N.Y. Times Crossword – Monday, October 2, 2017

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By: Trent Charlson
Theme: Letters
Difficulty (0-10):  2
Time: 8:59

ACROSS DOWN
1 Salmon or sole 1 Centrally located
5 Somersault 2 “Fingers crossed!”
9 Rough on the eyes or ears 3 Utterly ruined, informally
14 “Fancy seeing you here!” 4 Cool
15 Ages and ages 5 Longest and strongest bone in the human body
16 The same 6 Take it easy
17 Chicken pen 7 Drop-___ (surprise visitors)
18 A B C D E F G 8 It comes between chi and omega
20 Fitting 9 Fairy tale character who leaves a trail of bread crumbs in the forest
21 Merriment 10 King of Naples in “The Tempest”
22 Longtime Time magazine rival, briefly 11 Bar mitzvah or communion
23 A B C D F 12 Distort, as data
27 Opposite of ‘neath 13 Gas company famous for its toy trucks
28 Slippery 1-Across 19 Cow’s chew
29 Hay storage areas 21 Physicist Enrico
33 Plan that’s “hatched” 24 Swarm (with)
36 Campbell’s container 25 Lie back
38 Narrow inlet 26 “Sad to say …”
39 B C F H I K N O P S U V W Y 30 Play and film about a 1977 series of interviews with a former president
43 Have a bug, maybe 31 One of a hundred in Scrabble
44 French affirmative 32 Impudence
45 Stops 33 Sign of healing
46 Bundles of hay 34 ___ Pet (1980s fad item)
49 Strands in a cell? 35 Prefix with conscious or freak
51 Not the main choice: Abbr. 37 Big Apple inits.
52 G R X 40 Car with the slogan “Truth in engineering”
57 Taj Mahal material 41 Butcher’s offerings
60 “My Country, ___ of Thee” 42 East Indies tourist destination
61 Glass of “This American Life” 47 Exemplify
62 A B O 48 Electrician’s alloy
65 Jump in an ice rink 50 Major highway
66 Cottage or cabin 53 One who’s back from war, informally
67 ___ of Sandwich 54 Bridal path
68 Gardening tools 55 “It’s all ___ to me”
69 Lecherous figure of myth 56 Spicy dance or dip
70 Eye affliction 57 Some Wharton degs.
71 Paul who sang “Eso Beso” 58 Jessica of “Sin City”
59 Yam or turnip
63 Affirmative
64 Reassuring touch
65 Cry upon getting a tough crossword clue

 

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