12/12/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

12/12/16

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1D
Religious offshoots
SECTS

2D
Successful job applicant
HIREE

3D
Me, Myself & ___ (Jim Carrey movie)
IRENE

4D
Music genre for 36-Down
NEW AGE

5D
Reservoir creator
DAM

6D
Now ___ me down to sleep
I LAY

7D
English racing venue
EPSOM

8D
Star Trek officer with an earpiece
UHURA

9D
Troublemaker
BAD ACTOR

10D
It goes down a fallopian tube
OVUM

11D
A sixteenth is a short one
NOTE

12D
Black gemstone
ONYX

15D
Bull-riding venue
ARENA

21D
Friend of Romeo
MERCUTIO

25D
Lobbying org. that fights music piracy
RIAA

27D
Augment
INCREASE

29D
Smokes
CIGS

31D
Eight, in France
HUIT

32D
Weapon in fencing
EPEE

33D
A ___ pittance
MERE

34D
Choir voice
ALTO

35D
Sagan who hosted “Cosmos”
CARL

36D
One-named singer from County Donegal
ENYA

38D
___ center (place for a Ping-Pong table)
REC

39D
Orchestra reed
OBOE

42D
Moneymaking part of a museum
GIFT SHOP

43D
2016 1 album by Rihanna
ANTI

48D
___ the Lord my soul to keep
I PRAY

50D
Short ___ (quick work)
SHRIFT

52D
Theater awards
OBIES

53D
City NNE of Paris
LILLE

55D
Garlicky mayo
AIOLI

56D
Admit at the door
LET IN

57D
Exams for future J.D.s
LSATS

58D
Vegetable that becomes gooey when cooked
OKRA

59D
Conks out
DIES

60D
Sicilian volcano
ETNA

62D
Go along with a bear market
SELL

66D
___ good deed
DO A

1A
Lower part of the leg
SHIN

5A
Mon ___! (French cry)
DIEU

9A
Noted rocker/humanitarian
BONO

13A
Homeland of 9-Across
EIRE

14A
Omega’s opposite, alphabetically
ALPHA

16A
Stratford-upon-___
AVON

17A
Ones taking captain’s orders
CREW

18A
Maestro Kurt ___
MASUR

19A
Responsibility
DUTY

20A
Coffee break hour
TEN AM

22A
Knight time?
YORE

23A
Visa alternative
AMEX

24A
Folk singer Pete
SEEGER

26A
Frenzied
MANIC

28A
Brother of Donald Trump Jr.
ERIC

30A
The Star-Spangled Banner, e.g.
ANTHEM

34A
High/low card
ACE

37A
Egypt’s capital
CAIRO

40A
Two-door auto
COUPE

41A
Communication problem …illustrated literally by the black squares before 5-, 19-, 26-, 54-, 65- and 73-Across
LANGUAGE BARRIER

44A
Have a taste!
TRY IT!

45A
Biscuit with English tea
SCONE

46A
Item in a golfer’s bag
TEE

47A
Norway’s patron saint
OLAF II

49A
Landing approximations, for short
ETAS

51A
Chaim who played Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof”
TOPOL

54A
Formal-sounding commitment
I SHALL

58A
Works of Keats
ODES

61A
Sluggers’ stats
RBIS

63A
Great Lakes natives
ERIES

64A
Friends and neighbors
KITH

65A
Wasn’t up to par
AILED

67A
Slightest bit
IOTA

68A
Late attorney general Janet
RENO

69A
Mello ___ (soft drink)
YELLO

70A
Dart (around)
FLIT

71A
Make it snappy!
ASAP!

72A
Actress Ward
SELA

73A
Cookie holders
TINS