N.Y. Times Crossword – Thursday, October 5, 2017

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By: Alan Arbesfeld
Theme: Uplifting Movies
Difficulty (0-10):  1
Time: 13:59

ACROSS DOWN
1 Blender button 1 Mental acuity
5 “Madly for ___” (1952 campaign slogan) 2 Free throw target
10 Think piece? 3 About
14 The Gaels of the N.C.A.A. 4 Flatten
15 Pretend 5 Lily-livered
16 Emmy winner Gunn of “Breaking Bad” 6 “You’re on!”
17 Having trouble deciding 7 Like thoroughly cooked pasta
18 Noodle dish 8 Jon who wrote and illustrated “Palindromania!”
19 Bygone Fords 9 Naïf
20 Uplifting remake of a 1980 Donald Sutherland/Mary Tyler Moore film? 10 Cat played by Jane Fonda
23 Foreman foe 11 Fictional ship on a five-year mission
24 Bud rival 12 “What happened next?”
26 Uplifting remake of a 2010 Annette Bening/Julianne Moore film? 13 “Hip Hop Is Dead” rapper
33 “Walk Away ___” (1966 top 10 hit) 21 Lead-in to “So sue me”
34 Prohibition enforcer, informally 22 > 0: Abbr.
35 Have second thoughts about 25 Artist who went dotty?
36 Birthplace of the tango: Abbr. 26 Carefree syllables
37 Big name in dishes 27 Inquisition infraction
40 Spleen 28 Gig
41 Bucolic setting 29 Move like Jagger
42 Mecca’s holy Kaaba, e.g. 30 Slide presentation?
43 🙁 31 Beats quickly, in a way
45 Uplifting remake of a 1997 Jack Nicholson/Helen Hunt film? 32 Oboes and such
49 Long 38 “No rush”
50 Subject of a 10-part 2017 Ken Burns documentary on PBS, for short 39 Curriculum ___
51 Uplifting remake of a 1964 Audrey Hepburn/Rex Harrison film? 44 Iconic movie studio symbol
58 Wooley with the 1958 #1 hit “The Purple People Eater” 46 Popular shades brand
60 Bakery draw 47 A good one is under 3.00, for short
61 Nastase of tennis fame 48 Con
62 Big Island coffee 52 Puzzlemaker Rubik
63 Indigenous Canadian 53 Whiskey drink
64 Store sign 54 Drop
65 Envelope abbr. 55 Purina One alternative
66 Rich dessert 56 Stopped working
67 “Even Homer ___” (old saying) 57 Longings
58 Reggae forerunner
59 Flying off the shelves

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