The New York Times

1 Front’s opposite 5 Some male deer 10 What gives Scotch an earthy flavor 14 Long, cylindrical instrument 15 Kind of bond in chemistry 16 “That hurts!” 17 [Get my innuendo?] 19 Beech or birch 20 When a plane is due, for short

21 Show hosts, in brief 22 “Doesn’t matter who” 24 Actress Jessica 25 Close by 26 Something a digital crossword solver doesn’t need 29 Winter hours in N.Y.C. 31 Exploding stars 35 “Relax, soldier” 37 [Get my innuendo?] 39 Moderate gait for a horse 40 “Later, dudes”

42 Response to the Little Red Hen 43 [Get my innuendo?] 45 Worked 47 Younger Obama daughter 48 “That’s all ___ wrote” 50 Takes in what someone wrote 51 Engrave 53 Dozes (off) 55 “That’s what people tell me, anyway” 58 Midori ___, first woman to land a triple axel in competition 59 Chop (off) 62 Bridal veil fabric 63 [Get my innuendo?] 66 Furniture store known for its cafeterias’ meatballs 67 Message on a candy heart 68 Classic pie crust ingredient 69 “Hey you!” 70 Painter Degas 71 Membership fees

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1 Chicken leftover 2 Be adjacent to 3 Musician’s conclusion 4 Beer barrel 5 “___ U Been Gone” (Kelly Clarkson hit)

6 Mess up, as hair 7 As well as 8 Beyond big

9 Big public argument 10 Baked things that might get people baked 11 Currency that replaced the mark and peseta

12 Got an A+ on 13 ___/them pronouns 18 Mideast leaders 23 Tug hard

24 Keep cool in a pool, perhaps 26 Trails 27 Open-air lobbies 28 Menial workers, dismissively 30 Strip of mowed grass 32 EGOT-winning actress Davis 33 Contributed to a kitty

34 Loses traction on the road 36 Commercial lead-in to Pen 38 Take-home amount

41 Cover completely 44 “Anger leads to ___. ___ leads to suffering”: Yoda 46 Surgeon, for short 49 Riddle 52 Something you might clear to improve memory 54 Catchall category 55 Undergarment for a dress 56 Acorn producers 57 Frosts, as a cake 59 Hawaiian banquet 60 Fairy tale baddie 61 Professors’ degs. 64 Big name in fleecy boots

65 What a good joke never gets

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