The New York Times

No. 0427

ACROSS

1 The tiniest bit 8 Windbag? 15 International medical group that won the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize, literally 16 Characteristic of an interminable slog, literally 17 Radical 18 Like some batteries and baseball teams 19 Good to go20 Film character who says “Donkey, two things, OK? Shut … up” 22 The Three Lions, on World Cup scoreboards 23 Absolute concentration, literally 27 Digression 30 Is no more31 Lite 35 “Think harder!” 36 Netflix heroine Holmes 37 Alleviates pain a little … or what this puzzle does to certain squares for literal effect 43 Beach letters 44 Conscious of 45 Make lace 46 Charges lacking merit, literally 51 Passes out in front of a T.S.A. agent? 53 Separates from the mother ship, say 56 “Same” 57 Bird that becomes an emotion if an “r” is added to the front 58 “I’ll take that as ___” 59 “How entertaining!” 65 Mattel game with colorful cards 66 ___ Excellency 67 Some adult nightclub entertainers, literally 68 Sch. with satellite campuses in Salt Lake City and Jerusalem 69 Hosp. locales 70 Drag one’s feet 71 Held a session

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1 Throws in 2 Tender 3 Exam for a future OB/GYN 4 “___ not you …” 5 One of many in a Seurat painting 6 Useful information, metaphorically 7 Swear off 8 Things that may stand near thrones? 9 Mushroom in ramen 10 Sch. with a Big Easy medical center 11 Ad ___ 12 Gawk at 13 “Say ___” 14 Kind of beetle 21 Tiny messenger 23 Together, musically 24 Actress Harper of “Tender Mercies” 25 Slavic name that’s an anagram of 12-Down 26 Zip 27 Some times, in brief 28 Bar on a dish 29 Traits that trigger repulsion 32 Some pedicure treatments 33 Spider in a garage, informally? 34 Chief justice before Hughes 38 Haunted house sound 39 Cassette background noise 40 Greenhouse gas regulator, for short 41 “Not you, too?!” 42 Slay 47 Dude in a jazz ensemble 48 Gaggles 49 Danish birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen 50 December drink 51 Source of more than half of the trout sold in the U.S. 52 Locale known for its slang 54 Endpoint of the Great Wildebeest Migration 55 Of heavy build 60 Laugh track bit 61 Actress de Armas 62 Channel for a cinephile 63 2/ 64 Link letters

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