Crossword No. 714: But Is It Art?
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1 Take the ___ and Run (title of two blank canvases sent to a Danish museum in 2021, for which they had paid $84,000, expecting an actual work of art; a judge ordered creator Jens Haaning to return the payment last week) 6 Pest in a swarm 10 ___ Croft: Tomb Raider 14 San Antonio attraction 15 ___ Hashanah (Jewish holiday) 16 One using an online pseudonym, casually 17 Rock legend who hoaxed the art world in 1998 by promoting Nat Tate, a nonexistent painter and the subject of a novel presented as a full-length biography 19 Part of CPU 20 Keep watch over 21 God with arrows 22 Manager’s concern 24 Mount Rainier’s is 14,417 ft. 25 Faked out, in hockey lingo 26 Salt, to a chemist 29 “Can ___ serious for a minute?” 31 Arctic transportation 34 Onto dry land 36 Got off, as from a horse 38 Part of a welcome in Hawaii Go downhill in a hurry? 40 Thank you, in Tokyo 42 Check the background of 43 Convenience often 24-hour 44 Wall St. institution 45 New Las Vegas attraction, with “the” 47 Walked casually 49 Part of GE, briefly 51 “The ___ have it” 52 Win by ___ 54 Snack (on) 56 “Walk This Way” band 58 “___ all work out” 59 World Factbook publisher 62 Rice-shaped pasta 63 Matisse’s Le Bateau hung in this condition for 47 days at New York City’s MoMA in 1961 before anyone noticed 66 Wasn’t in the dark 67 ___ out of shape (upset) 68 Cockpit occupant 69 Puts to work 70 Precious, as some films 71 New drivers, often
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1 Manufactured 2 Skin-care brand 3 Place with pews 4 Classic record label 5 The Sound of Music sound 6 Madonna’s “Into the ___” 7 “___ not the time” 8 “___ understand it...” 9 Crossword puzzle feature 10 Hardy’s comedy partner 11 Fraudster in a Netflix documentary who grifted in New York City’s art scene; she’s since legitimately sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of her own art 12 Agitate 13 Forced bet in poker 18 Business with hops 23 “You’re taking this too far” 24 “Livin’ Thing” band, 1976 25 Oscar ___ Renta 26 Of the schnozz 27 Send an invitation for 28 Critics in 1964 praised abstract art in a Swedish gallery by “Pierre Brassau,” who turned out to be this 30 Plain or everything, e.g. 32 John ___ (company since 1837) 33 Places on the Web 35 Lacking logic 37 “Brrr!” 41 “Understood” 46 “Told you so!” 48 Gives money for, as a scholarship 50 Organization 53 Caribbean fun 55 Caught some shut-eye 56 Rival of TiVo 57 Drink holders 58 “___ it ironic?” 59 ___ slaw 60 Report from a victor 61 Mini-marchers 64 Part of MPH 65 Six-sided game piece