Aboriginal Australian­s, e.g. 44 It might occur to you

46 Ring ref’s decision 47 Calfless cow 48 Slender

49 Slips

50 After-meal amenity

53 Worrier’s ailment, it’s said

55 Garnish for a gimlet

56 Classic boulevard liners

57 Noisy bird 58 Applicatio­n

59 Hamm with two Olympic gold medals

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