The New York Times
1&5 Warm-up circuits for race car drivers 9 Shoppers’ stops 14 Youngest M.L.B. player to hit 500 homers 15 Sports sword 16 Established 17 Negative fast-food review? 19 Scooter ___, former White House adviser convicted in the Plame affair 20 Where shots might be served (or fired) in a western 21 One of 14 in “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” 23 Madison Avenue award
25 Arles affirmative 26 Droopy feature of a cocker spaniel 27 Negative fast-food review? 32 Home of Mount Carmel: Abbr. 33 “Despicable Me” supervillain 34 Julie ___, voicer of Marge Simpson 37 Ending with cytoor proto40 Make a boo-boo 42 Emotionally demanding
43 Do after dark 45 Nickname for Maurice
47 Inc., in France 48 Negative fast-food review? 52 Charge (through) 54 Early hrs.
55 “Get outta here!” 56 Cirque du Soleil stars, e.g. 59 Archipelago that’s a part of Portugal 63 Guarded 64 Certain fast-food offering … or what 17-, 27- and 47-Across certainly don’t add up to? 66 Musical direction for silence 67 “Anyone ___?” 68 Keen on
69 Spot for a sprain 70 Inbox label counterpart of “New” 71 Number written in parentheses on an income statement
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1 Print sources, maybe 2 Surveyor’s calculation 3 Rock around the Christmas tree? 4 N.Y.C. mayor of the 1970s-’ 80s
5 Like Pisa’s tower 6 “The Simpsons” storekeeper 7 Chest muscles, informally 8 “Later!”
9 Do- over
10 Polo grounds? 11 Gawk
12 Drum used in Indian music 13 More Machiavellian 18 Divas’ deliveries 22 Browse online without commenting, informally 24 Folklore fiend 27 Cheese ___ (snack)
28 City called a “kommune” by its inhabitants 29 Complete disaster 30 Myanmar, formerly 31 The “E” of N.Y.E. 35 Falco with four Emmys 36 Choices at bakeries and liquor stores 38 Theater sign letters
39 Storage unit 41 Doesn’t keep 44 Singer Franklin, Aretha’s older sister
46 Got out 49 Purim heroine 50 Indistinct 51 Kind of number in chemistry 52 Country from which the name “Buttigieg” comes 53 Vast expanse 57 1988 Cy Young winner Hershiser 58 Attention- getting store sign 60 Western home of the National Automobile Museum
61 Grub 62 Opening for a time … or a dime 65 Free ad, for short