N.Y. Times Crossword – Tuesday, August 15, 2017

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By: Zhouqin Burnkiel
Theme: None
Difficulty (0-10):  2
Time: 14:53

ACROSS DOWN
1 Line of clothing 1 Slanted in print: Abbr.
7 Random guess 2 FiveThirtyEight creator Silver
11 Deg. that requires a defense 3 Rousing audience response, informally
14 Japanese floor mat 4 Something popped on a plane
15 “Didn’t see ya there!” 5 Parisian pal
16 Garden row maker 6 Pageant title since 1983
17 Old video game consoles 7 Soaks (up)
18 Stamp collector? 8 Cuisine with tom kha gai soup
20 “Total Recall” director Wiseman 9 Sighed sounds
21 Enthusiastic Spanish assent 10 Places serving salades et sandwiches
23 Like sports crowds during a close game 11 Hypocrite, say
24 Because of 12 Derby entrant
27 “Hail Mary, full of grace …,” e.g. 13 Hold off
28 Record collector? 19 Word after mountain or before season
32 Significant 22 Platform for Siri
33 Showy purple bloom 25 Some chain pizzerias
34 Energy measurement, for short 26 Sinus doc
37 Cranberry picking sites 27 Players bringing the ball up the court
38 Who famously said “I’m not a crook” 28 Desert along the Silk Road
40 Media slant 29 Subjects of some fuzzy photos, for short
41 Prefix with -metric 30 Philly pro
42 Calliope or Euterpe 31 ___ hug
43 Play a fife 34 Final and unhappy outcome
45 Bill collector? 35 Fish story
47 Tiered Eastern temple 36 ___ interface
50 Something measured by holding fingers on the wrist 39 Kinda sorta
51 Trojan War epic 40 Big enchilada
52 Galileo’s hometown 42 Frenzied race
54 A detour offers a different one: Abbr. 44 Coconut product
57 Shell collector? 45 Wool, for a sheep
59 Undoing of legislation 46 Short albums, for short
62 Mobile CPR provider 47 Puff pieces?
63 Hit the ___ (go to bed) 48 San Antonio mission
64 Intimidates 49 Main points
65 Morse code plea 52 Treaty
66 Multiple jobs, metaphorically 53 Ticks off
67 It might come with a cherry on top 55 “Toodles!”
56 “What ___ is new?”
58 Cry of shear terror?
60 It’s in la Seine
61 The clue for 58-Down, e.g. [sorry!]

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