N.Y. Times Crossword – Wednesday, September 20, 2017

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By: Hal Moore
Theme: Group
Difficulty (0-10):  4
Time: 12:04

ACROSS DOWN
1 Wall Street index, for short 1 Persona non grata to a striker [1]
6 Things in jewel cases [3] 2 Letter before bravo
9 Vena ___ (major vessel) 3 Hawthorne who created Hester Prynne
13 County north of Limerick 4 Rap’s Dr. ___
14 Painter Paul [11] 5 Shah’s domain until 1935
15 Patron saint of Norway 6 Chowder flavor
16 Witch hazel or bay rum 7 He “made me do it,” with “the” [4]
18 Scrapped, to NASA 8 Like games with several lead changes
19 Cry from Scrooge 9 Mark for demolition [13]
20 Hindu ascetics 10 Distant
21 Gloomy 11 Like the description “somewhere in the U.S.”
22 Bird-related 12 Prior to, poetically
24 Book borrower’s penalty [5] 14 Wrathful “Star Trek” villain
26 Green Monster’s ballpark 17 Patrick of “Dirty Dancing” [25]
28 Wenders who directed “Buena Vista Social Club” 23 Golfs, e.g. [22]
29 “Last one ___ a rotten egg!” 25 Aunts, in Andalusia
30 Marmalade bit 26 Part of Oceania [9]
34 Pear variety 27 Hydroxyl group compound [14]
38 Diner cupful, slangily 31 “Star Wars” extras, for short
39 Some trackgoers [18] 32 Early Beatle Sutcliffe [19][20]
41 Eur. distance measures 33 “Mazel ___!”
42 “How about that!” 35 Creator of Hogwarts [10]
44 Capital of 26-Down [21] 36 Stickup man on “The Wire”
45 Scottish hillside 37 Plays for a sap
46 What A.L. pitchers normally don’t do 39 Steady guy
48 Interior designs 40 Wheel spoke, essentially
50 Classroom surprise [15][16] 43 Pitmaster’s offering [17]
54 Muscular strength 45 Pre-A.D. [2]
55 Off in the distance 47 Cry before a fall
56 Curator’s workplace 49 Catch in a web
58 Fleur-de-___ 50 TV journalist Zahn
61 Citrus named for its appearance 51 Act ___ [6]
62 Line of upscale German autos [23] 52 ___ d’Or (Cannes award) [12]
64 Bausch & ___ (lens maker) 53 Fitness program done to Latin music
65 “Buy It Now” site 54 Like Playboy models [24]
66 Salvage ship’s detection system 57 ___ bag (event handout)
67 Fruity quaffs 59 “You betcha!”
68 Sleazy newspaper 60 They became independent in 1991: Abbr.
69 Euphoric states [8][7] 63 Le ___ Soleil (Louis XIV)

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