NY Times Crossword 17 Dec 18, Monday

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Across

Number Clues Answers
1 Baseball’s record-setting Ripken CAL
4 Catches a touchdown pass, e.g. SCORES
10 Not much A BIT
14 Lead-in to carte or mode A LA
15 Tel Aviv’s land ISRAEL
16 Helen of ___ (mythical beauty) TROY
17 Flier that may carry rabies BAT
18 Small bird of prey SPARROWHAWK (giving “Jack Sparrow”)
20 French girlfriend AMIE
22 Ginger ___ (soft drink) ALE
23 Seaweed, e.g. ALGAE
24 Something falling down, in a children’s song LONDON BRIDGE (giving “Jack London”)
28 Lucy of 2000’s “Charlie’s Angels” LIU
29 Summons, as strength MUSTERS
33 Put the kibosh on SCOTCH
36 Actor Efron of “High School Musical” ZAC
37 Sign by a fire escape EXIT
38 “Mazel ___!” TOV
39 Commandeers … or a friendly hello to the people starting 18-, 24-, 51- and 62-Across? HIJACKS or HI, JACKS!
42 Inits. on an airport uniform TSA
43 ___ out a living (barely gets by) EKES
45 Moonshine container JUG
46 Carriage named for an English county SURREY
48 Careful reading PERUSAL
50 Farrow of “Hannah and Her Sisters” MIA
51 Dorothy’s footwear in “The Wizard of Oz” RUBY SLIPPERS (gives “Jack Ruby”)
57 White-faced ASHEN
60 Bit of cookware PAN
61 Biz bigwig EXEC
62 What follows Thanksgiving BLACK FRIDAY (giving “Jack Black”)
66 “What ___?!” (cry of surprise) THE
67 Volcanic flow LAVA
68 From not long ago RECENT
69 Was in charge of RAN
70 In a dead heat EVEN
71 No longer shrink-wrapped OPENED
72 First Republican prez ABE

Down

Number Clues Answers
1 Group of schemers CABAL
2 Mission where Davy Crockett was killed ALAMO
3 Don Juan sort LATIN LOVER
4 Bro’s sibling SIS
5 Network for political junkies C-SPAN
6 Big name in toothbrushes ORAL-B
7 Pinker in the middle, say RARER
8 Always, in poetry E’ER
9 ___-mo (replay option) SLO
10 Olympics competitor ATHLETE
11 Toot one’s own horn BRAG
12 Sioux City’s state IOWA
13 Young ‘un TYKE
19 Goes back and forth, as a tail WAGS
21 Revise copy EDIT
25 “That’s gotta hurt!” OUCH!
26 Big name in desktops IMAC
27 Teals and mallards DUCKS
30 Start of a newsboy’s cry EXTRA! EXTRA! …
31 Move skyward RISE
32 Obedience school command STAY!
33 “Watch your ____!” STEP
34 Soft drink choice COKE
35 Muslim woman’s head cover HIJAB
36 Make a sharp turn back ZAG
40 Bastille Day’s month JULY
41 Kind of pump SUMP
44 “I’m up for doing the job!” SURE CAN!
47 Like thumped watermelons making a deep sound RIPE
49 Like ships on the ocean floor SUNK
52 Pizazz SPICE
53 Filled with cargo LADEN
54 Harebrained INANE
55 2007’s Record of the Year by Amy Winehouse REHAB
56 Big public display SCENE
57 Up to the task ABLE
58 Czech or Croat SLAV
59 “Girls Just Want to ___ Fun” HAVE
63 Jimi Hendrix’s do, informally ‘FRO
64 Sen.’s counterpart REP
65 Paycheck stub abbr. YTD