N.Y. Times Crossword – Saturday, September 9, 2017

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By: John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins
Theme: None
Difficulty (0-10):  2
Time: 26:48

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1 Like night and day 1 Drag accessory
1 Take another direction 2 “Well, I’ll be!”
15 Alternative to Pandora or Spotify 3 Like hall-of-fame inductees, typically
16 Words of praise 4 Time for many TV talk shows, informally
17 Became excited 5 Refinery container
18 Business concern 6 Fire on from above
19 2016 campaign topic 7 “The Governator”
20 Difficulty picking up subtleties 8 Valencian dishes
22 Comparative indicator 9 Also say
25 Pool cover 10 See 57-Across
27 Dormant 11 Collette of “United States of Tara”
28 “Ain’t gonna happen!” 12 2-3 or 1-2-2, in basketball
30 Pretension 13 “We agreed to it, so you’d better deliver”
33 Loyalty, old-style 14 Recharge, so to speak
34 Timorese, e.g. 21 “Little Birds” author
35 Richest part 22 P.G.A. Championship airer
36 Is dormant 23 Goof off
38 Faced with courage 24 Minority group
40 Oxford designation 26 Crow, for one
41 Son-in-law of Chief Powhatan 29 Start of a billet-doux
43 Ebbs 31 Roadway finisher
45 One getting depressed on the road 32 Knocked out
47 Person with a mental bloc? 34 C. S. Lewis’s symbol of Jesus
48 It may prey on a ray 37 Edible part of a mesquite tree
49 Team in Houston 39 “Sudden Death” star, 1995
51 Inspiron maker 40 A star might go on one
52 Means of keeping musical time 42 Like a wet noodle
55 Date preceder 44 Its artists do many sketches, for short
57 With 10-Down, go wild 46 Too slick
58 President Clinton hosted one in 2000 47 Boggy
63 Football stat: Abbr. 50 Counterpart of a blitz
64 Big headache for a company rep 53 Pandora and Spotify
65 They have sgts. 54 Kind of walk
66 Intuition about something soon to happen 56 Deli case display
59 “___ ohev otach” (Hebrew for “I love you”)
60 Staff
61 Government org. impersonated in many phishing scams
62 Starting point for a hole

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