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NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

No. 0314

- Edited by Will Shortz Online subscripti­ons: Today’s puzzle and more than 7,000 past puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). Read about and comment on each puzzle: nytimes.com/wordplay.

ACROSS

1 Pair on a schooner 6 Last in a series

9 It may be thrown by

a vaquero

14 “Hurry with your

dinner!” 15 “Gotcha!”

16 Like an obelisk at

night, maybe 17 Origin story in

Genesis 11:1-9 20 Colorful language? 21 Radar gun stat, for

short

23 Parks carefully 24 Co. that launched the world’s first communicat­ions satellite 27 Part of 10-Down 29 Last in a series 30 World capital noted for its French colonial architectu­re 32 Geocaching necessity, in brief

35 “No ___” (“Unacceptab­le”)

36 Actor Hawke 37 Headstone heading 38 1979 movie with the line “This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off”

39 Goes around 40 Legal position in

municipal govt. 41 Like lead or gold,

notably

42 Mario Kart platform 43 Tuber that can be

candied

44 A majority of the characters on TV’s “St. Elsewhere,” in brief

45 Neighbor of India: Abbr.

47 Component in a car’s

suspension system 50 “___, ___, it looks like rain!”: Christophe­r Robin

53 Big movie star, e.g. 55 What profession­al tennis has been in since 1968 57 Where an important call may be directed

58 System that ended

in 1917

59 Purplish red 60 Weeks in Spain

DOWN

1 Player at Citi Field 2 “That feels nice!” 3 Scientist who notably passed away on 33-Down (2018) 4 You might go on tiptoe while wearing this 5 Fungus-to-be 6 Celebrator­y seasons 7 First digit of this puzzle’s subject, whose next four digits are the number of rows and then columns of the grid 8 B-ball

9 Apply, as sunscreen 10 Some craft drafts,

for short

11 Scientist who was notably born on 33-Down (1879) 12 Make even

13 Home of the

Braves, for short 18 New Deal org. 19 What some thank

God for: Abbr. 21 Comedian and political commentato­r Bill 22 Who said “Courage is knowing what not to fear”

25 Carolina NHL’ers, informally

26 Like the main character in many a horror film ... or so they believe 28 “Same here” 29 Mathematic­ian known for the constant “e” (2.71828) 31 Require

32 Starting point for a slippery slope argument 33 An irrational reason

to celebrate? 34 Captcha targets 35 One might center around being unprepared for a test

45 Something read by

a chiromance­r 46 Actress Shawkat of

“Search Party” 48 Took a turn 49 Where the Chair of St. Peter can be found in St. Peter’s Basilica

51 ___ Major 52 Relatives of berets 54 “Get it?”

56 Gun lobby grp.

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PUZZLE BY JEFFREY MARTINOVIC

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