NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
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1 Places for light bites
6 Grand ___ (French wine designation) 9 Tosses up, as an easy question 13 Make into legislation 14 Talking point? 15 Gumbo green 16 Thinking A or B …hmm…
18 Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzerwinning graphic novel
19 Awakens
20 Bottomless chasm
21 Have tired muscles 23 Thinking A … no, B … no, A 25 Toot one’s horn 27 ___ Lingus 28 Alternative to an Airbnb
29 “It’s going to have to wait” 34 Adroit
38 Modern term for the psychological exhaustion showcased in this puzzle’s theme
41 Raisins, sometimes, for a snowman 42 Iconic logo in athletic apparel 43 Peruvian singer Sumac 44 “Targeted” things on the internet 46 In accordance with
48 Thinking A … but also thinking B? Gah!
55 Very small, informally 56 Window blind elements
57 Super conductors? 59 “___ only” (store sign) 60 Thinking A … B …maybe even C?
63 Carpet measurement 64 Traditional Hanukkah gift 65 Pique
66 Musical symbol for silence 67 A man of ___ word
68 Matter of debate
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1 Corporate V.I.P. 2 Author Patchett 3 “Like that’s ever gonna happen!” 4 REPEATS, repeats, repeats … 5 Acronym whose “E” stands for “engineering” 6 Tilts
7 Big name in printers and copiers
8 Get value from 9 Hall-of-fame coach who purportedly said “Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit”
10 Approves
11 Paleontologist’s
tool 12 14
Impudent
Arnaz who loved Lucy “Select” or “chosen” quantity
What visitors to Niagara Falls are often in
21 Tolerate
22 ___ Island (which is actually a peninsula) Rolling Stones album “Get Yer ___ Out!” “Indeed!,” quaintly
Bette Midler’s “Divine” nickname
What might help wrap up a gift … or a performance Spanish number Airport served by BART, for short
Ancient readers of the Book of the Dead Running on ___ 20 24 30 32 33 36 37
A little emotional, say “Hey, caught ya!”
Hip-hop article Twice 32-Down In myth they allure, but on the street they alert
“Titanic” award Emergency signal
50 Zaps, in a way 51 National Gallery of Art architect Spots for polish Bad impression? Fast, bygone jet, for short Language spoken along the Mekong
60 “Eww!”
61 Letters for debtors
Bread for a patty melt 40 45 47 48 49 52 53 58