N.Y. Times Crossword – Monday, September 11, 2017

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By: Erik Agard and Paolo Pasco
Theme: Lala Land
Difficulty (0-10):  1
Time: 8:10

ACROSS DOWN
1 Pitchfork-shaped letter 1 “___ and Circumstance”
4 Brillo alternative 2 Intelligent
10 The drug acid, by another name 3 Ice pad?
13 “!!!!,” in a text 4 Person wearing a trench coat and sunglasses, stereotypically
14 Hairstyling substance 5 Mistake, cutely
15 Animal whose name is a synonym of “parrot” 6 Odor
16 Kuala Lumpur’s locale 7 Group of experts
19 College teacher, informally 8 Nike rival
20 “Calvin and Hobbes” conveyance 9 Hideout
21 Getting little rainfall 10 Mrs. George W. Bush
22 Titular California district in a Steinbeck novel 11 Divorced
25 Have debts 12 At 0% battery
26 Setting for much of “Moana” 17 Sporting a natural
27 Kind of diet regimen based on nonmodern eating habits 18 Deep bow
30 Dominique ___, 1996 Olympic gymnastics gold medalist 23 A pair
34 “Holy cow!” 24 Served dinner
35 Hayseed 27 Fruit in a fruit basket
39 T. J. ___ (department store chain) 28 Contents of el océano
40 Arctic bird 29 1980 Winter Olympics host
41 Counterparts of dots, in Morse code 31 Washington city with a repetitive name
43 Vinyl albums, for short 32 Business fair
44 Issa who stars on HBO’s “Insecure” 33 Annual Austin festival, for short
45 “Fighting” N.C.A.A. team 35 At 50%, to a pessimist
46 “When they go ___, we go high” 36 ___ of Wight
47 4.0, in school 37 Fashionable
50 Happy accident 38 University in northeast Ohio
51 Shoulder garment 41 N.B.A. star Nowitzki
53 Pb, to chemists 42 [Alas]
54 Not worth discussing 48 Writer Welty
57 Postal delivery 49 Treat really nicely
59 California-based gas company 50 Wild
60 Dad 52 Rest atop
61 “Not guilty,” e.g. 53 With 58-Down, head-in-the-clouds place … or a hint to each answer that has four circles
62 Hideout 55 Hawaiian island
63 “I don’t wanna be ___ guy, but …” 56 October birthstone
64 Musk of Tesla 58 See 53-Down
65 Actor Alan
66 Christmas season
67 ___ McNally (mapmaker)

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