12/13/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

12/13/16

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1D
Parrots and ferrets
PETS

2D
Response to a joke
HA-HA

3D
Neutral shade
ECRU

4D
Coaxed
WHEEDLED

5D
Rock-and-roll need
AMP

6D
Unwelcome cry at the front door
RAID!

7D
Best
ONE-UP

8D
Chocolaty hot beverage
MOCHA

9D
Exist
ARE

10D
Like most carousel animals
EQUINE

11D
Destroy
RUIN

12D
Internet destination
SITE

13D
Online crafts seller
ETSY

18D
What “oopsy” signals
ERROR

19D
Graceful birds
SWANS

24D
Like some boat motor types
INBOARD

26D
Command to a dog after a ball is thrown
GO FETCH!

27D
Monk’s home
ABBEY

28D
Frontiersman Daniel
BOONE

29D
Wheel connectors
AXLES

30D
Shore birds
ERNS

32D
Humiliate
ABASE

33D
Pickled flower bud
CAPER

34D
Lock of hair
TRESS

36D
Annoy
IRK

37D
Places for contacts
EYES

41D
Troublesome critters
VARMINTS

43D
Flora and fauna
BIOTA

44D
South American animal also known as a “hog-nosed coon”
COATI

46D
Big name in lawn care
SCOTTS

49D
Google ___
EARTH

50D
Primitive weapon
SPEAR

52D
Not working
IDLE

53D
Bambi, e.g.
DEER

54D
What a help desk provides
INFO

56D
Ser Spanish :: ___ French
ETRE

58D
Fiddling emperor
NERO

59D
Smile
GRIN

60D
Get a look at
ESPY

62D
___ Cruces, N.M.
LAS

63D
Help
AID

1A
What a relief!
PHEW!

5A
Pleasant scent
AROMA

10A
Gaelic language
ERSE

14A
Per unit
EACH

15A
Home on an estate
MANOR

16A
Fail to persevere
QUIT

17A
Legal actions provoked by oversimple jigsaw puzzles?
THREE-PIECE SUITS

20A
Lead-in to kraut or braten
SAUER-

21A
Well, obviously!
DUH!

22A
Like some French sauces
WINEY

23A
Ad word suggesting a lack of undesirable moisture
DRI

25A
Object of early Christian condemnation
PAGAN

27A
Mother-of-pearl source
ABALONE

31A
Like a short play
ONE-ACT

35A
Law documents concerning pugilists?
BOXER BRIEFS

38A
Tavern
BAR

39A
Daring
BOLD

40A
See 51-Across
… ON RYE

41A
Smoke an e-cigarette
VAPE

42A
Paris-to-Berlin dir.
ENE

43A
Court precedents involving games of hoops?
BASKET CASES

45A
Affirmative to a commanding officer
YES, SIR

47A
Touchdown pass catchers, e.g.
SCORERS

48A
Does a tech job
CODES

51A
With 40-Across, common deli sandwich
HAM …

52A
Numbskull
IDIOT

55A
Animal with an opposable thumb
APE

57A
Trace of color
TINGE

61A
Attorneys’ fees paid with gold fillings?
DENTAL RETAINERS

64A
Departed
LEFT

65A
Company that buried 700,000+ unsold video games in 1983
ATARI

66A
Journey
TRIP

67A
Love god
EROS

68A
Tatter
SHRED

69A
Conglomerate originally named Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
SONY