Marin Independent Journal

NY Times Puzzle No. 0309

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ACROSS

Italian sauce

1

with meat and tomatoes

Person seeking

5

damages

Letter that’s

9

only 25% of the way through the Greek alphabet, surprising­ly Cheers for

13

banderille­ros Martial artist/

14

actor who played the emperor of China in 2020’s “Mulan”

Good name

15

for an ophthalmol­ogist

16 “You and I should eat that”

Salmon, e.g.

18

Force out

19

Flowering plants

20

associated with the Augusta National golf course

Utter

22

Actress Garr

23

Dating app

25

descriptio­n

26 Kid at a college bar who seems, to me as a bouncer, too young to allow in

Palestinia­n

32

president starting in 2005

Place

34

Calendar box

35

Essential point

36

Bill worth billions

37

When most

39

Geminis are born Spoil

40

Dog breed whose

41

coat resembles dreadlocks

Drinks at soda

42

shops

43 Easter item that the woman is going to decorate

More, in Mexico

47

Short johns?

48

Nowhere to be

49

found, informally

Risk territory

52

bordering Siberia Sponsored boys

56

at baptisms Desertlike

58

59 What the couple dressed in lupine costumes said

It’s worth zero in

61

baccarat

Gets wind of

62

Land whose

63

prime minister is known as the Taoiseach

“For Pete’s ___!” 64 Stops waffling 65 Licks, maybe 66

DOWN

Hats, so to speak

1

Siri : Apple ::

2

___ : Amazon Seat of

3

Pennsylvan­ia’s Adams County Losing team

4

in the “Miracle on Ice” hockey game

Harsh

5

Shoshonean

6

language

Director Kazan

7

Little Nabisco

8

crackers

Bag brand

9

Great Lakes port

10

Mother of

11

Beyoncé and Solange Knowles Requests

12

Affected by ennui

14

Most Rwandans

17

and Burundians Member of a

21

support staff Impart, as values

24

PUZZLE BY PETER GORDON

Dodgers might

27

not pay it “Jeopardy!”

28

impossibil­ity

XXX film

29

Speak

30

hysterical­ly Batiking needs

31

High point

32

Talk big

33

“Tell me if you

37

recognize me from just my voice and the feel of my hands over your eyes”

Last word of

38

the Pledge of Allegiance

Middle Brady

39

family daughter Cool, in old slang

41

Botch

42

Photocopy flaw

44

Waiters at busy

45

restaurant­s might be handed them

Declares openly

46

Like helium

50

Sure-footed pack

51

animals Sure-footed pack

52

animals

Number that’s

53

often in Italian Sharp twist, as in

54

a hose

Remain fresh

55

Whole bunch

57

Tattletale

60

 ?? ??

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