2/23/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

2/23/16
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1D
Military authority: Abbr.
CMD

2D
Beijing’s river basin
HAI

3D
Nurse settings, briefly
ERS

4D
Flow back
EBB

5D
Skiing event with gates
SLALOM

6D
Dulles airport designer Saarinen
EERO

7D
Goes in up to one’s knees, say
WADES

8D
Hide in the shadows
SKULK

9D
Fights, as war
WAGES

10D
Direction opposite nord
SUD

11D
Problem with lifting?
KLEPTOMANIA

12D
Belly button type
INNIE

13D
With 51-Down, description of the shaded answers?
LAYER

21D
Enthusiastic
RAH-RAH

22D
Sam-___ (Seuss character)
I-AM

24D
Passport certification
STAMP

25D
Golfer Palmer, informally
ARNIE

26D
Another nickname for the Ocean State
LITTLE RHODY

27D
Big name in luxury bags
VUITTON

29D
Bunglings
FOUL-UPS

31D
H.M.O. doctor designations
PCPS

35D
Southwest Indian
UTE

36D
Virgil described its eruption in the “Aeneid”
MT ETNA

37D
Tiny storage unit
BYTE

39D
Drop heavily
PLUNK

40D
The Metamorphosis protagonist
SAMSA

48D
Slap handcuffs on
NAB

50D
Can’t do it
NO SOAP

51D
See 13-Down
CAKES

52D
Carne ___ (Mexican restaurant order)
ASADA

53D
Black flower in a Dumas title
TULIP

54D
Let me repeat …
I SAID …

55D
In ___ paratus (ready for anything)
OMNIA

59D
Muscles above the abs
PECS

61D
Part of DOS: Abbr.
SYS

64D
___-Magnon man
CRO

65D
Suffix with north
ERN

66D
Nutmeg-topped drink
NOG

67C
Summer on the Seine
ETE

1C
It’s often said with a smile
CHEESE

7C
Madrid-to-Lisbon dir.
WSW

10C
Black & Decker competitor
SKIL

14C
Medium for Michelangelo
MARBLE

15C
Characters on a wanted poster
AKA

16C
Bone parallel to the radius
ULNA

17C
Remove from practice
DISBAR

18C
Loved, as archaeological work?
DUG

19C
Forbid
DENY

20C
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes blonde
LORELEI

23C
Word with cream or cutie
PIE

24C
Volley
SALVO

28C
Inquires about
ASKS AFTER

30C
Come out on top
TRIUMPH

32C
Call on a dairy farm
MOO

33C
Non-pro?
ANTI

34C
Tiniest leftover
CRUMB

38C
Ones watching their plates?
UMPS

41C
2012 election name
MITT

42C
One of two in a Big Mac
PATTY

43C
___ land
LA-LA

44C
Bombard
PELT

45C
Makeshift ghost costume
SHEET

46C
One for Caesar?
UNUM

47C
Countless centuries
EON

49C
Bowling
TENPINS

51C
Pink shade
CARNATION

56C
One terminus of a Japanese bullet train
OSAKA

57C
Former ember
ASH

58C
Aids for some urban commuters
BUS MAPS

60C
Evil “Get Smart” group
KAOS

62C
Office PC setup
LAN

63C
Epoch when modern mammals arose
EOCENE

68C
It’s a small whirl after all
EDDY

69C
Sundial three
III

70C
Stick punishment :: ___ reward
CARROT

71C
Simon ___
SAYS

72C
BlackBerry, e.g., briefly
PDA

73C
Freeloader
SPONGE