N.Y. Times Crossword – Wednesday, September 27, 2017

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By: Jacob Stulbert
Theme: Circus
Difficulty (0-10):  1
Time: 11:28

ACROSS DOWN
1 Power figure? 1 Evidence of a whipping
5 Parts of airplane wings 2 Surname of three Giants outfielders in 1963
10 “South Park” kid voiced by Trey Parker 3 News spreader of long ago
14 Victims of the fictional Morlocks 4 Colors, hippie-style
15 Fabric with diagonal ridges 5 Polaris, e.g., in astronomy
16 1993 Branch Davidians/F.B.I. standoff site 6 Durocher in the Baseball Hall of Fame
17 Rob of “Parks and Recreation” 7 Dealmaking, some say
18 Damage beyond repair 8 ___ Tour
19 What a prep course preps for 9 Interjection occurring frequently in Psalms
20 Where caribou roam 10 Become bloated
22 Big workers’ grp. 11 Accountants’ service for low-income individuals
24 Hip-hop group with the triple-platinum album “Black Sunday” 12 Smoothie berry
28 Area in a sultan’s palace, once 13 Hideo ___, 1995 N.L. Rookie of the Year
30 Goat’s bleat 21 Tachometer abbr.
31 Artful deception 23 Garden of Eden tree
34 Dwarf planet beyond Pluto 25 With more heart than head
35 Carried, as by the wind 26 Kitchen wrap brand
37 Nabokov novel 27 Birds found in semideserts
38 Near-impossibility on a par-4 hole 28 ___-seeking missile
39 One waving a red cape 29 Keystone’s place
41 Roadside bomb, briefly 32 “In ___ of flowers …”
42 Confusing situation … or what this puzzle contains literally? 33 Two slices of a loaf
45 Rock’s Cream was one 35 The “Ba” of BaSO4
46 Change the décor of 36 Epoch characterized by the rise of mammals
47 Nelson Mandela’s org. 39 La Baltique, par exemple
49 Marriage 40 Free (of)
51 Lead-in to plop or plunk 43 Yadda, yadda, yadda
54 Evidence in paternity suits 44 Soldier from Seoul
55 Chicago mayor Rahm 47 Traitorous Major ___ of the Revolutionary War
57 Mother in a pen 48 Ray ___, mayor of New Orleans during Katrina
59 Landscaper’s neatener 50 Many a low-budget film
61 Mormons, in brief 52 Pothook shapes
62 Very, in music 53 Leonine sounds
64 Petty swindle 54 M.B.A. and Ph.D., for two
65 Risk a perjury rap 55 “Symphony in Black” artist
66 Insignificant sort 56 Backing for plaster
67 Pick up on 58 Moist towelette
68 Magic 8 Ball response 60 They’re worth 0 toward G.P.A.s
69 “Siddhartha” author 63 Abba’s home: Abbr.

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