2/3/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

2/3/16
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1D
Pepper and others: Abbr.
SGTS

2D
Maximum
PEAK

3D
Gross
ICKY

4D
Barely obtained, with “out”
EKED

5D
Focal points
LOCI

6D
The Hunger Games nation
PANEM

7D
Very, very
ULTRA

8D
Neither snow ___ rain …
NOR

9D
However, in brief
THO’

10D
My Gal ___ (song classic)
SAL

11D
Hurricane, e.g.
STORM

12D
Land partitioned in 1945
KOREA

13D
That is to say …
I MEAN …

18D
Future seed
OVULE

21D
___ washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life: Picasso
ART

23D
Commerce
TRADE

24D
Owns
HAS

25D
Hazardous
UNSAFE

26D
Source of about 20% of the calories consumed by humanity
RICE

27D
Work with 31-Down
EDIT

28D
File name ending in Adobe Acrobat
PDF

29D
Draw out
ELICIT

31D
Some submissions: Abbr.
MSS

32D
Group of established works
CANON

33D
Put a match to
LIT

34D
God whose name is a homophone of a zodiac sign
ARES

35D
Count (on)
RELY

36D
Made dinner for
FED

40D
Cotton ___
GIN

43D
___ Whitney
ELI

44D
Witherspoon of “Legally Blonde”
REESE

45D
Down
SAD

47D
Dutch Caribbean island
ARUBA

48D
Surgical beam
LASER

49D
Feudal lord
LIEGE

50D
Question sometimes accompanied by an elbow jab
GET IT?

51D
Christine of “Chicago Hope”
LAHTI

54D
Shock, in a way
TASE

55D
The U.N.’s Kofi ___ Annan
ATTA

56D
Forward-looking person?
SEER

57D
Persia, nowadays
IRAN

58D
Requests, with “for”
ASKS

60D
File name ending in Word
DOC

61D
Long time
ERA

62D
Epitome of simplicity
ABC

1C
Infomercial presentation, e.g.
SPIEL

6C
Many fourth-down plays
PUNTS

11C
Take to the hills?
SKI

14C
Scaly wall-scaler
GECKO

15C
HI hi
ALOHA

16C
QB Brady
TOM

17C
Seize the reins
TAKE CONTROL

19C
Bauxite or galena
ORE

20C
Fall guy?
SKYDIVER

21C
What pi may be used to find
AREA

22C
Female lead in “Gattaca” and “Kill Bill”
UMA THURMAN

26C
Drive away
REPEL

30C
Tirade
RANT

31C
Bourgeoisie …or a description of each group of circled letters?
MIDDLE CLASS

34C
Sound from a terrier
ARF!

37C
Genre of Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation”
SCI-FI

38C
Avail
AID

39C
Concur
AGREE

41C
Adjust, as a watch
SET

42C
Baseball position …or a description of each group of circled letters?
CENTERFIELD

45C
Barn neighbor
SILO

46C
Itty-bitty
EENSY

47C
In eager anticipation
ALL ATINGLE

52C
F.B.I. action
RAID

53C
Superstate in “1984”
EASTASIA

59C
Avail oneself of
USE

60C
Followers of Lord Voldemort
DEATH EATERS

63C
Beseech
BEG

64C
Go around in circles
ORBIT

65C
What might get an A1 application?
STEAK

66C
What ___ the odds?!
ARE

67C
Some Arizona flora
CACTI

68C
Grosses
EARNS