N.Y. Times Crossword – Friday, October 6, 2017

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By: Patrick Berry
Theme: None
Difficulty (0-10):  2
Time: 16:54

ACROSS DOWN
1 Allergy-triggering fluff 1 Hive division
8 Orchestra section that plays mostly harmony 2 Opted to cook
14 In no particular order 3 Be much tweeted about
16 Collar 4 Fatah rival
17 Appear 5 Colony dwellers
18 Good behavior’s reward, maybe 6 Witness’s words
19 “Tony n’ ___ Wedding” (Off Broadway hit) 7 Five-time Best Director nominee who said “All of the best things in my films are mistakes”
20 And what follows, in legal memos 8 Smoked, modern-style
22 Ornate dresser 9 Where the Tigris and Euphrates meet
23 Wraps up 10 “Catch-22” pilot who repeatedly crashes
24 2015 film for which Sylvester Stallone was nominated for Best Supporting Actor 11 Guitar inventor in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
25 Clothing store section 12 Since
26 Pretense 13 Blended family member
27 Dance seen in “Evita” 15 Spectacular rock events?
28 Congresswoman who delivered the opening statement at Nixon’s impeachment hearings 21 One with a reserved seat
31 History, philosophy and so on 24 Like the mojito cocktail
32 Recipient of blank checks 25 ___ Callender’s (supermarket brand)
33 Decorative bedding 26 Green Toyota
34 Amsterdam of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” 27 Après-ski drink
35 Queen of Heaven in the “Iliad” 28 Home to the Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club
36 Coolidge’s vice president 29 Historic pueblo near Albuquerque
37 Industry magnate 30 Samuel L. Jackson’s “Pulp Fiction” role
41 Abbr. on a tube 31 Make time for
42 Group conducting a Q. and A., maybe 32 Red-faced
43 City on the Oregon Trail 36 Tycho Brahe and Niels Bohr, for two
44 Some chops 37 Didn’t break down
46 Delicious item 38 Lighter brand
48 Enfant terrible of children’s literature 39 Literary lion
49 Part of a Yahtzee set 40 Fen flora
50 Bob Evans competitor 42 What a bridesmaid might carry
51 Stretchable cords 43 Old-fashioned dance venue
45 Corrosion-resistant coating
47 Forest female

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