2/24/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

2/24/16
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1D
Renter from a renter
LETTER

2D
This is no joke!
I MEAN IT

3D
Speed of sound
MACH ONE

4D
Guitar amp effect
ECHO

5D
Extreme: Abbr.
ULT

6D
Comedians’ shindig
ROAST

7D
Yanks’ allies in W.W. I and II
BRITS

8D
Visitor to Siam, on stage and film
ANNA

9D
Explorer channel
NAT GEO

10D
Stock market fluctuation
DIP

11D
Acrobat’s wear
UNITARD

12D
Dead Sea Scrolls sect
ESSENES

13D
Meat of the matter
STANCE

21D
College benefactor Yale
ELIHU

23D
Serengeti antelope
GNU

27D
Hoity-toity sort
SNOB

29D
Rio’s land, to natives
BRASIL

31D
Thigh-slapper
GASSER

32D
Capital on the Aare
BERN

34D
World Series game sextet
UMPS

35D
Triton’s domain
SEA

38D
Tale of adventure
GEST

39D
Send over the moon
ELATE

40D
Property recipient, in law
ALIENEE

41D
Loser to VHS
BETAMAX

43D
Sushi bar option
SASHIMI

44D
Like the pointed end of a pencil
TAPERED

45D
The “2” in the formula for water, e.g.
SCRIPT

46D
U.S. broadcaster overseas
VOA

47D
Totally absorbed
ENRAPT

49D
U.S.S. Nautilus, for one
MARINE

51D
Eucalyptus-munching animal
KOALA

52D
Column style
IONIC

56D
Central figure in a Mussorgsky opera
TSAR

58D
Ring stoppages, for short
TKOS

60D
Guinness suffix
EST

62D
Formicide’s target
ANT

1C
Lofty in thought or manner
LIME

5C
Like the area between city and farm
URBAN

10C
Puts down by force
DUES

14C
Apple originally marketed to schools
EMAC

15C
Blackmore’s Doone
LORNA

16C
M.I.T part: Abbr.
INST

17C
M.I.T part: Abbr.
TECH

18C
Make impure
TAINT

19C
City on the Arno
PISA

20C
S.U.V. named for a lake
TAHOE

22C
Football legend Amos Alonzo ___
STAGG

24C
Number of states that border the Mississippi
TEN

25C
Composer of music “as ignorable as it is interesting”
ENO

26C
D-Day vessels, for short
LSTS

28C
With all judges present
EN BANC

30C
Greet, as the new year
RING IN

32C
Popular Bach piece for the lute
BOURREE

33C
Twinings in London is one
TEAHOUSE

36C
Super Bowl highlights, to many
ADS

37C
Goes underwater … or a hint to the answers on the perimeter of this puzzle
MERGES

40C
Six-pack muscles
ABS

42C
Talent show judge, often
PANELIST

45C
LP protectors
SLEEVES

48C
Bow respectfully
SALAAM

50C
Fruitcake fruit
CITRON

51C
Eartha who sang “C’est Si Bon”
KITT

53C
Mani-pedi spot
SPA

54C
Mens ___ (criminal intent)
REA

55C
Star Wars droid, informally
ARTOO

57C
Upper reaches of space
ETHER

59C
You’ve Got a Friend ___
IN ME

61C
Yoga posture
ASANA

63C
Diva ___ Te Kanawa
KIRI

64C
Wasabi ___ (bar snack)
PEAS

65C
Politico lampooned by Fey
PALIN

66C
Sign to heed
OMEN

67C
Underlying theme
TEXT

68C
Take away
TRACT

69C
Become less intense
SIDE