N.Y. Times Crossword – Friday, September 15, 2017

By: Damon Gulczynski
Theme: None
Difficulty (0-10):  4
Time: 28:15

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1 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame designer 1 “It’s on me”
6 “Philomena” co-star, 2013 2 The world’s tallest mountain, base to peak
11 Sound from a silencer 3 Who said “Without promotion, something terrible happens … nothing!”
14 Beat, in a way 4 Dragon roll ingredient
15 First name in aviation 5 Latin word in a footnote
16 What’s big in Texas? 6 Look-alike
17 Canadian crooner Michael 7 It may be spoiled
18 Foe 8 Bygone Chevy model
20 “Por ___ Cabeza” (tango song) 9 Pitch setter
21 Atmosphere around a celebrity trial, say 10 Dirty cop?
23 Prison area 11 Paragraph analogue
25 Royal son of the comics 12 Saul Bellow novel
26 Tributary of the Mississippi 13 “Psst!”
27 “Seriously!” 19 Retail giant since 1886
31 Alfredo sauce brand 22 Making
32 Computer science pioneer John von ___ 24 Brother’s title
33 Cries of enlightenment 28 Basic beverage, in baby talk
35 School of whales 29 Nutso
36 Snap, with “out” 30 Posh hotel, familiarly
37 Tolstoy’s first name, in Russia 34 Bygone Chevy model
38 See 60-Down 38 Precedent setter
41 Go down 39 Underwater
42 Reggie, to Archie, in Archie Comics 40 One way of seeing
44 Greeting in Victoria 41 Peter Fonda’s role in “Easy Rider”
47 “Well, I declare!” 43 Some college Greeks
49 Bridesmaid dress shade 44 Expressionless
51 Richard Gere title role 45 Widen
52 Leave in 46 Never-before-seen
53 1979 film whose name comes from a “Chicago” song 48 Beseech
57 ___-Magnon 50 Refuse
58 University of California campus site 54 Org. fighting anti-Muslim discrimination
59 Put to shame 55 Tube alternative
61 Business card abbr. 56 Video game sounds
62 Widen, as jeans legs 60 With 38-Across, pasta shape
63 Parker ___, so-called “Queen of the Indies”
64 Fine-grained wood
65 Was really angry
66 Celsius, for one

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