N.Y. Times Crossword – Tuesday, August 22, 2017

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By: Timothy Polin
Theme: None
Difficulty (0-10):  2
Time: 11:54

ACROSS DOWN
1 Containers at chocolate factories 1 TV blocking device
5 Southern city just south of a national forest with the same name 2 Companionless
10 Shout after a stressful week 3 Where the Crimson Tide play
14 Mrs. Peacock’s game 4 Lay eyes on
15 Cello bow application 5 Out-of-control revelry
16 Plead with, say 6 Get a close-up of by camera
17 Fire hydrant attachment 7 City almost at the end of the Columbia River
18 Managed to irk 8 In a ceremonial manner
19 It’s a big blow 9 Hard-to-undo tie
20 Pixar’s “Monsters, ___” 10 Yank
21 Orally 11 Red River Valley city in the upper Midwest
23 Nonverbal “yes” 12 House that’s cool to live in?
24 R&B singer Bryson 13 Puts money in, as a meter
26 ___ Levin, author of “Rosemary’s Baby” 21 Go up and down, as a buoy
27 Windows precursor 22 Plan for hosp. patients
29 Undergraduate law deg. 25 State university city in the Midwest
30 Nothing 28 Sunny city with a famous pier
31 Clumsy fellow 32 “Here are my thoughts,” online
32 Egg ___ yung (Chinese dish) 33 Something thrown in frustration
33 Newborn horses 34 1/60 of a min.
35 “This instant!” 36 Used to be
37 Make an approach like a bird of prey 37 Calypso-influenced genre
39 Common churchyard conifer 38 “I’d rather go naked than wear fur” org.
42 Destiny 40 Fan sound
43 Spiritual center, in yoga 41 Consume
44 Look for 45 Argentine grassland
45 ___-Man 46 Original eastern terminus of the Erie Canal
48 “Nothing for me, thanks” 47 French sweetie
49 Adm. Horatio Nelson, for one 50 Italian motor scooter
52 Superexcited 51 Not hunched over
55 Glowing bit in a fire 52 Group with the hit “Waterloo”
56 Aborted plan 53 Grab (onto)
60 Rorschach test shape 54 Exude, as charm
61 Show leniency toward 57 Musk, e.g.
62 “The very ___!” 58 Infection cause
63 No-brainer? 59 Tasting of wood, as some chardonnays
64 Freak out
65 Champagne bottle stopper
66 “Truer words have never been spoken!”
67 Thus far
68 It “marches on its stomach,” per Napoleon

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