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The New York Times crossword puzzle

No. 1017

Dominic Grillo

Across

1 Highland garment outlawed by the Disclothing Act of 1746 5 Disorderly pile

9 Paris subway 14 It’s just a thought 15 Non-pro? 16 Deathly pale 17 S, in Morse code

19 Sharply hurt 20 Friend of

Tarzan

21 Puzzle in a children’s activity book 23 Paleo-’s opposite 24 Priestly vestment 27 Nickname that sounds like two letters of the alphabet 29 Chipped away at

31 Emphatic challenge

35 That’s a wrap! 36 Japanese audio brand

37 Covers, as a country road 39 Bell ringer’s prank

42 “Kiss From a Rose” singer 43 Middle: Prefix

44 Vivacity

46 Casual office occasions

49 Irish name variant derived from John

51 New Haven-to-Hartford dir. 52 Free spot, in brief

53 Compadre 54 Lead-in to meter

57 Cleared one’s plate, say 59 Feminine aspect of the masculine personality, in Jungian psychology 61 Modern manufacturing device … or you, when answering 17-, 31-, 39- and 46-Across? 66 New-fashioned 67 Home of the Inca Trail 68 Coldplay’s “___ la Vida” 69 Drawn-out military attack 70 Itchy hands, for the arrival of money, supposedly 71 Throw forcefully, in modern parlance

Down

1 Poke fun 2 Promising words

3 Tennis call 4 “And there you have it!”

5 Wade through a book just to trash it, maybe 6 Terminate 7 Thematic element in 2023’s “Oppenheimer” 8 Pocket picked at lunch?

9 Car whose emblem is a trident 10 Contractor’s guess: Abbr. 11 Crack after a bolt

12 Soprano Fleming

13 “My word is my bond,” informally 18 October birthstone

22 Last of 26, in Canada 24 Intros to many

YouTube videos

25 Laundry units 26 Absolutely inundated with work, so to speak 28 “Play it by ear” and “all ears,” e.g.

30 Spoke grandly

32 Like computer code

33 Had

34 Struggles to swallow

38 Daniel who led a 1786-87 rebellion 40 Arizona city that hosts the Fiesta

Bowl

41 One behind, in baseball 45 Intelligence org.

47 “You get it?”

48 ___ pot (receptacle for clearing nasal passages) 49 Traverses 50 Saigon’s counterpart, once

55 11-time sci-fi role for Anthony Daniels

56 The same, in Latin

58 Sin represented by John Doe in the movie “Se7en” 60 Ryan of rom-coms 62 Opposite of post63 Impossible result in a World Cup final

64 Night before

65 Fink

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