The New York Times
No. 0613
ACROSS
1 Gives the boot 5 Tickled 9 Welfare 13 ___ Sedgwick, 1960s “It Girl” 14 Wine: Prefix 15 Regional life 17 React to pyrotechnics, say 19 Showing humility, say 20 *Needlepoint, e.g. 21 Closed violently 22 Layer of an Italian muffuletta sandwich 24 Through 26 ___ Style Awards (annual honors since 1997) 27 Info on a highway billboard 28 Lights up? 31 Partner of older 33 *Sets the odds for 34 Accent 36 Team with home games at SunTrust Park 40 East African native 42 Greet someone, informally 44 Preceder of the Three Kingdoms, in Chinese history 49 Superbright 50 *Plumber/ carpenter types 51 Rehab woes, for short 52 Westinghouse rival 54 Concern for shipping and software companies 56 Big hit 57 Round windows 58 Advantage … or what the answer to each starred clue has? 62 Country that lost a quarter of its territory in 2011 63 Parker who was the first president of Facebook 64 *Submitted 65 “Quién ___?” (“Who knows?”: Sp.) 66 Con 67 Close to 10, say
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1 Title also held by many a co. president 2 Commotion 3 One whose guiding philosophy is “What does it matter?” 4 Input in a desalination plant 5 Gryffindor who founded Gryffindor House at Hogwarts 6 Concern for a plumber or government official 7 Big carrier to Tokyo 8 “Dumb, dumb, dumb!” 9 “Mamma Mia!” group 10 Soccer star Messi 11 “The Jungle Book” protagonist 12 Michael ___, onetime Republican Party chairman 16 Snake that’s good with numbers? 18 Jules or Juliette 21 Cause for damage control 22 Singers do it 23 Line of symmetry 24 Hoover, e.g., for short 25 Shortly 29 Give a catlike warning 30 Those niñas 32 Name on a Cognac bottle 35 Good name for a beachcomber? 37 Goes poof! 38 Stereotypical wear for an accountant 39 “Git!” 41 Ending with kick or smart 43 Stopover 44 Big shots at a hospital, informally? 45 Kind of brief in court 46 Pablo ___, Nobelwinning poet 47 Where crime evidence is analyzed 48 Dweller on the Arabian Peninsula 53 ___ es Salaam 55 Art house theater 56 Set-to 58 Women’s World Cup powerhouse 59 Slammer 60 Shoot down 61 Letters after Chuck Schumer or Kirsten Gillibrand