The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across 1 Interjection derived from the Latin for “weary” 5 Peak

9 Rips off 13 Food ___ (post-Thanksgiving meal condition) 14 Innocent sort 16 Sal’s canal, in song

17 & 18 What a boastful guy might do 20 Wouldn’t

settle, say 22 Exhibits 23 Condemned 25 Save for

later

26 What comes

before a clue? 27 ___ NFL (video game franchise) 30 Antarctica’s ___ Ice Shelf 31 They’re often made at icebreakers 33 Dr. of

verse

35 & 37 Start of an ethical rule

40 Prop for

Gandalf 42 “Grease” high school 44 Twitter site 47 Singer

Nicks

49 Fight 50 Rejoice 52 Formal term for the gap suggested by 17/18-, 35/37- and 54/57-Across 54 & 57

Overextended 58 Tiny treasures

from the sea 60 Dots in la mer 62 Language known to its users as

63 Way up 64 In addition 65 Quit 66 Come ___ surprise 67 Celebration

Down

1 It’s the law 2 Something to tie up 3 Become in life 4 Fills 5 German cry 6 Put in one’s two cents, with “in” 7 Does sumthing wrong? 8 University near Greensboro 9 Did a dry run 10 Jesse who pitched in a record 1,252 major-league games 11 Demographic statistic 12 Faculties 15 Cause for a suspension, in brief 19 Giants’ grp. 21 Early TV network competing with NBC, ABC and CBS

23 Most movie explosions these days, for short 24 Some Jamaicans, informally 28 Job listing abbr. 29 Burrowing South American rodent 32 Found, as grub 34 Most retiring 36 ___-mentioned 38 Rising notes? 39 Dieter’s goal 41 Gangsters’ wear, in old movies 43 Place for a shepherd 44 Centaur who was killed by Hercules 45 Black belt, e.g. 46 “You betcha!” 48 Quintet instrument 51 Weak punch? 53 Dickens’s Fagin, e.g. 55 Paris’s Pont ___ Arts 56 “Toodles!” 59 Above capacity, for short 61 Harden

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