NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Pedal effect on a guitar 5 “Shoot” 10 Chuck, e.g. 14 Larry’s housemate on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” 15 A toast 16 Hardly to be had 17 Designs 19 Humblebragger’s words 20 Parts of surround sound systems 21 Socks (away) 23 Winner of nine Grand Slam titles 24 Short turnaround? 26 Capital of 52-Down 29 Keister, in Leicester 30 Half of a sawbuck 31 Unprincipled 32 Exams for future J.D.s 34 Separate from all the others, say 35 Urgent care provider, in brief 38 Many P.S.A.s … or the four circled squares in this grid? 40 Lilliputian 41 Famous peanut grower 43 “Giant Brain” unveiled in 1946
45 Split 46 Revolutionary icon 47 Browns and stouts 51 1990s “S.N.L.” cast member 52 VW hatchback 53 Dazzled 54 Grind
56 Like some libertarians 58 Broadcast personality Kelly
60 One drawing lots? 62 Friends 63 Whole 64 Ciudad del ___, Paraguay 65 Informal meeting 66 Pool shot with lots of spin 67 Place to store things
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1 Michigan congresswoman Slotkin 2 Focal point
3 Some accommodations 4 Length of a short, maybe 5 Concerning 6 Mountain coverings? 7 “Kitchykitchy-___!” 8 Where a minister lives 9 Animated sister of princess Anna 10 “The Inbetweeners” or “Fawlty Towers” 11 Shamefully admits defeat 12 Miscalculate, say 13 “S.N.L.” head writer from 1999 to 2006 18 Early platform for The Legend of
Zelda, for short 22 Suburb of San Diego
25 Put under a microscope 27 Give five stars, say 28 Sheltered at sea 30 Longtime Packers QB Brett 31 Man’s name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet 33 Sweetener from a leaf extract 35 Shoe brand originating in Denmark 36 Kind of Ovaltine 37 Kodama, in Japanese mythology
39 Taking a break 42 Certain outer coating 44 Dental pointers? 48 Like an Oscars afterparty 49 Discarded computers and the like 50 Had a stimulating conversation? 52 See 26-Across 53 “How was ___ know?” 55 Pond film
57 A or B, but not Y or Z 58 “Mom” network 59 Shade 61 Some colas