5/17/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

5/17/16

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1D
Criminals may be behind them
BARS

2D
Corner office type
EXEC

3D
Designer Gucci
ALDO

4D
Big name in retirement community development
DEL WEBB

5D
Suffix with human
IST

6D
Company that invented newsreels
PATHE

7D
They can be crushed for a pie crust
OREOS

8D
It may be thrown at a corkboard
DART

9D
Ruined, as dreams
DASHED

10D
___ Empire (land of Suleiman the Magnificent)
OTTOMAN

11D
What fireflies do
GLOW

12D
Handed over
GAVE

13D
River to the North Sea
YSER

18D
Stage when an animal is in heat
ESTRUS

22D
HBO rival
SHO

24D
Spa amenity
ROBE

26D
Fisherman’s takes
HAULS

27D
Alvin of American dance
AILEY

28D
Mex. Misses
SRTAS

29D
Oracle
SEER

30D
Website parts
PAGES

31D
O of the magazine world
OPRAH

32D
Part of G.O.P.
PARTY

34D
Dismissive cries
BAHS

35D
Wall St. debt deal
LBO

39D
Villa d’___
ESTE

40D
A Williams sister
SERENA

43D
Heavenly gatekeeper
ST PETER

45D
Seized the opportunity
MADE HAY

47D
One of eight English kings
EDWARD

48D
___-jongg
MAH

51D
Mall tenant
STORE

52D
Drudges
PEONS

53D
Hospital capacity
BEDS

54D
Kiln
OVEN

55D
Dark time, in ads
NITE

56D
Prince of opera
IGOR

58D
Actor Auberjonois
RENE

59D
Some shuttles
VANS

60D
Dutch export
EDAM

63D
Part of a soccer goal
NET

1C
Thing on a string
BEAD

5C
Listening device?
IPOD

9C
___ bag
DOGGY

14C
One of several on a big rig
AXLE

15C
Poet Teasdale
SARA

16C
Brother of Prometheus
ATLAS

17C
*Especially memorable, as a day
RED-LETTER (redhead & letterhead)

19C
Burner holder
STOVE

20C
Garbage transporters
SCOWS

21C
*Campground amenity
HOT SHOWER (hothead & showerhead)

23C
Beings, in Bretagne
ETRES

25C
A dress line
HEM

26C
Pictionary company
HASBRO

29C
It’s carbonated
SODA POP

33C
*Feature of a carpenter’s level
AIR BUBBLE (airhead & bubblehead)

36C
Valley with many cabs?
NAPA

37C
Last: Abbr.
ULT

38C
Naval base builders
SEABEES

41C
[Damn, this is annoying!]
GRR!

42C
Gamboling spots
LEAS

44C
*Beef alternative in many countries
HORSE MEAT (horsehead & meathead)

46C
Gamblers use them
SYSTEMS

49C
Low-end
TRASHY

50C
Obsolescent mobile device, briefly
PDA

51C
186,000 miles/second, for light
SPEED

53C
*Basic china color
BONE WHITE (bonehead & whitehead)

57C
Courage
NERVE

61C
Hit musical set in Buenos Aires
EVITA

62C
Don’t wait for me to proceed … or what either part of the answer to each starred clue can do?
GO ON AHEAD

64C
Arrest
DETER

65C
Writer Sarah ___ Jewett
ORNE

66C
Eugene O’Neill’s “___ Christie”
ANNA

67C
Dummy Mortimer
SNERD

68C
Breather
REST

69C
Quaint affirmative
YES’M