N.Y. Times Crossword – Thursday, August 24, 2017

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By: Neil Patrick Harris and David Steinberg
Theme: Magic Act
Difficulty (0-10):  5
Time: 39:35

ACROSS DOWN
1 Not so exciting 1 Portmanteau ride
4 Purchase that can be deleted 2 Take out
7 Spongy sweet 3 Therefore
13 It may contain gold 4 Individually
14 Sigh of relief 5 Old-style hacker
16 Billy 6 Kind of pie
17 Film technique – or a bad thing for it to get? 7 Cuisine with many curries
18 Apex predator of the ocean 8 2013 World Series champs
19 Like, so cute! 9 “Success!”
20 58-Across, notably 10 Pro
23 Road sign animal 11 Chocolate ___
24 Elsa’s sister in “Frozen” 12 A.P. exam inits.
25 Able to run smoothly, say 15 Not punish just yet
29 Apt rhyme of “squeak” 21 Olympics venue
31 Violator of YouTube standards 22 They’re shocking
33 Bids “one club,” say 26 Hawaii’s ___ City, on an island of the same name
36 British Invasion band that launched Van Morrison’s career 27 “Cleopatra” and “Spartacus”
38 Swig from a flask 28 What a plane lacks
39 Part of a magic show 30 Mysterious gift?
43 Tip-___ (easy baskets) 32 Classic record label
44 All-vegetarian frozen food brand 33 Tribute writer of sorts
45 Like the smiling eyes of song 34 Fastest of three historic ships
46 Approach furtively, with “on” 35 Geographical name that comes from Old English for “East Saxons”
49 51-Across, e.g. 36 Home of Arizona State University
50 Mexican silver city 37 Part of a stable diet?
51 Paris accord subj. 40 ___ Gasol, six-time N.B.A. All-Star
54 Cartoonist who popularized Uncle Sam 41 Actor Cage, informally
58 Subject of this puzzle (who has himself done a 39-Across) 42 D, in an emoticon
61 Lily Tomlin’s role in “All of Me” 47 Crushing, as a test
64 Latin lover’s love 48 One who probably doesn’t get out much
65 ___ one-eighty 49 Spills
66 Total bore 52 Recyclable item
67 Goes out for a while? 53 Country whose national anthem is “Nashid As-Salaam as-Sultani”
68 Mess up 55 Picnic coolers
69 Asylum seeker, maybe 56 Needing Bengay, say
70 Org. whose budget is classified 57 Reid of Hollywood
71 Lead-in to horse or lion 59 “r,” in a text
60 Pretoria’s land: Abbr.
61 Hieroglyphic symbol
62 Flow stopper
63 “A Farewell to Arms” setting, briefly

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