The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 1217

Across

1 Needing some kneading, say 5 Language in which a nutty person might be told “Yer bum’s oot the windae” 10 Hunting store purchase 14 Hook’s henchman 15 Stamp holder 16 Birthday ___ 17 Basic idea 18 Items that are hard to throw away? 20 Remedy 22 Troublemaker of 1-Down 23 Important piece in échecs 24 Money-collecting org. 25 Word included to prevent libel, say 28 Rough write-up 30 Ballet basic 31 Losing tic-tactoe row 32 Cry of dismay in 5-Across 34 Singer/ songwriter Corinne Bailey ___ 35 Landed 36 Work suggested by this puzzle’s circled and shaded squares 41 Strongly advocate 42 -: Abbr. 43 One of the Kennedys 44 Pudding flavor 45 Big name in inflight internet 46 ___ Nadu (Indian state) 50 America ___, star of TV’s “Ugly Betty” 52 Extinct flightless bird 54 Lead-in to puncture 55 Actress Chaplin 56 Like an unused air mattress 58 That’s gnus to me! 61 Shortcoming 62 Word before rich or talk 63 Rent 64 Swiss Alp next to Lake Lucerne 65 Just OK 66 Small and pointy-eared, perhaps 67 What “exaggerated” is sometimes misspelled with

Down

1 Mythical realm accessible only by the rainbow bridge Bifrost 2 Key to this puzzle’s theme? 3 Greek goddess of the hearth 4 Sight on Disney World’s Expedition Everest ride 5 Flavor: Sp. 6 Sticks together 7 Instrument featured in 36-Across 8 Rum ___ Tugger (“Cats” cat) 9 Most foul 10 Up 11 Puttering around? 12 Flavor enhancer 13 Exclamations of surprise 19 Credit line? 21 Leave behind 25 ___ Freed, early radio personality who coined the term “rock ’n’ roll” 26 It takes people out 27 Biblical verb 29 What the opening motif of 36-Across is said to represent 30 Response to “Grazie!” 33 Epithet for a judge 35 Lover of Radames, in opera 36 Muscly 37 Tribe that fought the Iroquois 38 Servings with sweet-and-sour sauce 39 Summer Triangle star 40 ___ position 45 Something editable using CRISPR technology 47 Oscar winner Marlee 48 Cooling-off period? 49 First name of this puzzle’s dedicatee, born December 1770 51 Copland ballet with a hoedown 52 Longtime star of F.C. Barcelona 53 A lot 56 What 49-Down became in later life 57 Prefix with Cuban 58 Ill. neighbor 59 Formal “yes” 60 Reef predator

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