The New York Times Crossword

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ACROSS 1 Rounds out, as an event 5 Sound of a cake hitting the floor, frosting first 10 Gush (over), as to gain favor 14 Plant watcher, for short 15 Reluctant 16 Designer Saab 17 Wins the Hunger Games, e.g. 19 Young newts 20 Annual pageant winner 21 – 22 Maker of Z-cars, once 23 Hoover rival 25 Online handle 28 Like the “5” of “5 & 10” 33 Maine university town 34 Repellent spray 37 Coleridge’s “The ___ Harp” 39 One requested by disgruntled customers: Abbr. 40 Bard’s “before” 41 See 30-Down 42 Common street name in suburbia 43 Fish with a long snout 44 Mexico has 31 of these 45 “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters” artist 46 Go haywire 48 Have as a tenant 50 One of the Eternals, in Marvel comics 52 Insurance giant acquired by CVS in 2018 56 Followers of the largest denomination of Islam 57 Labor group for athletes 62 – 63 Top-shelf 64 Supersharp 66 Actress Kunis of “Family Guy” 67 “Thumbs up from me!” 68 Sea eagle 69 Rustic verse 70 Steady looks 71 Wine category

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1 Classic pink cocktail 2 Up and about 3 Terrible twos, e.g. 4 Surrenders 5 Ukrainian, for one 6 Neighbor of a Ukrainian 7 Hideout 8 Off-roaders, for short 9 Grp. established by 1992’s Maastricht Treaty 10 Bottom ___ 11 Car whose logo features a coiled green serpent 12 With full knowledge 13 Puccini aria popularized by Pavarotti 18 “Only joking!,” to a texter 24 – 26 Acoustic measure 27 – 29 Result of a rift 30 With 41-Across, a celestial event … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle 31 Top-shelf 32 What avocados don’t do until they’re picked 34 Catastrophic weather event potentially caused by a meteor crash 35 Spiderlike 36 “Yes, of course” 38 Brief second? 41 Bruins legend, to fans 45 Receives an anesthetic, perhaps 47 Open, as a tomb 49 Button on a scale 51 Herb unit 53 Un gato grande 54 Incessantly 55 Much of Chile 58 ___ land 59 Ansari of “Master of None” 60 Harness 61 You are, in Spanish 63 – 65 –