NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

Nickname for Louis Armstrong 6 Plain as day 11 Apply with a

cotton ball, say 14 Table of data,

e.g. 15 Challenger 16 School’s URL

ending 17 Hirsute carnival

attraction 19 Writer Anaïs 20 Order of coffee

in a small cup 21 Roved 23 Pink 24 Trying to make

sense of 26 Apollo 11’s

destination 28 Stave off, as a

disaster 29 Arouse from

sleep 32 Computer file

extension 33 “Hmm, I guess

so” 36 ___-Wan

Kenobi 37 Hit HBO series

set in Baltimore 41 “Evil Woman”

rock grp. 42 Clark ___, Superman’s alter ego 44 Lumberjack’s

tool 45 Gridiron units 47 Dwarves’ representative in the Fellowship of the Ring 49 Skeptic’s

rejoinder 51 Eleventh hour 54 Rick’s love in

“Casablanca” 58 Cause of “I”

strain? 59 Inquisition

targets 61 Chest bone 62 Children’s game hinted at by the circled letters 64 Tivo, for one, in

brief 65 Inventor Howe 66 Hit the

accelerator 67 Mediterranean,

e.g. 68 Hear again, as a

case 69 Simple kind of

question

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Cavalry sword “You ___ stupid!” Pitfalls Request from a tired child Jekyll’s alter ego Most likely to win, as a favorite 7 Bravery 8 ___ of Good Feelings 1948 John Wayne western 10 Sign on a tray

of samples 11 Scouting

mission leader? 1 2 3 4 5 6

9 12 “Goodbye, mon

ami!” 13 Kind of cake that’sringshaped 18 Gas brand with

a tiger symbol 22 Farming: Prefix 25 Cab 27 Province west

of Que. 29 Chinese cooker 30 Lincoln,

informally 31 World’s longest venomous snake 32 Rams fan? 34 Obsolete 35 Some boxing

wins, for short 38 One-third the length of the Belmont Stakes 39 Interstate sign

with an arrow 40 Ogle 43 ___ torch (outdoor party lighting) 46 Up for

discussion 48 One in a pit at

a concert 49 “Whatever you

want” 50 Capital of

Switzerland 51 “Study, study,

study” types 52 “Just tell me the

answer” 53 Start of a

rumor 55 Property claims 56 Welcome at the

front door 57 Invite out for 60 A little “out there,” as humor 63 Dah’s counterpart in Morse code