12/27/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

12/27/16

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1D
Crusade against “infidels”
JIHAD

2D
Stackable cookies
OREOS

3D
Know-it-all
SMART ALEC

4D
N.H.L.’s ___ Memorial Trophy
HART

5D
Billboards, e.g.
ADS

6D
Babysitter’s request
BEHAVE

7D
Verb that’s conjugated “amo, amas, amat …”
AMARE

8D
Parent who “does it all”
SUPERMOM

9D
Before, poetically
ERE

10D
___ Kane, resident of soap TV’s Pine Valley
ERICA

11D
Devotee of eSports
GAMER

12D
Ripening, as cheese
AGING

13D
Purgatorio and “Paradiso” poet
DANTE

18D
Silent, as an agreement
TACIT

22D
Clamber up, as a pole
SHIN

25D
Go ___ diet
ON A

26D
Dairy animal
COW

28D
Spank
LICK

30D
Research site
LAB

31D
Ingredients in a Caesar salad, to Caesar?
OVA

32D
New Year’s ___
DAY

33D
Chill (with)
HANG

34D
Humorist who wrote “Candy / Is dandy / But liquor / Is quicker”
OGDEN NASH

35D
Sound from a 26-Down
MOO

36D
Ingredient in a Caesar salad
EGG

38D
Suffering from senility, say
HALF GONE

41D
Pastoral piece?
ACRE

42D
Tiny
WEE

43D
___ ’em! (canine command)
SIC

44D
Loosen, as a bow
UNTIE

46D
One getting a bite at night?
BEDBUG

47D
007, e.g.
AGENT

48D
Leaf of a book
FOLIO

49D
Jobs to do
TASKS

50D
Swords in modern pentathlons
EPEES

51D
Lost’s opposite
FOUND

53D
Good to go
A-OKAY

54D
Staircase parts
STEPS

58D
Symbol to the left of a zero on a phone
STAR

60D
Mountain ___ (soda)
DEW

61D
More than a fib
LIE

1A
Tease good-naturedly
JOSH

5A
Knock down a notch
ABASE

10A
Old-fashioned outburst
EGAD!

14A
___ Bunt, “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” henchwoman
IRMA

15A
Gently protest
DEMUR

16A
Some music in Mumbai
RAGA

17A
*Valentine outline
HEART SHAPE (“take heart” and “take shape”)

19A
Cry at the start of a poker game
I’M IN!

20A
Blood line
AORTA

21A
___ you nuts?
ARE

22A
Trail for a dog
SCENT

23A
Summer clock setting: Abbr.
DST

24A
*Cost to enter a bar, maybe
COVER CHARGE (“take cover” & “take charge”)

27A
Dress style
A-LINE

29A
Excusez-___
MOI

30A
Controversial novel of 1955
LOLITA

32A
*Folksy
DOWN HOME (“take down” & “take home”)

37A
With: Fr.
AVEC

38A
Nonkosher entree
HAM

39A
Excited and then some
AGOG

40A
*What to do when coming face to face with a bear
BACK AWAY (“take back” & “take away”)

43A
Partial rainbow near the horizon
SUN DOG

45A
What framed Roger Rabbit?
CEL

46A
Watch a season’s worth of episodes in one sitting, say
BINGE

47A
*Delayed consequence
AFTEREFFECT (“take after” & “take effect”)

52A
Illmatic rapper
NAS

55A
Lose it completely
GO APE

56A
Thor or Loki
GOD

57A
All ___ lost
IS NOT

59A
Follower of anything and everything
ELSE

60A
Surprised reaction …or a hint to what can precede both halves of the answers to the starred clues
DOUBLE TAKE

62A
Just do it sloganeer
NIKE

63A
Doldrums feeling
ENNUI

64A
Forthwith, on a memo
ASAP

65A
Throw in the trash
TOSS

66A
Club in a sand trap
WEDGE

67A
Actor Ifans of “The Amazing Spider-Man”
RHYS