New York Times – Sep 24 2018

Across
1. Just one year, for Venus and Serena Williams : AGEGAP
7. Small plumbing problem : DRIP
11. ___-Caps (candy) : SNO
14. It gets beaten at a party : PINATA
15. McEntire with a twang in her voice : REBA
16. Long, long time : EON
17. Remove, as from a belt : UNCLIP
18. Popular program usually shown back to back with 34-/36-Across : JEOPARDY
20. Strong brews : ALES
22. Speaker’s place : SOAPBOX
23. Host of 18-Across : ALEXTREBEK
27. One of four on a fork : TINE
28. Anger : FURY
29. Some hospital pics : MRIS
30. Ham and lamb : MEATS
31. Immigrant’s class, for short : ESL
32. Money that may go in a slot : COIN
33. Purchase at Citgo : GAS
34. With 36-Across, popular program usually shown back to back with 18-Across : WHEELOF
36. See 34-Across : FORTUNE
40. Engine cooler : FAN
41. Lose vibrancy, as from exposure to sunlight : FADE
42. H.S. proficiency exam : GED
43. Vegas hot spot, with “the” : STRIP
46. One-liner : QUIP
47. Smelting refuse : SLAG
48. Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan’s ___ Sea : ARAL
49. Co-host of 34-/36-Across : VANNAWHITE
51. “You can stop explaining the joke to us” : WEGETIT
53. Peter, Paul and Mary, e.g. : TRIO
54. Co-host of 34-/36-Across : PATSAJAK
56. Notices : ESPIES
60. “Who am ___ say?” : ITO
61. Actress ___ Flynn Boyle : LARA
62. Kathmandu native : NEPALI
63. Cookbook amt. : TSP
64. “___ Eyes” (Eagles hit) : LYIN
65. It shakes things up : TREMOR

Down
1. Kwik-E-Mart clerk on “The Simpsons” : APU
2. Alcohol that’s transparent : GIN
3. Accompanier of a letter inside an env. : ENC
4. Samsung product : GALAXY
5. At an angle : ATILT
6. Movie for which Tatum O’Neal won an Oscar : PAPERMOON
7. Nickname for Erving in the old N.B.A. : DRJ
8. ___ Pieces : REESES
9. Onetime Apple product : IBOOK
10. One of the Three Bears : PAPA
11. Country below Hungary : SERBIA
12. “Stop, I beg you!” : NODONT
13. Banded gems : ONYXES
19. Precollege exam that offers college credit : APTEST
21. Sans ___ (font type) : SERIF
23. Not many : AFEW
24. Like green, green vegetation : LUSH
25. Writer ___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
26. Big storage item : BIN
30. Mother with a foal : MARE
32. Applaud : CLAP
33. Aunt or uncle, sometimes : GODPARENT
35. Does one’s taxes online : EFILES
36. Like light from a far-off star : FAINT
37. Unattractive fruit : UGLI
38. “Awesome!” : NEAT
39. Perimeter : EDGE
41. “Ain’t we got ___?” : FUN
43. Ditch for cutting timber : SAWPIT
44. Pays for everyone : TREATS
45. Convertible, in slang : RAGTOP
46. From Doha, e.g. : QATARI
47. Quaint store : SHOPPE
49. Golfer Singh who won the 2000 Masters : VIJAY
50. More sagacious : WISER
52. Always bumping one’s head on doorways, say : TALL
55. Topeka’s home: Abbr. : KAN
57. “Are you?” response : IAM
58. “Strange Magic” band, in brief : ELO
59. Ma’am’s counterpart : SIR

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