N.Y. Times Crossword – Tuesday, September 5, 2017

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By: Michelle Kenney and Jeff Chen
Theme: Intermission
Difficulty (0-10):  2
Time: 12:34

ACROSS DOWN
1 What some castles are made of 1 Serious rift
5 Goaded (on) 2 Supportive of cultivation
10 Clock setting for an alarm 3 One may attend a class on parenting
14 2015 “Rocky” sequel 4 Antismuggling org.
16 String quartet member 5 Actress ___ Rachel Wood
17 Unadorned 6 Tree whose leaves appear in many Chinese fossils
18 Honolulu-based carrier, informally 7 ___ long way
20 Corp. money managers 8 Certain Ivy Leaguer
21 “Big Blue” 9 Utmost, informally
22 Like caves with streams running through them 10 “Fresh Off the Boat” network
23 Early Uber policy unpopular with drivers 11 Certain crime boss
25 “Coke is it!” or “Say ‘Pepsi, please’” 12 Stops from slipping
27 Piece of pottery featuring Achilles, say 13 Fooled (around)
30 Interoffice notes 15 Played some tunes, say
31 They’re heard but not seen 19 McKellen of “The Hobbit”
32 Firecracker that goes pfft 24 Gives the nod
33 Money owed 26 Emphatic rejection
35 Ike’s monogram 28 Fashion designer Gernreich
36 Cut (off) 29 Says “You and I are done,” e.g.
37 Break … such as at the middle of 18-, 27-, 50- or 58-Across? 31 Scattered
40 ___ Paulo, Brazil 34 “Fine then!”
41 Perch for a ball 36 Unwavering, as a friend
42 Humble response to a compliment 37 “O.K., you got me”
43 “___ be my pleasure” 38 Paleo diet staple
44 “There’s something else you should know …” 39 Tony Stark’s alter ego in comics and movies
46 Desert refuge 40 Staying power
50 Military bottoms, informally 43 Mythical figure who flew too close to the sun
52 How you can shop without leaving home 44 Special ___ (unconventional missions)
53 In the thick of 45 “Cross my heart and hope to die!”
54 Getting close, in a guessing game 47 Baseball pitch that suddenly drops
56 Trail Blazers’ org. 48 Not quite ready for full release
57 Bar mitzvah, e.g. 49 Old salt
58 Made snappy comments 51 Clifford who wrote “Golden Boy”
62 Meter or liter 52 Bruin hockey legend
63 Rose petal oil 55 Something to build on
64 Enrique Peña ___, Mexican president beginning in 2012 59 Japanese figure skater Midori
65 Their maximum scores are 1600 60 Nickname formed by three consecutive letters of the alphabet
66 Word before “wrong” or “welcome” 61 El ___ (Spanish hero)
67 Bummer

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