Crossword No. 734: Stuck in the Middle With You

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1 With 6-Across and 9-Across: First-time film director who recently revealed she’ll go by only her first and middle names professionally, creating distance from her famous surname 6 See 1-Across 9 See 1-Across 14 Not quite right 15 Bethesda org. 16 D. Strawberry or D. Gooden, once 17 Moneyball Oscar nominee who goes by his first and middle names; his sister, actress Beanie Feldstein, kept the family name 19 Send your taxes in online 20 www.ymca.___ 21 “Delish!” 22 Carrier from 1930 to 2001 23 Julia in the Addams Family movies 25 Singing great who dropped “Robinson” to avoid confusion with famed boxer “Sugar” 31 Killed, in the Bible 33 Sarge’s superior 34 Historian’s specialty, often 35 Teacher’s org. 37 Official who may toss a D-back 38 Highly enthused 39 Oscar winner who goes by her first and middle names, having dropped “Voight” over conflict with her famous father 43 “This place is ___!” (exasperated utterance) 44 Tote, say 45 Shed tears loudly 46 Pizza ___ 47 “Ship of the desert” 49 Sign of life 53 Mad Men actress who goes by her first and middle names, which are shorter than her surname Schermerhorn 56 Island that’s also a Moana character 57 Plant that scales well? 58 Gore and many more 60 Comedian Notaro 61 Nation-sweeping phenomenon 64 This recently deceased country star went by his first and middle names, dropping his surname Covel 67 Hay ___ (farm machine) 68 Pussycat’s pal 69 Fails to be 70 Cuckoo clock creators 71 Miniature 72 Pioneer in polar regions

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1 College decisions 2 Like wolves and psychopaths 3 Latin is one, in Latin 4 “Revenge ___ dish...” 5 Pallid 6 Jackrabbit or Jack Russell, say 7 Number on a soccer “clean sheet” 8 Its officials call hooking 9 Black-and-white sign 10 With room to spare 11 Friend of the French 12 First name of two Spice Girls 13 Munched on 18 Ben-___ 22 Animated sitcom co-created by Eddie Murphy 24 Vernacular 26 Like the twin born second 27 Soap opera plot twist 28 Seamster Strauss 29 Toledo’s lake 30 Feeling blue 32 Maiden name preceder 36 Hudson River capital 38 Let It Be or Let It Bleed, say 39 Blue, in Buenos Aires 40 “Well it wasn’t me!” 41 Two-syllable poetry unit 42 Alley ___ (two-player play) 43 “OK, got it now” 47 Shields from view 48 Likely 50 She probably speaks Spanish 51 Potential proposer 52 Number in a Verne title 54 Small and extra-large, for two 55 Ron who played Tarzan 59 Jump-run combo 61 Ghosts network 62 One way to eat an egg 63 Beef Emmy-winner Wong 64 Haul back to the marina, say 65 Be in arrears 66 Suffix with Surinam