The New York Times Crossword

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ACROSS

1 The girl next door, for one 6 Polite term of address 10 Claire Dunphy of “Modern Family,” for one 15 Act like some poles 16 One joining in the chorus 17 Energy-healing discipline 18 Put in the pot 19 Eager 20 Record of the year 21 Three world capitals (5,4,10) 24 My Chemical Romance genre 25 “Groovy!” 26 “Fancy ___!” 27 Like some meds 29 Hired security guard 32 Sounds of hesitation 33 Pi follower 34 ___ Lovelace, computer programming pioneer 35 Display one’s humanity, in a way 37 Visible 38 Three U.S. states (4,4,10) 43 Racing shape 44 Metaphor for many a college dorm room 45 Dug- out material 46 Gun, as an engine 47 Club workers, informally 49 Malt shop selections 54 Sr.’s test 55 “Bummer!” 57 Cow’s mouthful 58 Sorrow 59 Three countries (6,4,9) 63 Believe unquestioningly 64 Speaker’s quality 65 Going from 0 to 100, say 66 Line to the house 67 Put forth 68 Role once played on TV by Jay Silverheels 69 You, in Uruguay 70 Big name in little gumdrops 71 Spurred (on)

DOWN

1 Post office inquiry 2 Edit, in a way, as a computer file 3 Possibility 4 Jury member 5 Sir Walter Raleigh’s goal 6 Manage 7 Longtime “Jeopardy!” host Trebek 8 Wiped out 9 French term of endearment 10 Large expanses 11 Start of a Caesarean boast 12 Cookie with a green creme center 13 “Well, alrighty!” 14 “Cool” amount of cash 22 Colorful parrot 23 Something a coxswain lacks 28 Pro’s (counterpart 30 Follow closely 31 Annoyance 36 Jean who wrote “Wide Sargasso Sea” 37 Dance element 38 Part of a highway cloverleaf 39 “Dig right in!” 40 Per the preceding discussion 41 “Obvs!” 42 Degree recipient 43 United Nations, e.g.: Abbr. 47 Hung loosely 48 ___ session 50 Stable electron configurations 51 Admitting to, as a mistake 52 Ballet technique 53 Neptune, for (one 56 Replay feature 60 Neutral lipstick shade 61 Monogram part: Abbr. 62 Brimming with anticipation 63 ___ de parfum