The New York Times Crossword
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Dance at a
1
Jewish wedding Chemical that
5 burns
Chevrolet muscle 9 car
Home of Waikiki 15 Beach
Capital of Italia 16 Brought (in), as 17 a fish
Vittles 18
“What ___ 19 goes!” (parent’s pronouncement) Task to “run” 20 “Rush Hour” and 21 “21 Jump Street” [Clinton]
Handle with ___ 24 Friends’ opposite 25 TV deputy of 26 Mayberry [Bush 43]
Leave out 30
Kind of port on 34 a computer, in brief
Zig or zag 35 Anticipate 36
Dines 38
The Buddha is 40 often depicted meditating under it [Obama] Numerical 43 information Windsurfing 44 locale NE of Honolulu “Superfruit” berry
46 Cousin of 48 “Kapow!”
Boxer Spinks
49 who upset Muhammad Ali C-D-E-F-G-AB-C, 50 e.g. [Biden] Linguist Chomsky
53 Small amounts 55 What the starts 56 of 21-, 26-, 40and 50-Across are, for the presidents in their clues
Prayer beads 63 Shoe bottom 64
More than 65 magnificent Smitten
68
___ of Arendelle 69 (Disney queen) Device that
70 makes a TV “smart”
Combs to add 71 volume, as a stylist might
Not the passive 72 sort
Part of a stairway 73
DOWN
Go ___-wild
1
Means of
2 propelling a boat Baked dessert
3 made with tart red stalks (and loads of sugar) University that’s 4 also a color Really dry
5
Cloth used to
6 cover a teapot, to Brits
Apple on a
7 desktop
Respite from
8 work
___ brûlée
9
(French custard) Spray can mist 10 ___ Griffin 11 Enterprises
Jai ___
12
Actress Russo 13 Probability 14 Mosquito 22 repellent ingredient
Author Edgar
23 Allan ___
Like Friday attire 24 in some offices
Play music in the 26 subway, perhaps Rhyming title 27 character who plays the tuba in Cuba, in a Rudy Vallee song
Curly hairstyle, 28 for short 1099-___ (bankissued 29 tax form) Plenty steamed 31 Stuck, with no 32 way out
Sums 33
Orchard fruit 36
Identify 37
___-mo 39
Howard’s best 41 friend on “The
Big Bang Theory” “Green” prefix
42 Rattle 45
“What ___ be 47 done?”
Founder of
50 Communist China Made smile
51 Basketball 52 players, quaintly “You got that
54 right!”
Legal order 56 Sharpen 57
___ Verde 58
(locale of San Juan’s airport) Tourist town in 59 northern New Mexico
By oneself 60
“If all ___ fails …” 61 Letter starter 62
Prez with the 66 pooch Heidi Saucer go-with 67