N.Y. Times Crossword – Monday, October 9, 2017

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By: Joe Deeney
Theme: None
Difficulty (0-10):  1
Time: 9:57

ACROSS DOWN
1 Civil rights pioneer Du Bois 1 Electronic money transfer
4 Shade of blue 2 “The Time Machine” people
8 Rant 3 Edifice: Abbr.
14 Chicago’s home: Abbr. 4 Informal talks
15 Racer with the tortoise 5 Gridiron gains
16 Like a show with a single performer 6 Bay ___ (San Francisco, Oakland, etc.)
17 Only major-league player to enter the 3,000-hit club in the 1980s 7 When repeated, Frank Sinatra title city
19 Ranting 8 Holy Jewish scroll
20 1965 Beatles hit that starts “Ooh, I need your love, babe” 9 Wowed
22 Donkey 10 Classic game with black-and-white discs
23 Final bubble on a questionnaire, maybe 11 Female friend for François
24 Something a barber has to work around 12 Cold and damp, as a dungeon
26 Maidenform product 13 Main lang. of the Commonwealth countries
27 Catch, as on a thorn 18 Nautical map
31 HBO show hosted by John Oliver 21 Believer in a strong federal government
36 And so on: Abbr. 24 Message on a cake in “Alice in Wonderland”
37 Home for the Hawks and Braves: Abbr. 25 Fancy tie
38 Equal: Prefix 26 Pulitzer-winning Toni Morrison novel
39 Pal of Pooh 28 Google ___ Viewer (tool for charting word frequency over time)
40 1974 John Updike novel 29 Ship-to-ship communications?
44 Greek cheese 30 Classic Pontiacs
45 Winery container 31 Flip (through)
46 Verbal stumbles 32 Angkor ___ (Cambodian site)
47 Tattoo artist 33 Biblical verb suffix
50 Bug spray brand 34 The Beavers of the Pac-12, for short
52 The change from Julian to Gregorian … or what would be needed to make 20-, 31- and 40-Across possible? 35 The “N” of NCO
58 A snake has a forked one 41 Carpenter’s tool that’s faster than a hammer
59 Engages in military conflict 42 Very distant
60 Acting grown-up 43 Homer Simpson’s favorite beers
61 Barely 48 Prefix with science
62 Three on a grandfather clock 49 Crawling on hands and ___
63 Dictation experts 50 Church instrument
64 Hankerings 51 Supplies with meals
65 Newspaper staffers, for short 52 Jacket
53 Upfront bet
54 Give stars to
55 Little injury, in baby talk
56 Antipest spray
57 Some hospital pics
58 Things with ® symbols: Abbr.

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