12/21/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

12/21/16

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1D
Aromatherapy substance
BATH OIL

2D
Single-named singer with the 2002 hit “Foolish”
ASHANTI

3D
Ariadne helped him navigate the Labyrinth
THESEUS

4D
Jiffy
SEC

5D
Tees off
DRIVES

6D
Magazine urging
RENEW

7D
Hardly serious
JOKEY

8D
Heavyweight bout venue
SUMO RING

9D
Screeners’ org.
TSA

10D
Golden
AURIC

11D
Christian supergroup?
TRINITY

12D
007 movie after “Skyfall”
SPECTRE

16D
Heavy-metal band with a killer sound?
SLAYER

18D
Word with fast or fire
LANE

22D
Spare me!
NO MORE!

26D
Comic actor Danny
KAYE

28D
Slangy negative
NAH

32D
Be alongside
ABUT ON

33D
Instinctive
GUT

36D
Longtime Yankee nickname
A-ROD

37D
Took care of the last bit
MOPPED UP

38D
Norma ___ (Sally Field title role)
RAE

39D
1 1/2-liter bottle
MAGNUM

40D
Fitting
APROPOS

41D
Like the Hallows in a Harry Potter title
DEATHLY

44D
Quake
TREMBLE

45D
Torpor
MALAISE

46D
Drank, as from a flask
SWIGGED

49D
Undertaking, as a war
WAGING

50D
Say ___
WHEN

52D
Water and sunlight, for plants
NEEDS

53D
David ___, longtime Red Sox slugger
ORTIZ

54D
Faith founded in Persia
BAHA’I

60D
Thai neighbor
LAO

62D
___ Gardens, N.Y.
KEW

1A
Creatures under Wayne Manor
BATS

5A
6’7″ Sixers 6
DR J

8A
Walks and balks
STATS

13A
Court giant Arthur
ASHE

14A
Maker of the old Speed Wagon
REO

15A
Takes over
USURPS

17A
(BIG) HOUSE
THE CLINK

19A
Hemingway who wrote “Out Came the Sun”
MARIEL

20A
Rumour ___ It (2011 Adele hit)
HAS

21A
Skin-care brand whose active ingredients are oat compounds
AVEENO

23A
Ancient sun worshiper
INCA

24A
You, more formally
ONE

25A
(BIG) APPLE
NEW YORK CITY

27A
Genius Mixes program
ITUNES

29A
She played Rosemary in “Rosemary’s Baby”
MIA

30A
Rightmost number on an Italian clock
TRE

31A
Simpson who lost a crossword contest in 2008
LISA

32A
State nobody wants to live in
AGONY

34A
___ out!
YER

35A
(BIG) MAC
HAMBURGER

39A
I learned to be a movie critic by reading ___ magazine: Roger Ebert
MAD

42A
GPS suggestion
ROUTE

43A
Places where people have withdrawals?
ATMS

47A
Galoot
APE

48A
Choose
OPT

49A
Sports entertainment show since 1993
WWE RAW

51A
(BIG) CHEESE
GRAND POOBAH

55A
The “E” of 14-Across
ELI

56A
Observe
NOTE

57A
Bring to a boil
ENRAGE

58A
___ wheels
MAG

59A
Supported
UPHELD

61A
Shoot for the moon! …or a hint to interpreting the clues to 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across
THINK BIG

63A
European river that inspired Smetana
MOLDAU

64A
Baseball’s ___ Desmond, three-time Silver Slugger Award winner
IAN

65A
Alternatively
ELSE

66A
Message board admin
SYSOP

67A
Sudden turn
ZIG

68A
Gardener’s bane
WEED