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NY Times, Tue, Sep 27, 2016 by NYTimes

Across

  1. 1. Start of a "recuperative" word ladder ending at 73-Across
  2. 5. Pres. Jefferson
  3. 9. 1000 or 2000, but not 0
  4. 13. Cookies with a Double Stuf variety
  5. 15. Part 2 of the word ladder
  6. 16. Singer Fitzgerald
  7. 17. Socially unacceptable
  8. 18. Cleveland's lake
  9. 19. Part 3 of the word ladder
  10. 20. Morsel for an aardvark
  11. 21. Seeking victory
  12. 24. Blue Jays, on scoreboards
  13. 25. Switch ups?
  14. 26. Place to get outta, in a saying
  15. 30. How to avoid becoming 1-Across, so they say
  16. 35. 60 minuti
  17. 36. ___-majesté
  18. 37. Wires for thrill-seekers
  19. 39. Palindromic band name
  20. 41. "Are not!" retort
  21. 43. No. on a periodic table
  22. 44. Come together
  23. 46. ___-ho
  24. 48. Quaint lodging
  25. 49. Aid for getting 73-Across, so they say
  26. 53. Capital of Senegal
  27. 55. ___ Lingus
  28. 56. General ___ (name on a Chinese menu)
  29. 57. Dunk
  30. 61. ___ Pinafore
  31. 62. Part 4 of the word ladder
  32. 65. Football coach Jim
  33. 66. Really bothered
  34. 68. Taiwan-based computer maker
  35. 69. Part 5 of the word ladder
  36. 70. Andrea ___ (ill-fated ship)
  37. 71. Alien: Prefix
  38. 72. Fr. honorees
  39. 73. End of the word ladder

Down

  1. 1. Hyundai model
  2. 2. Attach, as a patch
  3. 3. The Fed, for example
  4. 4. Keystone ___
  5. 5. Fly over sub-Saharan Africa?
  6. 6. Trumpeter Al
  7. 7. Mélange
  8. 8. Slant
  9. 9. Answerable with a head nod or shake
  10. 10. Inventor Whitney
  11. 11. The whole enchilada
  12. 12. Subway station sighting
  13. 14. Reporters' coups
  14. 22. Let loose
  15. 23. Tranquil scene
  16. 27. "Can we not talk about that!"
  17. 28. Ballooned
  18. 29. Heading for Marco Polo
  19. 31. Church bell sound
  20. 32. The Mexica people ruled over them
  21. 33. God, in Roma
  22. 34. Orbital high points
  23. 38. Writer Fleming and others
  24. 39. If you drop this you'll trip
  25. 40. ___ fide
  26. 42. Former telecom giant
  27. 45. Hosiery shade
  28. 47. Not book-smart
  29. 50. Gold standards
  30. 51. Service symbolized by a blue-and-white eagle
  31. 52. Relating to 51-Down
  32. 54. Houston ballplayer
  33. 58. German autos
  34. 59. Brand of bubbly, familiarly
  35. 60. Writer ___ Stanley Gardner
  36. 62. Madame Tussaud material
  37. 63. Rocks or diamonds
  38. 64. Judge Goodman of "Dancing With the Stars"
  39. 67. A busy mom might keep a child in this

This puzzle was published on Tuesday, Sep 27, 2016 in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Edited by Will Shortz.

— NYTimes

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