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1013-26 NY Times Crossword 13 Oct 26, Tuesday

Constructed by:Gia Bosko
Edited by: Will Shortz

Today’s Reveal Answer: Wrap Party

Themed answers WRAP from the right edge of the grid to the left, on the next row. And, each is kind of PARTY:

  • 66A Shindig for the cast and crew after filming is done … with a hint to entering this answer and three others in the grid : WRAP PARTY
  • 67A – : PARTY
  • 21A Shindig for someone to announce whether they’re having a boy or a girl : GENDER REVEAL
  • 22A – : REVEAL
  • 36A Shindig for someone settling into a new home : HOUSEWARMING
  • 37A – : WARMING
  • 52A Shindig for someone who’s about to tie the knot : BRIDAL SHOWER
  • 56A – : SHOWER
Bill’s time: 7m 06s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

I am afraid that life got in the way of me solving this puzzle on time. As a result, I am playing catch up, and just making this abbreviated post for now. I will get to the full post just as soon as I can.

Apologies, and thank you for your understanding.

Bill

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1A ___ classic (“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” or “Pulp Fiction,” e.g.) : CULT
5A Spongy wetlands : BOGS
9A Titleholder : CHAMP
14A Engrave : ETCH
15A Dirt pie ingredient : OREO
16A Greek goddesses of the seasons : HORAE
17A Optional mission in a video game : SIDE QUEST
19A Gradually eat away : ERODE
20A Selfless sort : ALTRUIST
21A Shindig for someone to announce whether they’re having a boy or a girl : GENDER REVEAL
22A – : REVEAL
23A Lie next to : ABUT
25A Show on which Tina Fey and Seth Meyers have worked as head writers, in brief : SNL
26A Tropical cocktail with bananas, strawberries, rum and coconut cream : LAVA FLOW
31A Go downhill fast : SKI
34A Feedbag contents : OATS
36A Shindig for someone settling into a new home : HOUSEWARMING
37A – : WARMING
40A Flips, say : RESELLS
42A Skirt, as an issue : AVOID
43A Jennifer who wrote “A Visit From the Goon Squad” : EGAN
45A Auction unit : LOT
46A Cowboy’s kerchief : BANDANNA
48A Show stoppers? : ADS
51A Goes bad : ROTS
52A Shindig for someone who’s about to tie the knot : BRIDAL SHOWER
56A – : SHOWER
60A Like a dish of veal or chicken dipped in egg and breadcrumbs, then fried in butter : MILANESE
62A Surfers ride them : WAVES
63A Lunchroom : CAFETERIA
64A Wolf in “The Jungle Book” : AKELA
65A Initials on a map until 1991 : USSR
66A Shindig for the cast and crew after filming is done … with a hint to entering this answer and three others in the grid : WRAP PARTY
67A – : PARTY
68A Boxing stats : TKOS
69A Jazz singer Sylvia : SYMS

Down

1D ___ Millan, celebrity dog trainer : CESAR
2D Handy : UTILE
3D High-def flat screen, for short : LCD TV
4D “Ay, ___ the rub” : THERE’S
5D Broth that might come from a dissolved cube : BOUILLON
6D Magnetite and bauxite : ORES
7D Whole that’s greater than the sum of its parts, from the German : GESTALT
8D Barfly : SOT
9D Spotted African sprinters : CHEETAHS
10D Car’s honker : HORN
11D Longtime Yankee slugger, familiarly : A-ROD
12D Earned : MADE
13D Member of a jury : PEER
18D Ke Huy ___, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” actor : QUAN
21D Boss, in Britain : GUV
24D Major Iraqi port city : BASRA
27D Adversary : FOE
28D Quiet period : LULL
29D Scandinavian capital : OSLO
30D Toward sunset : WEST
31D Mop, as the deck : SWAB
32D Polynesian brew : KAVA
33D Smooth out, as a wrinkled shirt : IRON
35D Talent broker : AGENT
38D Mediocre, in modern slang : MID
39D “‘Tis entirely likely” : I DARE SAY
41D Those going along with others’ unhealthy habits : ENABLERS
44D Item worn with a hazmat suit : GAS MASK
47D Negative connector : NOR
49D “Curses!” : DRAT!
50D Fibrous connecting tissues : SINEWS
53D Second-largest city in Northern Ireland : DERRY
54D “Take me ___” : AS I AM
55D Bounds : LEAPS
56D Substitute : SWAP
57D Ceremonial Maori dance : HAKA
58D Done : OVER
59D Mark left by a whip : WELT
61D “Should that be true …” : IF SO
63D Word before “one’s losses” or “both ways” : CUT