N.Y. Times Crossword – Monday, September 4, 2017

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By: Tracy Gray
Theme: BBQ
Difficulty (0-10):  2
Time: 10:45

ACROSS DOWN
1 “Goldilocks” bear with the hardest bed 1 Parishioner’s bench
5 Birds that waddle 2 Smallish battery
10 Bridge 3 8:00-11:00 p.m. on TV
14 Wyatt at the O.K. Corral 4 H.S. exam graded on a five-point scale
15 Dickens’s ___ Heep 5 Drunk motorist’s offense, briefly
16 Syrup brand used in making pecan pie 6 Decorative vase
17 Is ready for one’s star turn, say 7 Oil company with a triangular logo
20 So-so 8 ___ Gibran, author of “The Prophet”
21 Exuberance 9 Ed with the 2017 #1 hit “Shape of You”
22 Word accompanying a head slap 10 Hit the slopes
23 1992 Tarantino crime thriller 11 Consumer products giant that makes Tide, for short
27 Scene not used for the final version of a film 12 Mythical 100-eyed giant
28 Latticework strip 13 Snack (on)
29 Stat for A-Rod or Hammerin’ Hank 18 Bundle of papers
30 Snow ___ (kids’ winter construction) 19 Fixated on, as an idea
32 Hangmen’s loops 23 Pound : U.K. :: ___ : Russia
36 Falsetto-voiced Muppet 24 “King Kong” and “Citizen Kane” studio
38 Cookout, briefly … or a hint to the ends of 17-, 23-, 52- and 58-Across 25 Noun go-with
40 Fill a position 26 Cry before “I know!,” in a classroom
41 Permeate 27 They’re mined and refined
44 Bird feeder material 31 Atlanta-based cable inits.
47 Rickey or gimlet ingredient 33 Tourist
48 Hearty brews 34 Iroquois foes
50 Embarrassed 35 Email button
52 Children of armed forces personnel, slangily 37 October birthstone
55 Welcome sight? 39 Platform for loading ships
56 Org. that defends individual rights 42 Epic poem written in Homeric Greek
57 Bro’s sibling 43 Bottom-line expense
58 Fast, sharp-breaking curveballs 45 Recede, as the tide
64 Hanker (for) 46 Ankle bones
65 Rimshot instrument 49 Places for mani-pedis
66 Member of an elite Navy team 51 Laid down the law
67 Miso bean 52 National auto body repair chain
68 Letter-shaped track in metalworking 53 Like wool on bare skin, typically
69 Anything-goes party 54 Neither urban nor suburban
55 Degs. held by Bloomberg and G. W. Bush
59 Mauna ___ (volcano)
60 Sign for a sold-out show
61 Do-over in tennis
62 What an old shirt may be used as
63 Foxy

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