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New York Times, Monday, May 17, 2021

Author:
Wren Schultz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
37-Across : Illegally downloaded
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Wren Schultz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Scrabble average: 1.88 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Schultz. Grid flow: 31.9 Monday freshness: 87%
Wren Schultz notes:
For some themes, there seem to be quite a limited set of themers leading to a rather constrained grid. Not this one! While still ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Allow me to veer away from crosswords for a moment, so I can announce that after six painful years of squeaker losses in the playoffs, ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times5/17/21 ( No. 26,123 )
Across
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___ Newton (cookie) : FIG
4
Salty water : BRINE
9
In ___ land (dreaming) : LALA
13
Many a craft brew, in brief : IPA
14
Just before the weekend : FRIDAY
15
Big name in polo shirts : IZOD
16
Alternative to Zumba : JAZZERCISE
18
___ pro quo : QUID
19
"Don't get any funny ___" : IDEAS
20
Ad ___ committee : HOC
21
Opportunities to play in games : TURNS
22
Govt. org. with a classified budget : NSA
24
Chevy S.U.V. : TAHOE
26
Donated : GAVE
29
Where to order a Blizzard : DAIRYQUEEN
34
Poem of tribute : ODE
35
Trader ___ (restaurant eponym) : VIC
36
Break into with intent to steal : BURGLE
37
Illegally downloaded : PIRATED
40
Early offering, as of goods : PRESALE
41
More sunburned : REDDER
42
Mai ___ (cocktail) : TAI
43
"Look what I ___!" : DID
44
Supposed means of communication with the dead : OUIJABOARD
46
Employs : USES
47
When some local news airs : ATSIX
48
... --- ... : SOS
50
Construction details : SPECS
53
Like many HDTVs, in brief : LCD
55
Change with the times : ADAPT
59
Interlaced threads : WOVE
60
Biggest city in South Dakota : SIOUXFALLS
62
Like, with "to" : AKIN
63
Noted portrait photographer Anne : GEDDES
64
Place to apply ChapStick : LIP
65
What ice cubes do in the hot sun : MELT
66
Lock of hair : TRESS
67
What the circled letters all mean : YES
Down
1
Country whose name is a brand of bottled water : FIJI
2
Apple tablet : IPAD
3
Fixed look : GAZE
4
"I'm f-f-freezing!" : BRR
5
Like the 1% : RICH
6
Nonsensical : IDIOTIC
7
Daytona 500 acronym : NASCAR
8
CBS logo : EYE
9
Kahlúa and Sambuca : LIQUEURS
10
Côte d'___ (French Riviera) : AZUR
11
Cut of a pork roast : LOIN
12
Puts two and two together, say : ADDS
14
Admit, with "up" : FESS
17
Grey who wrote "Riders of the Purple Sage" : ZANE
21
Chef's hat : TOQUE
23
Most words ending in "-ly" : ADVERBS
25
Cars with gas/electric engines : HYBRIDS
26
Lose one's amateur status : GOPRO
27
Fancy goodbye : ADIEU
28
Giuseppe who composed "Rigoletto" : VERDI
30
Assistance : AID
31
"Holy smokes!" : EGADS
32
Singer Goulding : ELLIE
33
Food, water and air : NEEDS
38
Next (to) : ADJACENT
39
Things milking machines attach to : TEATS
40
Number on a miniature golf card : PAR
42
Some reading for an I.R.S. auditor : TAXCODE
45
Slicker : OILIER
46
Meat-inspecting org. : USDA
49
Ham-handed sorts : OAFS
50
Participated in the first third of a triathlon : SWAM
51
Rude touch : POKE
52
"Don't be ___" (Google motto) : EVIL
54
Clothing, informally : DUDS
56
Friend in a conflict : ALLY
57
Ballet bend : PLIE
58
Measures of salt and sugar: Abbr. : TSPS
60
One crying "Hup, two, three, four!": Abbr. : SGT
61
Critical marks on treasure maps : XES

Answer summary:
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